Example sentences of "is [vb pp] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His [ profession ] is compounded of all Natures , all humours , all professions . |
| 2 | Instead , the main display , which has pride of place in the store , is formed of discreet cubicles equipped with desktop and portable PCs , from IBM , Toshiba , Compaq and Apple . |
| 3 | So what what they 're actually saying is that here is a formal training that will make sure that everybody at the , who goes on this course , comes away with a measure of having achieved those skills because th the course itself is formed of two parts . |
| 4 | Fig 3 shows a diamond weaving design ( Stitchworld No. 425 ) , in which the centre of the diamond has single stitch floats and the diamond is formed of two stitch floats . |
| 5 | Much of the east coast of England is formed of Pleistocene deposits which yield rapidly to wave action provided that they are not protected by natural constructional forms or by artificial defences , such as breakwaters and groynes . |
| 6 | The ‘ Zechstein Basin ’ contains thick halite sequences , the ‘ Fringe Zechstein' is characterised by interbedded carbonates and anhydrites and the London-Brabant Massif is formed of pre-Carboniferous sediments and meta-sediments lying directly beneath Cretaceous strata . |
| 7 | In Example 61 , from Dallapiccola 's Cinque canti , the accompaniment is formed of metrical canons based on the proportions 1:1:2 and the retrograde 2:1:1 , with various basic duration values : Though the words are fervent , the accompaniment has an aloof , abstract quality which does little to create a defined background atmosphere . |
| 8 | BULL 's ZENITH IS STRIPPED OF GIANT DESKTOP IV CONTRACT |
| 9 | The bajulus Atto may have failed to uphold Charles 's cause in the Rhineland as the emperor had intended : no more is heard of that guardianship . |
| 10 | If the driver provided by Overdrive proves unsuitable ( no doubt an unusual occurrence in practice ) the haulier need not engage him provided reasonable notice is given of this intention to Overdrive . |
| 11 | Particularly high quality sound is claimed of this player , with faithful reproduction of subtle low-level signals and a remarkable 100dB signal-to-noise ratio . |
| 12 | Their lives are dominated by three main concepts — the male ego whose nurturing , preserving and boosting is considered of vital importance ; a sense of hierarchy which is considered synonymous with the existence of the family ; and finally the closeness of relationships — the bonds which provide consolation . |
| 13 | Sometimes he is reminded of several things . |
| 14 | One is reminded of modernist poetry ; the echoes and reverberation of Eliot , the Imagists ' individual statements within a given form . |
| 15 | For example , an image is presented of one child threatening another . |
| 16 | Judicial sources said the arrests were made in connection with Fiat 's Cogefar-Impresit construction arm , which is suspected of illegal dealings in the building of Milan 's metro railway . |
| 17 | Since the 1980 Competition Act it is also possible for the Director General of Fair Trading to refer a particular practice of an individual firm to the Commission , where complaints have been received from supposedly injured parties , or the practice is suspected of limiting competition . |
| 18 | That Aethelberht , king of Kent , exercised authority over his brother , Eadberht , is clear from the way in which it was necessary for Ealdwulf , bishop of Rochester , to secure confirmation of a grant of land from Eadberht in 738 from Aethelberht and Nothhelm , archbishop of Canterbury , acknowledging that he had erred in not doing so sooner ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but nothing is said of any necessity to secure Aethelbald 's confirmation . |
| 19 | Thus the substantive apple contains the lexical idea of a kind of fruit : this is its material significate , or lexeme , the import of meaning which is said of some object in the speaker 's experience . |
| 20 | It is said of some speeches that they smell of the lamp . |
| 21 | The house is built of rock-faced sandstone which is of the deepest pink , peculiar to this area , and its roofs are of patterned slate . |
| 22 | So far , we have mostly considered the use of fourth chords in situations where only one vertical chord is built of perfect fourths superimposed , each note remaining in the same register . |
| 23 | " It seems to have been an edifice of remote antiquity , and is built of rough stones , and was in my memory , in a ruinated condition without roof and timbers , but has now , for some years past been converted into a workshop and dwelling house inhabited by a wheelwright . |
| 24 | It consists of a kiln at one end for drying or malting grain and a bread baking oven at the other end , it is built of local limestone collected from Lavernock beach . |
| 25 | The 3-bedroomed bungalow is built of pre-cast concrete and is described as a modest family home . |
| 26 | At the sides the cathedral is built of red brick and looks like the headquarters of some great insurance company before computers replaced clerks . |
| 27 | Most unusually for this part of the country , it is built of red brick , though the tall chimney added to it is stone faced . |
| 28 | It is built of large blocks of travertine stone and the arch has two concentric rings of radiating voussoirs . |
| 29 | It is built of glowing limestone , known as Coral Rag , a stone made of the fossilized remains of coral and other shells . |
| 30 | It is built of Pentewan stone , a type of Cornish Elvan , the name given to the local quartz-porphyry . |