Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb mod] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main trunk lines can be of optical fibre and the secondary links of coaxial cable , but this is not an essential feature of the switched-star system . |
| 2 | Control formats based on escape sequences can be of indefinite length , and page description languages can be extremely powerful . |
| 3 | At last November 's election in North Carolina , Senator Jesse Helms showed how emotive an issue quotas could be among white voters . |
| 4 | The wood chips will be of practical benefit , too , for the school children . |
| 5 | However , unemployment in agriculture consistently runs above the national average and while certain specialist workers may be in short supply they form only a small part of the labour force . |
| 6 | The extent that computerised indexes/records management systems could be of vain e to individual functions within the two departments . |
| 7 | Pentium chips will be on severe allocation throughout 1993 with no one company getting more than 5,000 or 10,000 units total , according to what Intel is telling its customers . |
| 8 | ‘ His understanding of the application of modern information technology solutions to complex business problems will be of particular benefit . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously , all the team kites should be of identical design for aesthetic and performance reasons . |
| 10 | the Masai officers should be of exceptional physique , preferably unmarried ( though this has disadvantages ) but , if married , then without children ; that their wives shd. be happy in solitary surroundings , and that they ( the men ) should , if possible , be able to pick up Masai and shd. have leanings towards the study of native customs . |
| 11 | ‘ At a time like this , McLeish 's leadership qualities could be of crucial importance . ’ |
| 12 | Ticket allocations will be of particular concern . |
| 13 | Emergency Protection Orders will be of short duration and courts and their officers must work to timetables to avoid the damaging effects of delay and long drawn-out decision-making . |
| 14 | Creative meditation techniques can be of great value here . |
| 15 | The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives . |
| 16 | As Laffin and Young ( 1985 , p. 59 ) conclude , ‘ it is quite clear that chief officers are going to have to live with an increasingly uncertain and tempestuous political environment and any new ground rules will be of limited value ’ . |
| 17 | This school of thought holds that Japanese ground forces could be of military value in the defence of Japan , and that their establishment would release US forces for service in other areas where they would be fully needed in the event of war . |
| 18 | After much discussion , the decision is to make arrangements for a three-year transition , with batches of courses being transferred to the new format in time for student enrolment in September 1990 , 1991 and 1992 : in the latter year , all initial student enrolments will be for new-style courses . |
| 19 | ( First Edition ) MANCHESTER police will be at full stretch for the next round of the Littlewoods Cup — because of the demands of television . |
| 20 | The OCLC ( Online Computer Library Centre ) library school programme is to be offered to schools of library and information science in Europe , a service which the centre hopes will be of special benefit in central and eastern European countries . |
| 21 | She said the Labour Party 's national minimum wage proposals would be of particular benefit to women and promised to bring all opted-out hospitals back into the mainstream . |
| 22 | However , the next coal contracts will be at competitive rates and I believe that they will be satisfactory for British Coal . |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ? |
| 24 | A recent exchange between young Scottish and French women has demonstrated how adaptable SCOTVEC modules can be to European projects . |
| 25 | In injuries and accidents , the injury remedies can be of great value , and even when surgery is indicated they can be helpful in shortening the post-operative period and in speeding up the recovery process . |
| 26 | In this way , the market areas will be in strong contrast to local supermarkets and covered shopping centres , where large chain stores tend to congregate . |
| 27 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |
| 28 | In order to recover so much extra information , thin section preparations must be of consistent high quality . |