Example sentences of "[noun sg] could be [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these conditions , too , the mount required either to give a force mobility or to approach a battlefield could be of inferior breed , and consequently cheaper , than a cavalry horse capable of carrying a fully armoured knight , in addition to its own armour . |
| 2 | ‘ Laser welding could be of major benefit , ’ said Dr Watson . |
| 3 | This test could be of clinical value in deciding which patients require urgent referral for further management and treatment in hospitals without specialist nephrological care . |
| 4 | That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline . |
| 5 | Alone of the Pacific species , N. emarginata shows something like a comparable variation in shell shape with exposure ( Crothers , 1984 ) , but the shell is so thin as to afford little protection from crabs regardless of its shape ( Kitching , 1976 ) and an ability to resist desiccation could be of great value to this highQQintertidal species in sites protected from continuous spray . |
| 6 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the new evidence could be of great significance . |
| 7 | Mr Justice Latham , adjourning the trial last Wednesday until yesterday , told the jury the fresh evidence could be of great significance . |
| 8 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the sort of project to which he just referred is another example of where a national lottery could be of great assistance ? |
| 9 | This made Bekenstein 's suggestion that a black hole had a finite entropy fully consistent , since it implied that a black hole could be in thermal equilibrium at some finite temperature other than zero . |
| 10 | He felt that Congress could be of significant help in the area of branch representative and activist training within the Association . |
| 11 | However , the information could be of immediate interest and if so either.telex , Intelpost or hand delivery will need to be considered . |
| 12 | Peace of mind when the husband was working some distance from the farm could be of great importance . |
| 13 | It was the view of the assessment panel that a few months of reasonably stable attendance could be of great help to Jim when he left school and they decided that a flexible arrangement might encourage attendance where previous efforts had failed . |
| 14 | For living-in apprentices food and comfort could be in scant supply . |
| 15 | This measurement could be of clinical importance in assessment of a patient referred with impaired renal function , by helping to determine whether the deterioration in renal function was acute ( ARF ) , acute on chronic ( AonCRF ) , or part of stable-chronic renal failure ( CRF ) . |