Example sentences of "but it [vb mod] [be] of " in BNC.

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1 But it may be of interest to note , simply through the observation of some important early instruments , that different ways of playing the piano can be shown to have e– ted at the same time .
2 This has not proved easy and the following trilogy of United States cases give an indication of the development of tests which may be applicable in the United Kingdom ( United States law has no binding effect on the United Kingdom courts but it may be of persuasive authority , particularly in the field of computer technology ) .
3 One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and .
4 So construed , section 9(4) would have some effect , because it would prevent a court from ordering a Crown officer or servant to give evidence of the executive branch 's current attitudes or policies , but it would be of very limited scope .
5 Young growing fish need a high quality diet , not only should the protein content be high ( around 40% ) but it should be of good quality and be readily digestible .
6 There was still a role for central economic management , in Medvedev 's view , but it should be of a wholly strategic kind , leaving operational decisions to the enterprises themselves as ‘ socialist commodity producers ’ .
7 Naturally I exaggerate , but it must be of vital importance that people whose contact with the hills is likely to be brief , are taught not just to fulfil their potential but to respect the environment that enables them to do it .
8 What he 's doing might be considered unfortunate for the baby — though I 'm not sure it is — but it could be of immense value to humanity as a whole . ’
9 The continued success of their beers justifies such an approach but it will be of considerable interest to chart the viability of other beers as the drinking public reacts unconsciously to the character of extracts .
10 We will not follow Gassendi in much of this , but it will be of interest to note what he says in so far as it relates to experience .
11 I do n't know the comparable figure for a willow seed or an ant , but it will be of the same order of staggeringness .
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