Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] been of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that this has been of some help if you were not too sure of which rib to use on what occasion . |
| 2 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 3 | However , the papers will have been sent out and hopefully these have been of interest . |
| 4 | In addition , the ability to recognise and trace witnesses and the conditions under which police witnesses made observations might all have been of assistance to the defendants . |
| 5 | Whatever serious business was discussed by the two Emperors remains unrecorded , but it is unlikely to have been of much substance , for Napoleon III found that his host was constrained by the new constitutional structure which had emerged after the defeat of 1866 . |
| 6 | From the G M B point of view , of course , we have quite a sporting section and we 're proud to have this link er , with both of the organizations and we 're pleased to have been of some assistance to the er , British Boxers ' Asso Professional Boxers ' Association er , in er , this launch and establishment we felt , because we 've got the Scottish professional footballers , who are well established and er , are very much an integral part of the G M B and we 've got the Northern Ireland er , footballers , we 've got the rugby players and we 've got speedway riders all of which come under . |
| 7 | Of all the wonderful cricketers to come from the West Indies , it is fair to say that five have been of outstanding importance . |
| 8 | Although once most usually seen in winter , nearly all records since 1938 have been of passage birds at the coast . |
| 9 | All the 15 records since 1948 have been of single birds and the most in any year was four in 1952 . |