Example sentences of "[modal v] be of [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to recover so much extra information , thin section preparations must be of consistent high quality . |
| 2 | A work on the birds of Europe might be of limited scientific value , as Gould himself confessed — it could hardly uncover any startling revelations — but it would be bound to attract the crucial number of subscribers . |
| 3 | Some companies ( particularly in the USA ) , in response to these and other factors , decided in the late 70s and early 80s that they should designate within their organisations a person or persons whose job would be to specialise in the acquisition and processing of information from the environment that might be of potential strategic importance . |
| 4 | There is evidence that Philips believe Sony 's move towards handheld CD-I could be of immediate complementary benefit to its in situ range of players . |
| 5 | The electronically captured information could be of remarkable historical value . |
| 6 | With printed material the font may be unknown to the system or the copy may be of poor printed quality . |
| 7 | But the shattered gabbro of the Troodos ophiolite may well hold water , and information gained by drilling into it may be of great practical value on this semi-arid island . |
| 8 | It is true that in some cases these publications may be of extreme radical tendency , attacking the established practices of academic English teaching , but that is no objection , since it is the fact of publication that counts , not its content . |
| 9 | Other studies , especially randomised controlled trials , may be of little additional help as many exclude important groups such as women or elderly people . |
| 10 | An improved understanding of the sources of everyday likes and dislikes would be of lasting theoretical importance in psychology , and might also have practical applications in education , product design and marketing , broadcasting , and leisure industries . |
| 11 | Welford Beaton thought that its examination of the progress of cotton from field to factory would be of great educational value and he urged distributors to put the film into every motion-picture theatre in the world . |
| 12 | This would be of great educational value to new members giving tips and ways of how other embalmers around the country practice their work . |
| 13 | These were to be based on a descriptor with learning outcomes and performance criteria , would be internally assessed , and would be of nominal 40-hour length — just like SCOTVEC modules . |
| 14 | A catalyst that could convert methane to methanol or larger unsaturated hydrocarbons directly and at low temperatures would be of enormous commercial interest . |
| 15 | That will be of real practical benefit to professions worldwide . ’ |
| 16 | If this possibility interests you , your main concern should be to ensure that you are given enough information to check that the retraining will be of real practical value . |
| 17 | This special responsibility for verifying compliance with Community minimum requirements is known as ‘ home country control ’ and will be of increasing practical importance for UK businesses which venture abroad while remaining subject to such home country control . |
| 18 | The research will be of general educational relevance , and will also have important implications for the clinical use of short-term memory span tests as a measure of short-term memory capacity . |
| 19 | I would argue that it is the mastery of processes which determine , shape and qualify context ( in every academic area ) which will be of significant long term value to the child . |
| 20 | Unless the sequence of events in which the various inflammatory mediators is established there is little chance that a specific receptor antagonst or inhibitor of the synthesis of a single mediator will be of important therapeutic benefit . |
| 21 | In terms of outcomes , it is anticipated that the research will be of direct practical relevance to work in a variety of context such as neighbourhood policing schemes , juvenile liaison and diversion schemes , reparation and victim-support projects , multi-agency work on drug problems , neighbourhood watch projects , etc . |
| 22 | The Court felt that , ‘ Such information can be of tremendous historical value in demonstrating what agency personnel were involved in making a particular policy decision and what officials knew and when they knew it . ’ |
| 23 | And looking behind us in an emotional sense can be of great preventive value . |