Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] [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 | At this stage , too , the use of the more modern tools of information technology will be of increasing importance . |
| 4 | Without publication research can be of little value . |
| 5 | 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 . |