Example sentences of "to [be] [prep] particular " in BNC.

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1 This was destined to be of particular importance to the measurement of time , because the blacksmith was the forerunner of those who constructed the first mechanical clock .
2 However , there are some products which are likely to be of particular interest to older people and some areas where mechanisms are needed to ensure they get a fair deal .
3 This question , said Mrs B , seemed to be of particular significance , but she had felt unable to make any sense of it .
4 The prestige of the written word , considered by TANU to be of particular significance , was the third reason for the emphasis on the press .
5 It has proved to be of particular benefit to sales people during a sales appointment with a client .
6 Muriel was favoured by all three partners , but the comments of her present employer turned out to be of particular importance .
7 But the vast experience , stability and guidance to young colleagues that Hastings can impart has to be of particular import to Scotland 's 1993 efforts .
8 Firstly , there were discussions of issues thought to be of particular interest or relevance to women , such as abortion or equality .
9 On some sites , though , the dating may be too imprecise to be of particular value , and may lack direct relationships between the features .
10 Quite apart from all the other interesting articles there are the field test reports which I feel to be of particular interest .
11 A third type of dispute that is likely to be of particular interest to students of politics is that between separate branches of government .
12 The introduction of education support grants , whereby central government sets aside money for educational topics it deems to be of particular importance .
13 We believe that these findings suggest that osmolality is the key determinant of water absorption in both normal and secreting intestine and that it seems to be of particular importance in the secretory state .
14 This new right could prove to be of particular utility in medical negligence claims .
15 As the action of an LCR is postulated to be mediated by a variety of transacting factors interacting with promoter/enhancer type sequences , with subsequent effects on chromatin domains ( 25 , and references therein ) ; we would expect chromatin structure analysis ( DH sites ) to be of particular use in localising regions of regulatory interest .
16 We expect this exhibition to be of particular interest to sports administrators and physiotherapists .
17 The Maldives was judged to be at particular risk due to its composition of low-lying coral islands and atolls .
18 His research on bereavement has led him to formulate a list of factors which make it possible to identify those likely to be at particular risk for psychiatric disorder .
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