Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [been] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The staple crop has for centuries been rice , and wet-rice agriculture has been of crucial significance in the evolution of Japanese society . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But staff here agree the assessment has been of little value . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Our talk has been of non-commuting observables or the Fourier analysis of wavepackets . |
| 6 | But one may also say , from the fact that this has needed to be discussed — and from the fact that , as I say , throughout the greater part of Christendom women have not been ordained — it would be difficult to argue that the fact that this religion has had at its centre a male figure has been of little significance . |
| 7 | However the research has been of variable quality , there are conflicting findings , and the full implications for practice remain unclear . |
| 8 | Despite these difficulties , Foucault 's work has been of considerable influence in recent explorations of sexuality , and there are two areas which seem of particular significance . |
| 9 | The distinction between blending inheritance and particulate inheritance has been of great importance in the history of evolutionary ideas . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market , although other areas of law have also had a bearing . |
| 12 | Indeed , their use of common law has been of especial importance in outlining and protecting certain rights of the individual . |
| 13 | How texts achieve their effects has been of particular significance in the teaching of literature , including drama . |
| 14 | Even in countries where housing standards have improved immeasurably , and the promotion of safety in the home has been of long-standing concern , the problem of accidents is one of some magnitude . |
| 15 | Mary says now : ‘ Accessing my past lives has been of great benefit and I 'm sure that if I 'd gone to an ordinary therapist , nothing would have been sorted out . ’ |
| 16 | The standard model of local government since the war has been of multi-functional authorities with an elected council supervising the direct provision of services . |
| 17 | The growth of labour-only sub-contracting has been of mutual benefit to both employers and employees . |
| 18 | The application of the spreading technique to oocytes has been of enormous benefit , just as in spermatocytes , in revealing intimate detail of pairing and other configurations at meiotic prophase . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ This knowledge has been of great use . |
| 21 | I am a family man , and mine has been of great help to me . |
| 22 | The development of CD-ROM techniques has been of particular significance for students of texts : classics students can search the complete database of ancient literature by using the IBYCUS implementation of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ; students of English can use the CD-ROM version of the Oxford English Dictionary to conduct searches which would take lifetimes if conducted on the twenty volumes of hard copy . |
| 23 | The political moment — that period when moral attitudes are transformed into formally political action — can be of key importance in nuancing the regulation of sexuality , and at crucial times a moral schema has been of prime significance in political propaganda . |
| 24 | Over recent years , the parish has been of great interest archaeologically and excavations have revealed signs of occupation from neolithic man to the Middle Ages . |
| 25 | The work of Norman Shneidman has been of some value in highlighting the way in which sport in Soviet society is ‘ directed towards the all-round development of the human individual ’ ( 1979 , p.7 ) . |
| 26 | Although he admits having joined the authority as a complete outsider to the health service , his wide experience in the business world has been of great help . |
| 27 | Doctors have not always welcomed the establishment of computer systems in hospitals — computers have often proved difficult to use , and the information has been of more use to managers than to clinicians . |
| 28 | ‘ First time that thing 's been of some use ! ’ |
| 29 | My experience over this past year has been of closed doors . |
| 30 | He also said in evidence that the quote , parental contribution has been of fundamental importance , unquote . |