Example sentences of "be [vb pp] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A case study will be undertaken of one primary and one secondary school in the same LEA , focusing mainly on the work of the headteacher , senior staff and other teachers in planning , preparing for and introducing the changes . |
| 2 | As much notice as possible will be given of such changes . |
| 3 | The Public Order Act does not require notice to be given of such assemblies nor is there any power to ban . |
| 4 | This approach is convenient , and we shall often have recourse to it ; however , it has disadvantages ( even supposing that a fully adequate account can be given of such notions as ‘ the class of dogs ’ ) . |
| 5 | What gives a name as a name its special status is that it represents the transcendence " of the object relative to any particular description that might be given of that object . |
| 6 | It is therefore still not entirely clear whether the requirement is for special notice of " unusual " or " unreasonable " terms , but insofar as Dillon LJ referred to " particularly onerous " terms , it seems that after Interfoto special notice must be given of any clause which is unusual or unreasonable . |
| 7 | Clear indication should be given of any areas of uncertainty that may impact significantly on the amount of the offer ; |
| 8 | Where there are non-equity minority interests a description should be given of any rights of holders of the shares against other group companies , for example in respect of guarantees . |
| 9 | The greatest advantage , however , was that 8–10 weeks ' notice could be given of precise dates , venues and course programme . |
| 10 | The signs are that more and more will be heard of this gift as we approach the end of the millennium . |
| 11 | Your notes , however , should strive to be concise and need to be stripped of unnecessary words . |
| 12 | To suppose that technical vocabulary Per se is ‘ jargon ’ , the warbling of birds , is simply foolish : and to suppose that popular ‘ science-writing ’ should be stripped of technical terms is to misconstrue the nature of the craft . |
| 13 | Braverman 's thesis is that there has been a general and progressive de-skilling of jobs in the twentieth century , and that there is a long-term trend for jobs to be stripped of intrinsic content , and become more routine . |
| 14 | The judge said the case did not mark a sharp change in government policy , and emphasised it was not to be regarded of general application by planning authorities around the country . |
| 15 | There is after all no point in throwing good money after bad , and the need to maintain harmonious industrial relations is likely to be considered of greater importance than achieving a barren judgment . |
| 16 | Although physiologically naive to suggest , as some have , that the seat of creativity lies in the right hemisphere , the latter 's contribution must be considered of unique importance , given what is known about its style of cognitive processing . |
| 17 | This may in part be explained by one half of the reciprocity taking the form of labour services and trade in consumables ; a large proportion of the goods which may be considered of high value by reason of the distance over which the raw materials had been transported , and their resulting rarity , may have been given for services , gifts or payments for work , what may be termed institutional exchange . |
| 18 | Certainly it is not to be supposed of all situations : for a start , we do not have a single conception of truth but rather at least two conceptions , those of analytic and synthetic truth . |
| 19 | Investigation may well be done by a sub-committee but the deciding authority must then be apprised of that material . |
| 20 | You need to be reminded of key dates in sufficient time to take the appropriate action . |
| 21 | In particular they need to be reminded of that combination of unashamed materialism and gnarled , disbelieving scepticism about the power of political parties to give effect to Utopia which is characteristic of a certain type of Conservatism . |
| 22 | She did not like to be reminded of dead things , even flies , by the stiff , still bits of leg . |
| 23 | That would mean perhaps engines might be designed of ceramic materials so you could , conceivably see engine development along new lines , and in fact there are some designs already which do incorporate ceramic materials which will withstand the higher temperatures . |
| 24 | On the technical side , the outcome may well be some way from what would be expected of perfect contestability , even if the assumptions approximate to the conditions I have outlined . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the differences in fit from what would be expected of multifactorial inheritance are small and the pattern of familial aggregation indicative of a recessive influence ( with affected sibling pairs predominating over parent-offspring pairs ) could have occurred for other reasons , as discussed below . |
| 26 | By 1980 the succession of troubles along the Iran-Iraq border , combined with uncertainty as to the international behaviour to be expected of post-revolutionary Iran , was provoking a good deal of disquiet in the outside world , particularly among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) states . |
| 27 | Some are further ahead than others , but what will probably be expected of most authorities is some sort of erm perhaps a handbook or certainly some advice to parents about the implications of the new Act . |
| 28 | ‘ You did all that could be expected of any man , ’ said the abbot firmly . |
| 29 | Now , this is , to some extent this is perhaps to be expected of any group which is erm which runs the risk of being persecuted and then , they will be |
| 30 | These images build up into stereotypes ; generalizations about what is to be expected of older people , which are based at best on partial information rather than the full diversity of their real lives . |