Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fourth will be charged with having information likely to be of use to terrorists . |
| 2 | James Stewart , aged 23 , of Belfast , was accused of having documents on IRA suspects likely to be of use to terrorists planning murder . |
| 3 | Overjoyed to be of use to someone , and by his role of rescuer , he expressed his happiness to Theo obliquely , in a rushing torrent of plans . |
| 4 | The London-based company Thesaurus intend to establish a bank of information aimed to be of use to all those researching trends in the art market . |
| 5 | Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns clearly saw himself in that light when , in 1760 , he approached Lord Milton to inform him of his wish to be of use to Milton 's politics in West Lothiah . |
| 6 | Buildings were hastily demolished , and ironwork likely to be of use to the natives was buried in a deep pit . |
| 7 | When many of these are taken by one person it is still useful for him or her to ensure that the separate responsibilities are kept in balance — and essential if the work is to be of use to other teachers . |
| 8 | They all wanted to be of use , to serve ! |
| 9 | This statement does not have to be taken as gospel to be of use . |
| 10 | Whatever aspect they present — whether written for scientific or commercial purposes , or perhaps for some voluntary organisation — they will follow the lines of this chapter if they are to be of use . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , please let me take them , ’ said Oliver , delighted to be of use . |
| 12 | And that 's not going to be of use to anybody is it ? |
| 13 | In some respects this wish can be granted , but in general even if applicable theory exists it is often of too great a complexity to be of use to practical scientists . |
| 14 | I like , ’ she ended up diffidently , ‘ to be of use . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Glad to be of use , ’ she murmured meekly . |
| 16 | Once more I tried to recall what was to happen , as recounted in Mary Shelley 's book , but what little returned was too vague to be of use . |
| 17 | ‘ Once is enough for him to be of use . |
| 18 | The purpose of this study is to determine whether accounting practices need to be adjusted or developed if they are to be of use to firms operating in the highly changeful high technology sectors . |
| 19 | The conclusions to this study are expected to be of use to policy-makers in deciding where help in promoting a better trained workforce is most needed . |
| 20 | It is an important role of the database administrator to control attempts to keep data on the database indefinitely and to ensure that data entering the database is likely to be of use in the near future . |
| 21 | As archivists are acutely aware , even if electronic records are made ‘ readable ’ , to be of use to the historian of the future the context in which the document was created also needs to be retained ( Zweig 1992 ; Higgs 1992 ) . |
| 22 | Dear Lord we , we want to be of use to you , we want to be of service to you , we want to be salt and light in our communities , we want to be your labourers , working together with you . |
| 23 | The US 's supplies are supposed to be for use only in national catastrophes such as war . |
| 24 | Moreover , the system of land tenure , wherein the land belongs to the indigenous Fijians and can only be leased to Indo-Fijians ( the descendants of indentured cane workers who were drafted in from India in the early colonial period ) militates against conservation measures because it ensures the political dominance of the former ; and the encouragement of production ensures that such land is seen to be in use , an artefact to maintain internal stability . |
| 25 | She 'd gone on into a book-lined room which appeared to be in use as an office , and she was placing the shotgun along with two others in a locking steel cabinet . |
| 26 | First , however , it disposed of the concept of ‘ design technician ’ put forward by the Coldstream-Summerson Report , a concept which had evoked a hostile reception from the art colleges in 1970 , on the grounds that the expression seemed to be in use only in the ceramics industry . |
| 27 | A major chain of retailers has agreed to withdraw them from sale , but hundreds are still thought to be in use . |
| 28 | But the principal , Donald Leach , said that new facilities would have to be in use by autumn of next year , as the college continues its rapid growth . |