Example sentences of "[modal v] be of [det] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 2 | Hum. , 1908–13 ) for the purpose of giving graduates of the College opportunity to travel at such time in their careers as might be of most value to them either by enabling them to broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research . |
| 3 | So therefore it might be of more interest to practitioners if I take some typical enquiries and describe the way they are tackled . |
| 4 | Variability in ME , however , has sometimes been perceived as an obstacle rather than a resource , and as a result information that might be of some value to the historian has been rejected from the canon . |
| 5 | She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health . |
| 6 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps because you could be of more use to the ringleaders that way , ’ he returned instantly . |
| 8 | erm I 'm sure that I could be of some help to them |
| 9 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |
| 10 | I determined to contact Jenny , but letters and telephone conversations seemed quite inadequate means of discovering what I wanted to know , that is whether I could be of any use to her . |
| 11 | She wanted to move the conversation along as she would do with any other person she had just met at a cocktail party , to talk of work and why they were there and if they could be of any use to each other . |
| 12 | Unluckily , this may be of little help to the reader if the pictures illustrated are used as mere decoration , and not the subject of critical discussion . |
| 13 | By the same token , new knowledge may be of little relevance to someone innovating a social instrument to satisfy a need that changing demographics or tax laws have created . |
| 14 | Demographics , for instance , may be of little concern to innovators in fundamental industrial processes like steel making , although Mergenthaler 's Linotype machine became successful primarily because there were not enough skilled typesetters available to satisfy a mass market . |
| 15 | This blurring of the boundaries may be of little consequence to users of the service , but it does have implications for the type of care they receive and which agency remains financially responsible for arranging that care . |
| 16 | Obviously , though , if M-tense and L-tense get too far apart , M-tense may be of little use to the analysis of language . |
| 17 | IT MAY be of little comfort to Euro Disney 's shareholders , but all France 's leisure parks are struggling to make ends meet . |
| 18 | Although the events may be of most interest to people over 50 , views and ideas from everyone will be welcomed . |
| 19 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 20 | Can I give you a bit of something that we picked up last week that may be of some benefit to you ? |
| 21 | Whilst external social factors may be of some relevance to the management , even control , of the behaviour of those afflicted , the harsh fact is that external social influences play little part in its onset or progress . |
| 22 | I have told this story in the hope that it may be of some help to other adoptive parents , and out of the profound belief that love is the most important thing in the world . |
| 23 | Although they tend to fit one pencil size only , there are rather more expensive holders available for use with wide pencils and industrial chalks which may be of some help to artists . |
| 24 | But no matter — this has no real bearing on the development , but may be of some interest to those in the community who see this as just another get-rich-quick venture by the men from the city . |
| 25 | Political parties , for example , may not present such an ‘ open face ’ to women ; their agendas may be of less interest to women or women may face more difficulties in fitting in with their timetables and organisation . |
| 26 | However , simply to accord casual workers a dependent employee status would be of little relevance to them . |
| 27 | He learned nothing that would be of much use to Lorton . |
| 28 | Some of their skills and knowledge are specific to the company for which they work , and they would be of less value to another company . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think a change of manager would be of any benefit to Crystal Palace . |
| 30 | ‘ She does mostly ladies ’ slippers , ’ Emily said , ‘ I do n't think she would be of any use to you . ’ |