Example sentences of "[modal v] be of any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , in order that the trial should be of any value at all , both materials should be used in the way that will produce the best results . |
| 2 | ‘ You have no further information that might be of any assistance , sir ? ’ |
| 3 | You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use . |
| 4 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 5 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 6 | I determined to contact Jenny , but letters and telephone conversations seemed quite inadequate means of discovering what I wanted to know , that is whether I could be of any use to her . |
| 7 | She went to see if she could be of any use . |
| 8 | She wanted to move the conversation along as she would do with any other person she had just met at a cocktail party , to talk of work and why they were there and if they could be of any use to each other . |
| 9 | The Battle Standard Bearer may be of any of the Orc or Goblin races indicated . |
| 10 | Exhumed forms may be of any age , although Triassic forms have probably received more attention than any others in this country . |
| 11 | Detrital grains may be of any size ( from clays to pebbles or larger ) and of varying shape . |
| 12 | Text can be bold , underlined or italicised and the 24 fonts provided may be of any point size . |
| 13 | The underlying liver disease , which results in portal hypertension , may be of any cause as extrahepatic causes of portal hypertension have been associated with PHT . |
| 14 | These modules may be of any type i.e. source , foreign , pmodel or package . |
| 15 | But he rather doubted , he said , glancing around mordantly , that shamanistic powers would be of any interest to such a gathering . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think a change of manager would be of any benefit to Crystal Palace . |
| 17 | Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use at all . |
| 18 | ‘ She does mostly ladies ’ slippers , ’ Emily said , ‘ I do n't think she would be of any use to you . ’ |
| 19 | During the course of negotiating the sale of some etchings by his friend J. E. Laboureur to Byard , a director of Heinemann 's , Boulestin asked if a cookery book would be of any interest at that moment . |
| 20 | Whilst this decision has been criticised as a " narrow " interpretation of the law ( ibid ) , our examination of the nature of casual working and the characteristics of the casual labour force in the hotels and catering sector raises the question of whether according casual workers employee status , and thus bringing them within the coverage of employment protection legislation , would be of any great relevance . |
| 21 | Both texts then seem to abandon the question of what Matroc 's competitors do and move on to consider the types of customer in the market place and whether the brochure would be of any value to them . |
| 22 | ‘ And you consider that only a psychiatrist 's opinion would be of any value ? ’ |
| 23 | In the case of the database project , it is doubtful that the machine-readable data would be of any use whatsoever . |
| 24 | The incident 's being regarded as an opportunist theft and it 's unlikely anything taken would be of any use to a drug abuser . |
| 25 | However , I doubt that the book will be of any use to the professional . |
| 26 | In order to help such children , it is necessary to introduce novel and artificial procedures to assist learning and it is therefore unlikely that an understanding of normal processes will be of any help . |
| 27 | Then you can come and sit near me and find out whether they will be of any use . |
| 28 | The music can be of any sort , of any age , and no matter how tattered or torn . |
| 29 | If you 've had similar experiences , please write to Esther Rantzen at ‘ That 's Life ’ , BBC Television , Lime Grove Studios , London W12 7RJ , or to Miss M Boothroyd , ‘ The Dog House ’ , Good luck with the campaign ; if we can be of any further help , let us know . |
| 30 | If we can be of any assistance to you in finding another job , please do n't hesitate to shout . |