Example sentences of "be [adv] of the " in BNC.

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1 As all sand surfaces possess chance irregularities , even though they may be only of the magnitude of a few sand grains , there is a natural tendency for ripples to form .
2 Indeed , to many thinkers such explanations seem to be obviously of the right kind ( cf.
3 The image has to be both of the politician and of the party .
4 And I think that will be roughly of the order of eight thousand six hundred , so those are our component differences .
5 Therefore — except for an occasional mutated child which turns out to be plainly of the wrong metal for its caste — ranks must remain separate .
6 Since documents prepared with either indented or hanging paragraphs tend to be consistently of the one style , it is as easy to set up the format before typing as it is to do it afterwards .
7 ‘ If you want to be ahead of the market in the most favoured areas , start looking now , ’ says Jenkins .
8 But since their dividend growth should be ahead of the market 's , the yield premium should be slimmer .
9 in child language understanding always precedes production and , what is most important , the adult dealing with the child constantly modifies her output to be ahead of the structures which the child is producing ( Wells , 1981 ) .
10 And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all .
11 The time of quality has arrived , and CCG intend to be ahead of the field in our commitment to it .
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