Example sentences of "could be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one such had done the deed , she could be of no assistance in the enquiries . |
| 2 | They told me to keep in touch and call them if I felt they could be of assistance . |
| 3 | The social services department should also tell you about services provided by itself or other services known to it which could be of use to you . |
| 4 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 5 | Such an attitude , though unfavourable to the concept of a universal church , could be of great benefit to cathedrals , monasteries , and parish churches , because it provided them with protectors , and because often a high standard of religious observance could be stimulated by family pride . |
| 6 | Photos of my mum taken twenty-five years ago could be of me , we look so alike — but she does think I 'm too scruffy . |
| 7 | They paid their rent every Friday ( the money was put straight into a jar for Oreste 's journey ) and always enquired if there was any way in which they could be of use to their landlady in her circumstances . |
| 8 | They could be of particular interest to those fearing punitive investment and income tax rates under a Labour government . |
| 9 | Prof Oesterhelt said that bacteriorhodopsin could be of use in its own right , in a prototype ‘ biological computer . ’ |
| 10 | Peace of mind when the husband was working some distance from the farm could be of great importance . |
| 11 | On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas . |
| 12 | In Germany , most companies are partnerships , rather than quoted companies , and they are exempt from disclosing information which could be of use to competitors . |
| 13 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 14 | What he 's doing might be considered unfortunate for the baby — though I 'm not sure it is — but it could be of immense value to humanity as a whole . ’ |
| 15 | This was particularly so in late-nineteenth-century Europe among workers — levels of employment , income , education , trade union organization , social insurance , political rights and so on were very different , and what country a worker belonged to could be of vital importance . |
| 16 | He visited the horrible flat every day to see if he could be of use . |
| 17 | Since many signals could be of the STOP and GO type , complexity would emerge because the cells ' responses would be determined by their past history . |
| 18 | These were ancient , traditional positions and could be of considerable power depending upon the individuals and the emperor himself . |
| 19 | Moreover they could not see how a bureau could be of use to them . |
| 20 | He was well-read and clever , and he made it easy for stupid men to respect his intellect if he thought they could be of use to him . |
| 21 | Although the above description of experimental findings would suggest that exposure of collagen and lipid peroxides due to rupture of the atheromatous plaque could be of importance in thrombogenesis , together with enhanced platelet thromboxane A 2 formation and diminished vessel wall prostacyclin formation , Born has questioned this series of events ( Born , 1983 ) . |
| 22 | A checklist of items under these headings could be of value to governors . |
| 23 | The LEA 's detachment and its knowledge of a few dozen ( or even a few hundred ) other institutions could be of great value . |
| 24 | A further measure which could be of value in preventing odour emissions from waste incineration or blast furnaces , is that contained in s.3(1) of the 1956 Act . |
| 25 | However , because of the immense potential for the integrated ( ie raster/ASCII/vector ) systems that were under development , the point was made that the strategy could be to plan their eventual use for those functions where they could be of value . |
| 26 | The extent that computerised indexes/records management systems could be of vain e to individual functions within the two departments . |
| 27 | RESEARCH into a neglected area of carbon monoxide chemistry has yielded a new reaction which converts carbon monoxide to molecules containing two carbon atoms ( C2-compounds ) , and could be of commercial importance . |
| 28 | By the time Charles landed , at Roscoff in Brittany , on 29 September 1746 , his brother Henry had returned to Paris and the French had realised that the Stuarts could be of no further use to them . |
| 29 | ‘ Limited funds prevent attendance at many courses which could be of general rather than specific value ’ … |
| 30 | 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 . |