Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LAST year 's accounts were concluded with my statement — ‘ We must continue to be of cautious mind as to the immediate future , confident nevertheless that our chosen strategy best equips the group to weather the ongoing economic turbulence . ’ |
| 2 | Although , in years to come , these might prove to be of social interest , many such letters refer only to domestic and personal trivia and , having personally recently discovered a letter written to me over 30 years ago by my wife just before we were married , I would not want this to be read by anyone else at all . |
| 3 | This new right could prove to be of particular utility in medical negligence claims . |
| 4 | There are two commonly-used types of filter that could prove to be of little , if any use , in the course of keeping large cichlids — the small corner box filter and the sponge filter . |
| 5 | The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success . |
| 6 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 7 | In other words it would have to be job beneficial , it would have to be of strategic importance and and all those other things we 've been discussing . |
| 8 | To be worthwhile , any such conference would have to be of sufficient weight so that it could have a decisive effect on the ‘ official ’ international conferences — several of which had already taken place with the express purpose of reviewing the treaty , but which had succeeded in producing only confusion and bitterness . |
| 9 | Alkaline bile secretion is known to contribute significantly to duodenal protection against acid injury to a similar ( if not greater ) degree than pancreatic secretion and stimulation of biliary bicarbonate secretion during or before feeding would seem to be of physiological benefit . |
| 10 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 11 | As it turned out , socket-teeth were a highly successful innovation , permitting a great improvement in chewing techniques ; one of many functional physiological adaptations that would prove to be of enormous survival value . |
| 12 | The equipment you 'll sell will tend to be of premium quality , the software certainly does n't come cheap and there 's lots of training and backup possibilities . |
| 13 | I have seen enough to believe that the materials , over time , will prove to be of real help to teachers trying to solve their own problems by enabling them to see what support there is in the sharing of difficulties and by strengthening the belief that efficient discussion can lead to effective action . |
| 14 | There is now a firm grip on the conditions affecting the health of the populace of the borough and it is certain , given time , the innovations put into practice during the past few years will prove to be of enormous benefit , particularly to the health of infants and mothers of West Ham . |
| 15 | More generally on durability , it seems that the requirement that the goods be of merchantable quality is a continuing requirement that they will continue to be of merchantable quality for a reasonable period after delivery so long as they remain in the same apparent state as that in which they were delivered , apart from normal wear and tear . |
| 16 | Although augmented now by police powers to give instructions in the control of processions and assemblies and the new crime of offensive conduct it seems likely that they will continue to be of immense practical importance . |