Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [be] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Stych protested coyly that she did not know enough about books to be of any use , while she wondered privately how she was going to fit this new commitment into her already overcrowded schedule of social events . |
| 2 | However , there are also advantages in being of this gender . |
| 3 | Most of the systems , including the spectronic destabilizer ( handy for blasting planets ) , were too large scale in their effects to be of any use in this situation . |
| 4 | 3. it will be understood by its observers to be of this character . |
| 5 | This was really unnecessary , since a body would have been far too decomposed after eight to ten days to be of much use to any medical school . |
| 6 | She was thrilled with the suffragettes ' tenacity and the expression it gave to her feelings about being in some kind of sexual trap . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the most beautiful things about being in this business is that you get to meet your musical heroes . |
| 8 | There is , however , some evidence of Eisenhower 's own dismay when he found Anglo-American relations to be in such disarray in 1953 . |
| 9 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 10 | The priority was to get hold of some more men , although they would first have to be trained up to SAS standards before being of any use on operations . |