Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] considerable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , it must be of considerable significance that when Eadwine was slain in Hatfield the sons of Aethelfrith were nearby to take advantage of the situation . |
| 2 | The nature of the rock , its hardness , its reaction to chemical weathering and the frequency of its faults and joints must be of considerable importance . |
| 3 | These were ancient , traditional positions and could be of considerable power depending upon the individuals and the emperor himself . |
| 4 | This is undoubtedly an area where further advice , guidance , encouragement and practical support now , could be of considerable benefit in the long run towards co-ordinating the current uneven and inequitable distribution of in-service training . |
| 5 | READERS who care for a dementia sufferer may like to know that Counsel & Care has just published a fact sheet which could be of considerable help to them . |
| 6 | This may be of considerable importance , for in the non-diabetic there are long-established relationships between lipid and lipoprotein levels and macrovascular disease ( Gordon et al , 1981 ; Miller et al , 1981 ) . |
| 7 | Although clearly unusual , it would be important to document the presence of this inflammation as it may be of considerable significance to the surgeon considering pouch reconstruction on removal . |
| 8 | I warned him that unless he adhered strictly to the regimen I prescribed he would be at considerable risk . ’ |
| 9 | Such a scheme would be of considerable help to private suppliers of education . |
| 10 | This seemed to me to be one of the most perceptive remarks in the essay , about which some elaboration on his part would be of considerable interest . |
| 11 | I think that without any doubt a national lottery would be of considerable assistance both to the causes of art and heritage , and to sport as well . |
| 12 | ‘ In all the circumstances it would be of considerable help to the BBC if Mr Birt seriously considered resigning , ’ he said . |
| 13 | If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations . |
| 14 | The continued success of their beers justifies such an approach but it will be of considerable interest to chart the viability of other beers as the drinking public reacts unconsciously to the character of extracts . |
| 15 | Developments such as this one will be of considerable importance in the context of Scottish participation in the survey of activities and policies relevant to the topic of education and local development which the OECD is currently studying . |
| 16 | The results of their work will be of considerable interest , and will permit important comparisons to be made with the late-glacial flora and vegetation of Skye ( Birks , 1973 ; Walker et al. , 1988 ) and Mull ( Lowe and Walker , 1986 ) . |
| 17 | The extreme fragility of the original volume means that the present version will be of considerable use to scholars and researchers . |
| 18 | Until then , the computer will be of considerable help to the less successful reader . |
| 19 | It will be of considerable biological and medical interest to experimentally address the question whether the N-Oct 3 gene is sensitive to this mutation mechanism and if so , if a disease is associated with it . |
| 20 | This will be of considerable value in counselling parents of deaf children during the early period of language development . |
| 21 | This modest increase , coupled with transitional arrangements announced in the budget , will be of considerable benefit to business . |
| 22 | It can be of considerable depth and complexity and should not be devalued . |