Example sentences of "[noun] can be of [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The enthusiasm for partnership by individual secondary schools can be of great advantage to primary schools and their pupils . |
2 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
3 | The traveller or stranger can be of equal status ; this allows you to ask particularly useful questions in role : " How do you organise your meetings ? |
4 | The position of legal adviser to a large and growing industry can be of high importance and interest . |
5 | The initial investment can be of any size . |
6 | When considering the effect of outside influences , two aspects can be of crucial importance . |
7 | Control formats based on escape sequences can be of indefinite length , and page description languages can be extremely powerful . |
8 | In the case of registered title , if the wife is purchasing the husband 's interest in the property , a search in usual form ( Form 94A ) at HM Land Registry is appropriate ; otherwise a search should be made on Form 94C , although as the wife is a trustee of the legal estate with the husband , this search can be of little value , particularly as it confers no priority ( Land Registration ( Official Searches ) Rules 1990 ( SI No 1361 ) , r9 ) . |
9 | Such data can be of positive use in detecting local trends and issues , as was seen in Chapter 2 . |
10 | Art therapy can be of immense value to some Disabled people , as it is to some non-Disabled people , but it has not intrinsic link to Disability and offers no solution to the problem as Disabled people perceive it . |
11 | Without publication research can be of little value . |
12 | This is because economic loss can be of unforeseen proportions , can far exceed , in many cases the total contract value , and thus be a risk which it is for all practical purposes beyond the financial strength of most businessmen to assume , particularly if they were to accept such risks routinely in all their business dealings . |
13 | In this situation , age-regression under hypnosis can be of immense value , allowing patients to free-float back under their own control to any past relevant events with which they feel they can cope , but not forcing the issue in any way . |
14 | In a larger organization the resources controller can be of great use in ensuring that the original requests for resources do not add up to much more than is available , in preparing and circulating the form in its agenda stage , then collecting the decisions at the meeting , entering them on the form alongside the requests and recirculating it . |
15 | The main trunk lines can be of optical fibre and the secondary links of coaxial cable , but this is not an essential feature of the switched-star system . |
16 | This foveal acuity can be of high definition , to be beamed like a searchlight on any tiny part of the surrounding , peripheral environment . |
17 | In this context , the linguist 's proclamation of the functional equality of all varieties can be of little help . |
18 | The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control . |
19 | The accountant can be of great help in a staff relationship to the project leader in keeping the project expenditure under control . |
20 | Grandparents can be of special help to a child who feels — mistakenly or not — that he or she is the odd one out or a failure compared to the others in the family . |
21 | It should be stressed that since the subject of social studies is society , and particularly individuals and social groups within society , it is difficult to accept that women as a group can be of little concern to its practitioners . |
22 | ‘ Acquired language abilities can be of little or no use when it comes to examination of detailed tender documentation or foreign standard forms of contract ’ . |
23 | It is a fact that acquired language abilities can be of little or no use when it comes to examination of detailed tender documentation or foreign standard forms of contract . |
24 | Well , if my wife can be of any assistance to you , I am sure she 'd be delighted to see you any day you care to call . |
25 | Tanks for hard water can be of cast iron or sheet steel , but for soft water the sheet metal has to be protected by bituminous or plastics coatings . |
26 | Dramatisations and reconstructions can be of great value in trying to convey to pupils an idea of the past , but they are none the less interpretations . |
27 | Visible connections between inputs , care , processes , outputs and the management of the whole can be of immense benefit to professionals and managers striving to make improvements against the odds . |
28 | And his price — his price can be of enormous use . |
29 | Eruptions can be of three primary types , each associated with a particular form of ejecta — exhalative ( gas ) , effusive ( lava ) and explosive ( tephra ) . |
30 | Creative meditation techniques can be of great value here . |