Example sentences of "be of [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraged by the pride of the town authorities , the Guy Fawkes celebrations provided an annual explosion for the town 's poor : deprived as they had been of saints ' days with the advent of Puritanism , they came from the miserable hovels cramped in the town 's back alleys to protest not only against the symbols of oppression but also , in bad years , against the local oligarchy . |
| 2 | At the standard temperature of 25° C there are of H + ; ions per litre of pure water , giving a neutral pH of 7 . |
| 3 | My Lord , the number will be a great many , primary schools teachers are of course spe er generalists not specialists and a primary school teacher with only religious education as a specialism would be disadvantaged quite seriously in having to cope with teaching maths and English and science and history , geography , art and music and so on . |
| 4 | Er the only formal apology I er have is from Judith , we are of course er as yet still missing er Malcolm and Liz . |
| 5 | Well , er first of all , it 's a smaller er Authority , er the er meetings of the Authority area are of course er going to be in public , just as er always , and er I think probably the key er advantage is going to be the new emphasis that we 'll be able to place on buying health care services . |
| 6 | Er but there are of course h n while we 're on that point there are , I 'm afraid , there are s people who take advantage of Marks and Spencers , erm because they know there 's going to be no problem about having goods exchanged so what they do , they buy something from Marks and Spencers wear it on one evening for , for a party or special occasion |
| 7 | ‘ The House is fronted with white bricks of the best quality , ’ wrote Sir John Soane , its architect , in 1788 , ‘ the steps , window dressings , cornices etc are chiefly of Portland Stone , and the capitals to the pilasters are of Coade 's manufactury . |
| 8 | The pigeons are of cause er er er a cause of debate in the city centre some people like pigeons some do n't some say there are far too many pigeons . |
| 9 | And clearly that would be of benefit er to Road in terms of relieving the pressure from that traffic . |
| 10 | Oh erm I 'm sure er who do you think will perhaps be of benefit erm for me to talk to them as well you know to discuss this with them ? |
| 11 | The main difference between the ‘ Oracles ’ and the Created God is that the former were believed to be of ‘ divine ’ origin , whereas the latter would be of mankind 's own creation , and therefore under human control . |
| 12 | These were informed against as being of David 's line and brought … before Domitian Caesar … |
| 13 | At the time of Chamlong 's announcement a number of other opposition figures had launched hunger strikes in protest at Suchinda 's appointment , but none were of Chamlong 's stature . |
| 14 | The biggest difference from the corresponding Corporation cars lay in the bogies , which were of Brush 's own design and were reversed with the driving wheels nearest the centre of the car . |
| 15 | St Paul had taught that the powers that be were ordained of God , and it was generally held that all power , genuinely held , was God-given , that kings were of God 's choosing . |
| 16 | Send back your completed questionnaire with your cheque and in return you will receive a presentation folder containing full detail 's of Pauline 's design . |
| 17 | The last of the main galleries concentrates on works from the last twenty year 's of Bassano 's career , including many of the genre scenes that are among the artist 's most celebrated works . |
| 18 | Chariot 's of Fire ai n't it ? |
| 19 | Perhaps the most revealing shot in Eyes To The Hills is of Helvellyn 's Striding Edge on a Bank Holiday . |
| 20 | Er , there is of course er no such tech . |
| 21 | Well I think he made it clear that no jury could forget what everybody knew er which is of course er the the facts that emerged at the time er that the Birmingham Six were acquitted . |
| 22 | And that that overwhelmingly is of course erm criterion ten . |
| 23 | So er , kind words to us , thank you very much , but there are bodies which are working very effectively to spread the net , er , my view , by the way , is of course erm , I 'm a great believer in , er pressures being exercised by every mechanism . |
| 24 | Erm a classic example is of course erm the second world war . |
| 25 | My Lords I I 'm to say that this is of course erm a very controversial area and it is quite frank that it should be controversial too . |
| 26 | Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either . |
| 27 | This would be mildly surprising given that the primary emphasis of both the Old and New Testaments is of man 's ‘ dominion over the fish of the sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over the cattle , and over all the earth ’ ( Gen. 1 v. 26 ) . |
| 28 | She lacked his detachment and would not even have thought it morally desirable , believing the Byronic tag , " Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart : 't is woman 's whole existence . " |
| 29 | The Break Through is of 50% graphite/50% fibreglass construction , and is a widebody profile for the more advanced club competitor . |
| 30 | The brightest star , Gamma , ( 3.5 ) , is of type K5 , and binoculars show it as orange ; the other leading stars , Delta ( 3.8 ) and Alpha and Beta ( each 4.4 ) are white . |