Example sentences of "be [prep] [det] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been because social psychology has had few ways of handling the macro-level political , economic and social change which has been of such great interest to sociologists . |
| 2 | There was no one else in the hotel who could have been of any possible interest to the assassins . ’ |
| 3 | Given the huge disparities which are of such enormous benefit to those at the top of the scale , who will pick up the bill ? |
| 4 | Certainly he had not been in such close proximity to a pretty young girl for as long as he could remember . |
| 5 | Drivers are in such close proximity to passengers and there is no grille between them as in black cabs . |
| 6 | However , it will be of little real interest to the binocular observer . |
| 7 | The little volume , which deals with cooking out of doors for motorists , cyclists , campers , walkers , and fishermen has never been translated into English and would n't be of much practical use to us if it were , because the majority of the recipes are based on the products to be bought at the " village charcutier " , an institution which does n't exist in the British Isles . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose , McAllister , if you 're going to be of any real use to me — ’ He was interrupted by Rose bursting in , a Greek chorus of depressed-looking women following her . |
| 9 | How can this development be of any personal interest to you ? ’ |
| 10 | They could not have learned the trade in time to be of any practical use to the employers in keeping orders going . |
| 11 | ‘ I may yet be of some temporary use to my Chapter if I can be salvaged . |
| 12 | 5.4 If any of the circumstances specified in clauses 5.1 , 5.2 and 5.3 or if the Tenant fails to comply with [ its ] obligations under clause 6.5 then and in any such case this agreement shall ( save for clauses 3.8 and 5.5 and without prejudice to any pre-existing right of action of either party in respect of any breach by the other of [ its ] obligations under this agreement ) immediately determine and cease to have effect and neither party shall be under any further liability to the other under this agreement |
| 13 | In the event of substantial damage to or destruction of the Site or the Premises or any part of the Site or the Premises however occasioned either party hereto may determine this agreement forthwith by serving notice to that effect on the other party and in such case this agreement shall ( without prejudice to any pre-existing right of action of either party in respect of any breach by the other of its obligations under this agreement ) immediately determine and cease to have effect and neither party shall be under any further liability to the other under this agreement and any dispute or difference between the parties as to what constitutes substantial damage or destruction for the purpose of this clause shall be decided by an independent Surveyor who shall act as an expert and who shall be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors upon the application of either party |
| 14 | Whatever the symbolic advantages of gender neutrality in the law of rape , in practice , whilst the structure of sexual offences remains essentially the same , the effect of such an innovation could conceivably be detrimental to male victims without being of any real assistance to female complainants . |
| 15 | But Gould did not have time to fuel his friendships , unless they were of some direct advantage to his work . |
| 16 | All the 1957 Act had done was to create certain criminal offences , none of which were of any direct assistance to the taxpayer because they were not themselves in direct conflict with the Finance Act 1964 . |
| 17 | What made her face so memorable , though , were the high cheekbones and the slanted dark brown eyes that were in such shocking contrast to her hair . |
| 18 | It is not always clear that polygyny is of such reproductive value to females as the views of Orians and his colleagues suggest . |
| 19 | It is of such minor significance to them that they ‘ override ’ it . |
| 20 | Although it is the profit rate before taxation which reflects the underlying economic forces of capital accumulation , labour supply and competitiveness , it is the profit rate after taxation which is of most direct concern to employers when they make investment decisions . |
| 21 | It may be that a variety of non-Northumbrian factors also played a part here — not least the early Viking raids , the likely disruption of shipping routes and Anglo-Frankish trading disputes — but the cessation of minting during Aethelred 's second reign is in such striking contrast to what happened in southern England that essentially it remains a mystery . |
| 22 | The planned inaugural run is scheduled for July 4th , and will bring the ex-Southern Region Pacific 's on this preserved line to two . |
| 23 | The male body was of little aesthetic interest to him , and the female was so mutable , so much a function of its own motion , or that of light across it , that all static representation seemed to him doomed from the outset . |
| 24 | The academic establishment refused to entertain the possibility that this doctrine was of any wider significance to criminal law beyond the local issue of what is to be done with the drunken offender and , within that narrow compass , that the doctrine was coherent or justifiable . |