Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] been of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has occurred to me to wonder what the previous experience has been of youngsters who savagely assault old people , whether they have ever been close to an old person . |
| 2 | Until now , Mr Major 's biggest fear has been of revenge attacks on the 2,400 British troops . |
| 3 | In ‘ culture studies ’ , and quickly entering the more proper sociological study of culture , talk has been of modernity versus postmodernity , of modernism versus postmodernism . |
| 4 | Within these phenomena four main areas of study have been of interest to rural geographers ; first , and most enduring of all , the study of rural population change ; second , and more recent in its concern , the study of rural communities ; third , and of more general relevance to other chapters in this book , the classification and definition of rural areas by both their population and employment characteristics ; and fourth , the study of employment in rural areas . |
| 5 | His coaching and help at nets has been of benefit to all our players . ’ |
| 6 | In his first schoolboy poetry the theme had been of love withered and decayed — practically the last lines he ever wrote were of " the certainty of love unchanging " . |
| 7 | In these various ways biblical criticism has been of use in interpreting the Old Testament and defending its integrity against those who question its truth . |
| 8 | Erm yeah I did mention earlier actually there was one or two ways that you could perhaps help me er one was erm I hope , I 'd like to think that obviously my service has been of value to you erm I 'd also like to think that you can perhaps recommend me to people you know er you did actually mention earlier erm was it Peter you work with , was it |
| 9 | His first feelings had been of shock and then fear . |
| 10 | All her fears had been of Adam dead , Adam never waking from his trance , Adam turned into an automaton . |
| 11 | The days when Miss Logan 's fluent Italian had been of use to them were long past ; having begun the journey as guide and interpreter , she felt she had dwindled into a mere hanger-on , with little greater status than the discarded dragoman or the newly-appointed Kurd . |
| 12 | Much of the literature in this area has been of US origin , and the more general applicability of such managerial strategies to other countries needs , therefore , to be considered in the light of evidence from cross-national studies . |
| 13 | Sampling theory has been of value in various areas of museum work , from assessing the long-term resources required for conservation treatment of the British Museum 's large collection of Babylonian clay tablets , to ensuring that a given ‘ kill rate ’ in insecticides used for paper conservation will provide effective treatment . |
| 14 | From this she deduced that the earlier arrangements had been of hamlets with infields , but , following growth in population , settlements had been replanned on new sites with the coalescence of population and lands . |
| 15 | In the Electoral College , Reagan 's victory had been of landslide proportions , but the popular vote told a different story . |
| 16 | Perhaps it 's no coincidence that some of your readings that have made the most indelible impression on your audiences have been of works like the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces , the Honegger Liturgique . |
| 17 | The ontological status of fictional worlds has been of interest to philosophers as well as literary critics . |
| 18 | The majority had been of wood and most of these were lost through fire . |
| 19 | Deer have been very much part of my life , and I hope these notes have been of interest and helpful in understanding why stalking takes place . |
| 20 | Most alternative and oppositional groups have been of type ( ii ) , though there are early cases of type ( i ) and some later cases of type ( iii ) . |
| 21 | Glycosylated haemoglobin is also a product of a nonenzymatic post-translational reaction , and its measurement has been of use in patients with diabetes mellitus as an indicator of the degree of hyperglycaemia during the preceding 8 weeks . |
| 22 | That particular snap prompted the memory , the afternoon returning as she stared at it — the sandwiches had been of marmite , Edward had found a hawk-moth caterpillar . |
| 23 | But not all station encampments have been of rail travellers . |