Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [prep] great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | What seems commonplace today may be of great interest to the next generation . |
| 34 | If honourable members would in fact stick to the debate in that particular way and in fact er er it would be of great advantage of the house it is a short debate er and and going off the the main scope of the debate in fact leaves less time for other people to speak . |
| 35 | The regional CBI believed that that would be of great benefit and was grateful for my right hon. Friend 's measures to alleviate the uniform business rate . |
| 36 | If it were abandoned , the burden on local authorities of trying to collect what the Prime Minister described as a virtually uncollectable tax would be substantially lightened , and that would be of great benefit . |
| 37 | So to a certain extent the idea was to that if we had the thing worked out it would be of great benefit to the people who were popping by . |
| 38 | Any progress to be made in this almost uncharted area would be of great significance to communication and those who apply it . |
| 39 | In 1982 the Soviet Third World specialist Primakov asserted that ‘ an understanding on the military neutralisation of a number of regions where an accumulation of armed forces and armaments is taking place would be of great significance ’ . |
| 40 | I if that could be copied er perhaps er that would be of great assistance . |
| 41 | Furthermore , the stigmatising effects of a residual model of service provision , by which the state intervened with direct help only when all else fails , would be of great concern . |
| 42 | ‘ It would be of great help . ’ |
| 43 | Meanwhile it would be of great help if the accuracy of death certification could be improved , possibly through audit . |
| 44 | Nevertheless the Cuk converter topology seems likely to remain an outsider until a true trade-off comparison can be made between Cuk and Buck at a series of realistic equivalent performance levels , a task that would take a lot of time , but whose results would be of great interest to many in the power supply design field . |
| 45 | Clearly , their thermal maturity would be of great interest , as Silurian shales are also known to subcrop south of the Thames Estuary ( Wills 1973 ) . |
| 46 | It is known that the RUC has accumulated considerable evidence which would be of great interest to an impartial inquiry . |
| 47 | The frustration of life without a torch , illustrated by either a feature or a demonstration , could interest the men 's press , and special car fitments for fixing a torch inside the car would be of great interest to the motoring media . |
| 48 | A more detailed life of Lord Reading , Liberal leader in the House of Lords and an important actor in the events of 1931 , would be of great value . |
| 49 | ( 3 ) Your house has come up in a random sample of houses in this area and , if you are a full-time housewife , we would like you to tell us about your working day since ( 4 ) we believe that a survey of this subject would be of great value in helping all housewives . |
| 50 | The most immediate practical benefits are likely to be in foreign language teaching , where clear statements of the rules of gender would be of great value . |
| 51 | Such an alternator would be of great use in a motorcaravan conversion I intend doing on a V8 Land Rover . |
| 52 | In a June 4 editorial entitled Stability overrides all other considerations , Renmin Ribao ( the People 's Daily ) , the Communist Party newspaper , commented that " China would be in great chaos now " if the 1989 " rebellion " had not been quelled . |
| 53 | I think fox-hunting in Islington would be quite indefensible : with all those cars and buses , the hounds and horses would be in great danger , as would the huntsmen themselves and the foxes . |
| 54 | If word reached Meredith Putt that there had been witnesses to his crime Seb would be in great danger . |
| 55 | There were untold numbers of pleasure boats : some skimming over the bay , while others were closely berthed within the harbour , waiting the evening hour , when they would be in great demand . |
| 56 | Was a polite Behaviour joined to that honest Sincerity and social Disposition which is remarkable in the English Sailors , I think they would not only be the most useful Men in the Island , but by much the most agreeable Companions : For this Reason , I would recommend it to Parents who are to breed their Sons to the Sea , to give them an early Taste of Letters , especially the European Tongue , which will be of great Service to their Business as well as polish their Manners " . |
| 57 | That will be of great service to pedestrians . |
| 58 | ‘ Oh , this will be of great help in ordering raw materials , but sometimes we get part deliveries , could we have an extra facility to deal with those ? |
| 59 | The information will be of great help in preparing my remarks to the conference which will take place in Oxford in April . |
| 60 | Such facilities as these will be of great help where vehicles and walkers conflict . |