Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] of any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously , in order that the trial should be of any value at all , both materials should be used in the way that will produce the best results . |
| 2 | ‘ You have no further information that might be of any assistance , sir ? ’ |
| 3 | You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use . |
| 4 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 5 | He had found milk at the ā gri 's house and the old man had come back with him to see if he could be of any use . |
| 6 | I determined to contact Jenny , but letters and telephone conversations seemed quite inadequate means of discovering what I wanted to know , that is whether I could be of any use to her . |
| 7 | She went to see if she could be of any use . |
| 8 | She wanted to move the conversation along as she would do with any other person she had just met at a cocktail party , to talk of work and why they were there and if they could be of any use to each other . |
| 9 | Detrital grains may be of any size ( from clays to pebbles or larger ) and of varying shape . |
| 10 | These modules may be of any type i.e. source , foreign , pmodel or package . |
| 11 | Text can be bold , underlined or italicised and the 24 fonts provided may be of any point size . |
| 12 | Exhumed forms may be of any age , although Triassic forms have probably received more attention than any others in this country . |
| 13 | The underlying liver disease , which results in portal hypertension , may be of any cause as extrahepatic causes of portal hypertension have been associated with PHT . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think a change of manager would be of any benefit to Crystal Palace . |
| 15 | Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use at all . |
| 16 | ‘ She does mostly ladies ’ slippers , ’ Emily said , ‘ I do n't think she would be of any use to you . ’ |
| 17 | In the case of the database project , it is doubtful that the machine-readable data would be of any use whatsoever . |
| 18 | The incident 's being regarded as an opportunist theft and it 's unlikely anything taken would be of any use to a drug abuser . |
| 19 | But he rather doubted , he said , glancing around mordantly , that shamanistic powers would be of any interest to such a gathering . |
| 20 | During the course of negotiating the sale of some etchings by his friend J. E. Laboureur to Byard , a director of Heinemann 's , Boulestin asked if a cookery book would be of any interest at that moment . |
| 21 | Both texts then seem to abandon the question of what Matroc 's competitors do and move on to consider the types of customer in the market place and whether the brochure would be of any value to them . |
| 22 | ‘ And you consider that only a psychiatrist 's opinion would be of any value ? ’ |
| 23 | In order to help such children , it is necessary to introduce novel and artificial procedures to assist learning and it is therefore unlikely that an understanding of normal processes will be of any help . |
| 24 | However , I doubt that the book will be of any use to the professional . |
| 25 | Then you can come and sit near me and find out whether they will be of any use . |
| 26 | If I can be of any help … since we had our talk , I too have begun to have doubts . |
| 27 | If I can be of any service to you , at any time , I do hope you 'll let me know . |
| 28 | If we can be of any assistance to you in finding another job , please do n't hesitate to shout . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | David Morgan , presenting the donation for the bank , said : ‘ I 'm delighted that we can be of any assistance . ’ |