Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [adv] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may or may not be of significance that the Oxford English Dictionary can find no instance of the word ‘ pornography ’ being used before 1864 ( in a decade , it may be noted , which also saw a generalised use of the term ‘ capitalism ’ ) . |
| 2 | The situation in which a sexual problem is " masked " by a non-sexual presenting problem which may or may not be of true significance is not uncommon . |
| 3 | They frequently have to deal with awkward and unpleasant problems which may or may not be of their own making . |
| 4 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 5 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 6 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 7 | For others the harmony must be a perfect expression of their aesthetic aims , and must therefore be of a uniformly specific quality — delicate or strong , mellifluous or pungent , arid or sweet . |
| 8 | Some of the transactions the Crown sought to rely on were not at arm 's length and might therefore be of no assistance , but there might be other transactions which had taken place between parties who were genuinely trying to strike an open market value , and there was no reason why such cases should be ignored . |
| 9 | Unlike Hobbes , however , he allows that ideas or concepts can be general , universal , or abstract , and need not be of particulars . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This requirement is linked to the formative view of assessment as outlined above , and will clearly be of benefit to less academic pupils . |
| 12 | The SVQs in Business Administration at Levels I and II are expected to have a wide appeal for employers and candidates alike and will probably be of particular interest to Youth Training ( YT ) and Employment Training ( ET ) trainees involved in office work . |
| 13 | In 1838 Captain ( later vice-admiral ) John Washington [ q.v. ] , secretary of the Royal Geographical Society , remarked upon these West African surveys : ‘ this tedious undertaking is drawing to a close , and will then be of equal utility to the fair traders , and to the anti-slavery cruisers . |