Example sentences of "[det] [be] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) . |
| 2 | Count the number of empty " slot " in your address book and see what proportion this is of the total available . |
| 3 | Alternatively a pair can be maintained and bred in an 18″ or 24″ tank of their own , or make excellent additions to a Discus aquarium as long as this is of the planted rather than the bare type . |
| 4 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
| 5 | This is of the same order of magnitude as Connell 's ( 1961 ) observation that N. lapillus could manage I.l 5. balanoides a day in summer , whilst consuming fewer at other times ( Table 4 ) . |
| 6 | This was of the first importance to him . |
| 7 | Page references have been included in this file as , a/though pub have covered indexes in their information skills course , this was of the first occasions when they were asked to take much of responsibility for their own project . |
| 8 | ‘ Whatever you see never exists simply and solely by itself , as an isolated sign or symbol , but by playing its part within a context in which relatedness as such is of the first importance ’ . |
| 9 | The majority of these are of the so-called ‘ Veneto Ware ’ type , derived from Byzantine prototypes , including a fine , large pot ( albarello ) which suggests the influence of Lombard work , and an outstanding series of dishes and jugs decorated with geometric , floral and figurative designs , glazed in shades of green , brown and black . |
| 10 | If two Discus lash their back quarters against each other , then you can assume these are of the same sex . |
| 11 | These were of the continuous burning vertical " type which were also known as Shaft Kilns . |
| 12 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 13 | Three of these were of the same size as those in the front compartment : the other three were no more than five feet in length . |
| 14 | All are of the greatest interest , and any plated animal from the Cambrian is likely to be an important specimen . |
| 15 | Not all are of the finest quality , but most have been reinstated by the conductor Mark Elder , alongside some of the composer 's 1883 revisions . |
| 16 | But , however many skills we possess , not all are of the same value to us . |
| 17 | In addition , as a ley , the markers could all be of the same age . |
| 18 | If several powerheads are being used , they should all be of the same make and power rating to provide maximum efficiency . |
| 19 | All were of the highest technical calibre and all displayed an extraordinary range of exuberant and exotic motifs , For a few years , until Justinian effectively eclipsed it by his construction of the church of St Sophia in 532–537 , st Polyeuktos was evidently the largest and most sumptuous church in Istanbul ( Constantinople ) . |
| 20 | In what was ultimately to become Venezuela the revolutionary implications of the movement were decisive ; a Junta in Caracas swept aside the existing administration and , in the name of preserving America for Ferdinand VII , disowned the authority of the Cadiz Regency , that is of the legal government of Spain . |
| 21 | These skills include advanced listening and speaking , analytical reading and writing , and a thorough awareness of ‘ register ’ — that is of the different types or styles of French appropriate for different situations . |
| 22 | That was of the utmost importance , and had to be answered quickly . |
| 23 | Well that was of the interesting things to come out of the study , erm something which was totally unexpected as far as I was concerned , and that was it seemed that the pupils in the mixed ability classes developed more slowly socially than the pupils in the streamed classes . |
| 24 | At the same time , the sentiments of pity which he who suffers punishment evokes in us can no longer be so easily nor so completely extinguished by the sentiments he has offended and which react against him ; for both are of the same nature ’ ( Durkheim , 1973 : 303 ) . |
| 25 | Bacteria and blue-green algae are chemically very similar , both being of the procaryotic kind , and are often known as cyanobacteria . |
| 26 | In the first 18 cases the lower third of the rectum was retained and an extensive anal mucosectomy was performed with a sutured pouch ( most being of the double limb J variety ) at the dentate line . |
| 27 | The two men were about the same age , nearing fifty ; both were of the lean kind with strong features and over-thin lips ; both were taciturn and found it difficult to put ideas into words . |
| 28 | If they both were of the same logical type , then we could not hope to be able to clarify the distinction between numerical and species identity and the possibility of order in space or time . |