Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] [adj] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | Play Therapy should be of great use to anyone involved in the care of children who might need counselling , and it would also be interesting reading for anyone working with children or interested in counselling them . |
| 2 | We have been liaising with those bodies who are surveying associated areas in this field , but the additional information we gather here should be of great use in future policy-making . |
| 3 | However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information . |
| 4 | The limitation that " consumer goods " must be for private use or consumption , whilst a " product " can be supplied for any use , does not mean that suppliers of industrial or business products can escape their responsibilities , because the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 will apply . |
| 5 | Her grandfather had suggested , without conviction , that she might be of some use in the farm office . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the many hearing parents who have to cope with their deaf babies , this project 's results could be of great use . |
| 8 | They could be of further use if Treasury chiefs are sent packing . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps because you could be of more use to the ringleaders that way , ’ he returned instantly . |
| 10 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 11 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She went to see if she could be of any use . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | For example , collocations extracted from the domain of Banking may be of little use when processing a medical report , since words like ’ charge ’ behave differently when used to describe a type of payment rather than a type of nurse . |
| 17 | Obviously , though , if M-tense and L-tense get too far apart , M-tense may be of little use to the analysis of language . |
| 18 | The bill of quantities may be of limited use because many items of the work will be presented in a summarised form . |
| 19 | The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating . |
| 20 | While the power of dismissal may be of limited use , where the government has been able to appoint a new rail chairman , it has the opportunity to shape a management team more in tune with its thinking . |
| 21 | You may need to do a complete revision of an existing pedagogical grammar , so that it may be of greater use for the language learning programmes of your colleagues . |
| 22 | An arguably more compelling situation where a Commissioner may be of great use is in the area of unfair dismissal actions before an Industrial Tribunal . |
| 23 | Within sublanguage applications a generative approach may be of more use than a probabilistic method . |
| 24 | ISIS ( The Independent Schools Information Service ) may be of most use if you wish to explore this option , and they will send you detailed lists of schools in your area with contact names and addresses . |
| 25 | In reply to Mr Pikes letter ( EE April ‘ 92 ) I have some information which may be of some use . |
| 26 | I hope this may be of some use , and look forward to reading more on the subject in future editions . |
| 27 | If diarrhoea is the dominant symptom and the threat of incontinence an embarrassing social handicap , provided that the rectum is not impacted on examination , loperamide may be of some use . |
| 28 | Other enhancements such as the mouse pointer changing shape according to the function currently selected and changing curve points to corner points may be of less use but at the very least point to a great amount of thought being paid to the design of the program . |
| 29 | They can operate at temperatures up to 1,000°C and very high pressures ; and they may be in constant use for 10 years . |
| 30 | A majority for Imperial preference in a general election would be of little use from the Dominion point of view , since it was ‘ obvious that the whole system might be capsized in a year or two . |