Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Strauss/Liszt/Mendelssohn disc preserves some kind of logic in its programming , another release featuring miscellaneous items ( ) unfortunately has the appearance of being cobbled together , and as such may only be of real interest to the avid Klemperer fan . |
| 2 | The part of the surround which is adjacent to the fire opening must always be of non-combustible material , such as marble or tiles . |
| 3 | Explicit teaching of this skill should also be of special value to pupils with specific learning difficulties , who generally find it difficult to master . |
| 4 | The relationship , standards and monitoring of these data transfers using commercial telephone companies , internationally , must then be of high interest to the records manager . |
| 5 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 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 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 8 | Although the issue may not be of great interest in urban areas , it is important in rural areas , and I wonder whether the Bill will tackle the problem of road widths and the width of vehicles travelling down narrow country lanes . |
| 9 | In the student example , the fact that the person is female may not be of great significance and therefore there could be an attribute ‘ sex ’ of the person entity . |
| 10 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 14 | Lactoferrin may thus be of great importance as a non-specific anti-phlogistic defence factor at the primary immunological barriers . |
| 15 | The usual legal connotations of ownership are therefore irrelevant , but the possession of information , or the ability to control it , may nevertheless be of great significance ; in an entirely trivial sense the paper or computer tape on which information is recorded can be owned , and while this does not confer rights of ownership over the information itself , this distinction may seem empty if what really matters is control of access to and use of information . |
| 16 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 17 | The experiences of older drug addicts , for example , might well be of great influence in the education of young people and in the understanding of drug and other crime cultures . |
| 18 | Greg Dyke and I decided to explore the possibility of sponsorship , which could well be of great value in London Weekend Television 's long-term future . |
| 19 | They may also be of limited use when trying to judge the success of many plans . |
| 20 | For a composite material consisting of a concentration of particles with orientation described by and elastic constants of a second phase , which may also be of general elastic properties , the Voigt scheme would lead to sums such as |
| 21 | In selected patients assays of penicillin , co-trimoxazole , flucloxacillin , ciprofloxacin , metronidazole , and rifampicin may also be of clinical value . |
| 22 | This need not be of great concern to management , however , given the capacity of most companies to finance themselves through retained earnings . |
| 23 | ( In practice the meshes need not be of constant size nor need they be of uniform shape . ) |
| 24 | ‘ The threat need not be of extreme violence . |
| 25 | It should be added , though the authors do not mention this , that the highly solidaristic ideology of mining communities in the North-East of Britain may well be of great importance in sustaining these egalitarian working groups and that they may not be viable in other areas where a more individualistic ideology is adhered to . |
| 26 | Dr Ramaiah said : ‘ It may well be of international importance and create a blueprint for such studies in the future . ’ |
| 27 | More disaggregated spatial data is not yet available though earlier studies ( e.g. Padoa-Schioppa 1987 ) suggest that the range of disparity may well be of similar if not greater orders of magnitude . |
| 28 | You have seen that the smooth plains may well be of non-volcanic origin . |
| 29 | The former may well be of crucial importance in relation to ethnic minorities in the next decade , as the numbers of the very old in these groups increases . |
| 30 | Even so , pouchitis is an enigmatic condition and it may well be of multifactorial origin . |