Example sentences of "[verb] be of " in BNC.
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| 61 | MIND has been of enormous importance in widening understanding of the social aspects of the problem of mental disorder and stimulating progressive work in this held . |
| 62 | As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value . |
| 63 | The growth of labour-only sub-contracting has been of mutual benefit to both employers and employees . |
| 64 | The ontological status of fictional worlds has been of interest to philosophers as well as literary critics . |
| 65 | Section 4 assistance to the industry has tripled from £1 million to nearly £33 million during the same period and has been of great advantage to the economy of Wales . |
| 66 | Simply expressed , the accountability , or responsibility , of single-party government to the people a responsibility that has been of the very essence of our system of parliamentary democracy-would be rendered less likely with proportional representation . |
| 67 | The improved relationships between the school , the parents , the child guidance service , social work and others has been of immense and profound benefit . |
| 68 | This issue has been of particular importance within central government in recent years as the traditional task of the civil service — that of offering objective , impartial advice — has come under scrutiny . |
| 69 | Why his Lordship should have concluded that the facts did not give rise to the issue is unclear , but subsequent events have shown that the decision has been of much greater importance for the scope of the right of public meeting than his Lordship imagined it would be . |
| 70 | The first is that the social purpose framework — of raising collective working-class consciousness through critical , liberal educational processes — has been of central importance in the development of community adult education practice in Britain . |
| 71 | In ‘ culture studies ’ , and quickly entering the more proper sociological study of culture , talk has been of modernity versus postmodernity , of modernism versus postmodernism . |
| 72 | However , it seems plausible that this source of energy has been of little importance in the past because Jupiter is so very massive that it probably formed very hot , though Jupiter may now be sufficiently cool for helium separation to have recently become significant , or for it to become significant in the relatively near future . |
| 73 | Most of the talk around the world has been of " stages " , as though these units , though of no defined dimensions , are the ultimate in stratigraphical correlation on a world-wide scale . |
| 74 | The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas . |
| 75 | On balance , I believe that Britain 's membership of the EEC has been of some benefit in terms of the home market which she has gained and will continue to gain as and when her partners honour their commitments to complete the Single Market ; however , as should be clear from the figures quoted in Chapter 5 , the assertion that EEC membership has been good for Britain is open to question . |
| 76 | ‘ Anna has suffered a great deal already , yet nothing that 's happened has been of her making . |
| 77 | The aid , including children 's shoes and cooking oil — the simple , basic things — has been of large benefit to many thousands of refugees in Iran . |
| 78 | It has been of considerable economic advantage to both countries . |
| 79 | However the research has been of variable quality , there are conflicting findings , and the full implications for practice remain unclear . |
| 80 | I am also grateful for the continuing support of the other Board members , particularly Michael Lunn who has been of great assistance to me in his capacity of Deputy Chairman . |
| 81 | The work of SCONUL in improving access to theses has been of considerable benefit in the communication of research results , but some work still remains . |
| 82 | We apply such a combination here to an issue which has been of central interest to urban sociology : the state , its concentration of power , and its relation to people 's daily lives . |
| 83 | ‘ He has been of great service to the Reich , ’ Himmler said . |
| 84 | The resulting report was most constructive and has been of significant value in defining the Group 's plan of action in relation to HS&E initiatives . |
| 85 | Glycosylated haemoglobin is also a product of a nonenzymatic post-translational reaction , and its measurement has been of use in patients with diabetes mellitus as an indicator of the degree of hyperglycaemia during the preceding 8 weeks . |
| 86 | Methodism has made a very rapid progress , and has been of no trifling service in diverting the attention of these sons of darkness from their present condition to the glories of the life to come . |
| 87 | Right in the course of our er er com our meetings Danny erm I will be asking you to recommend me to people but if , but only if you feel that this meeting has been of some benefit to you . |
| 88 | Indeed , their use of common law has been of especial importance in outlining and protecting certain rights of the individual . |
| 89 | Because during the course of our discussions today I 'll ask you to introduce me to others if , and only if , you think this meeting with me today has been of benefit to yourself , would that be okay ? |
| 90 | He also said in evidence that the quote , parental contribution has been of fundamental importance , unquote . |