Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] [modal v] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Demand for specialist work may be of an intermittent nature and the builder may have difficulty in providing the operatives with continuity of work . |
| 2 | Although the old grammatical drills and exercises do not seem to have raised standards of composition , it appears that new ways of teaching language can be of help . |
| 3 | In theory , the quality of committee decisions should be of a high standard ; |
| 4 | If the rule is credible , EMU should involve only the lightest fiscal interference when budgetary policies are sound , because the debt of EMU members will be of the highest grade . ’ |
| 5 | At this stage , too , the use of the more modern tools of information technology will be of increasing importance . |
| 6 | It is however true that a depreciation in share values will be of concern to management , because of possible repercussions in the market for corporate control . |
| 7 | Control formats based on escape sequences can be of indefinite length , and page description languages can be extremely powerful . |
| 8 | Without publication research can be of little value . |
| 9 | Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program . |
| 10 | It was decided to check the loan records of as many as possible of the theses , to see if any of the data on thesis usage could be of value in assessing the quality of the research , as a measure independent of publication and citation figures . |