Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] may be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently offers for unlisted public companies and even for private companies may be of interest to the Panel if the shareholder base is sufficiently wide for minority protection to be relevant . |
| 2 | Eye pigments occurring in the ommatidial cells of some insects may be of special interest since studies of their metabolism reveal something of the mode of action of genes controlling eye colour . |
| 3 | Carbamylated haemoglobin correlates with the time-averaged urea concentration in patients receiving regular haemodialysis and measurement of this substrate may be of use in assessing the adequacy of renal-replacement therapies . |
| 4 | The writing on other categories of contemporary rugs may be of interest , but rarely has any bearing on their quality or value . |
| 5 | Antibodies of IgA class directed against Saccharomyces cerviciae are common in Crohn 's disease but not in ulcerative colitis , and determination of such antibodies may be of diagnostic help . |
| 6 | ( The type and purpose of those structures may be of little importance . ) |
| 7 | The finding by Fritz and Brooks that vagotomy abolishes the choleretic response to feeding in cholecystectomised dogs suggests that , at least as regards the digestive function of bile , neural regulation of biliary secretion may be of greater functional importance than is generally acknowledged . |
| 8 | Governments wish to try and deal with problems of regional imbalance , which in many instances may be of a long-standing and chronic nature . |
| 9 | This caution is reinforced by a second reason , which in practical terms may be of paramount importance , the fear of being the object of a legal action at the suit of parents , guardians , or relatives , who might allege that the patient was neglected , and would urge that the patient 's refusal should not have been relied upon . |
| 10 | The underlying pattern in modern societies may be of this kind too ( Becker 1981 ) . |