Example sentences of "of [subord] a [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.

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1 In deciding the scope of a " fair comment " plea and the degree of interpretative sophistication to bring to bear on the question of whether a passage is " comment " or " fact " , the court should have regard to the constitutional importance of the " fair comment " defence as a protection for freedom of expression .
2 These studies independently suggested that , irrespective of whether a company is more or less integrated in structure , different levels of the organization have distinct roles in investment decision-making .
3 In the end , the question of whether a function is a public one is a political question which may not always be answered in the same way .
4 Irrespective of whether a hotel is small , medium or large the basic work of the reception office is the same , selling accommodation , receiving and welcoming guests , maintaining accounting and other records , liaison with all other departments within the hotel and integrating all activities relating to the service and comfort of the guests .
5 Nonetheless , he had clearly purported to pose the question of whether a caution was required , but had not answered it .
6 The question of whether a decision was ‘ legal or not ’ is sometimes put in terms of whether it was made ‘ within or without jurisdiction ’ or whether it is ‘ intra vires or ultra vires ’ ( that is , literally , ‘ within or beyond power ’ ) .
7 Section 1(6) states : No duty is owed by virtue of this section to any person in respect of risks willingly accepted as his by that person ( the question of whether a risk was so accepted to be decided on the same principles as in other cases in which one person owes a duty of care to another ) .
8 The determination of whether a fabric is grain- or mud-supported otherwise takes considerable experience to determine from thin sections , which are essentially two-dimensional .
9 If that is wrong , let them tell us why , rather than differentiate between dead bodies on the basis of whether a diagnosis was made before or after death , or whether the patient stops breathing in the accident and emergency department rather than a medical ward .
10 It appears to be an inescapable fact that regardless of whether a nation is developing , developed or experiencing economic decline , the indigenous population will experience differing degrees of economic prosperity depending on their particular location in the economy .
11 There are particular difficulties on the question of whether a covenant is purely personal or runs with the land where the obligation in question , whether on the part of the lessor , lessee , or third party guarantor , involves the payment of money other than rent .
12 That I am amused by such lines as " Noah/ good place to eat " ; " Doughnut/ask me silly questions " or " Theresa/fly in my soup " ( Wales , 1990 ) raises the important question , of course , here as elsewhere in the book , and equally evaded by Chiaro as by Nash , of whether a joke is still a joke if the listener fails to appreciate it , or if there is no reader- response ; is the perlocutionary effect , in other words , part of its definition ?
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