Example sentences of "[am/are] of [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They like her music very much but to be honest I am of the older regime , I prefer the traditional Welsh choral music . |
| 2 | There are three generations of neutrino just as there are of every other particle . |
| 3 | There are many differences of opinion amongst economists about the relative power of fiscal policy and monetary policy to influence the position of the aggregate demand curve , but these debates are of no great concern to the question we are dealing with here . |
| 4 | They are of no great value , you know . ’ |
| 5 | The terms are of no great importance , and do little more than mark what is the incontrovertible fact of the duality within conscious episodes as we recall them . |
| 6 | And this has been interpreted as meaning measures which are excessively costly , burdensome , unusual , or which are of no real benefit to the patient . |
| 7 | As long as boys remain sexually immature they are of no real significance as far as the primal , sexually motivated conflict between sons and fathers is concerned . |
| 8 | They are of no real value , although a Cleric might want to take a heretical work for the restricted library of his temple — this is quite acceptable . |
| 9 | ‘ The ironic thing is that those clubs are of no possible use to anyone else . |
| 10 | The siren , a metre-long amphibian from the southern United States , has lost its back legs altogether and its front legs are not only greatly reduced in size but have no bones within them , merely cartilage , so that they are of no practical use in locomotion . |
| 11 | However , as Jencks ( 1987 ) has pointed out , intriguing as the adoption studies findings are , they are of no practical interest unless we know why they arise — and at present we do not . |
| 12 | Having eaten and digested its food deriving the necessary nutrients for health , growth and repair , fish , in common with all animals , excrete or eliminate the waste and other byproducts that are of no further use to the body . |
| 13 | Such part numbers are of no particular interest on the hypertext side , though they form part of the text displayed on the screen , but are objects of special interest to the dispatch system . |
| 14 | As we saw in World War II when SOE agents in France were deliberately sacrificed in order to plant deception schemes upon the Germans , ' ! espionage is a very brutal-game in which human lives are of no more significance than pieces on a chess board . |
| 15 | But those are of no special interest from our point of view . |
| 16 | He accepts that the weapons are of no military value ; indeed , he thinks they should be taken out of readiness , even partially dismantled . |
| 17 | McDonough is now likely to team up with McGavin in attack on the long run in with Hopkins filling Martin 's role on the right , but the Layer Road worries at present are of a defensive nature . |
| 18 | Many such incidents are of a consensual nature as is illustrated in the following example . |
| 19 | If , however , the expectations of the client are of a lower order , the analyst must be prepared to use the idealised solutions simply as a knowledge base to determine where acceptable and attainable improvements can be made . |
| 20 | These are of a lower order of priority than airworthiness directives , which are the alternative . |
| 21 | Before I finish I I just wonder whether I could put one point to the county and that 's whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan , they would allow the borough council to include the type of policy we 're seeking in our district wide local plan bearing in mind that some of the considerations in involved are of a strategic nature . |
| 22 | The bedroom doors of Darlington Hall are of a certain thickness and I could by no means hear complete exchanges ; consequently , it is hard for me now to recall precisely what I overheard , just as , indeed , it was for me later that same evening when I reported to his lordship on the matter . |
| 23 | ‘ The walls are in very good condition , certainly the frontline defences at Clacton are of a standard equivalent to the Thames . ’ |
| 24 | It should be followed by stating the reason why the letter is being written and by acknowledging any previous correspondence Many openings are of a standard variety : |
| 25 | It is at times suggested that the security forces are operating under a series of shackles , which it is sometimes suggested are of a political nature . |
| 26 | Many of these skills are of a traditional nature , but others are either wholly new or refinements of past practices . |
| 27 | Your efforts are of a harmless kind . |
| 28 | It is hoped that the new McofS policy will be widely distributed to relevant bodies , and that any future developments are of a higher standard than at present . |
| 29 | Dr Franz Morrell , a former member of the Voll group , has demonstrated that EM oscillations and resonance with the human system are of a higher order than chemical responses . |
| 30 | Colds and fevers are of a low grade , not violent . |