Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] been of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His first impression of Galvone had been of a mobster , but Newman had met other reasonably honest Americans holding high positions who had made the same initial impression . |
| 3 | The fact that they have been invited shows me how stone-cold almost sure Conrad Black had been of a Tory victory . |
| 4 | Rachel Esthart , a famous actress of her day , and a patron of Stella Pinero 's just as the then Chief Inspector Dander had been of the young Coffin , had left her Greenwich house to Stella . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | Tolonen had been of the same generation as the T'ang and they shared the same unspoken values . |
| 7 | During 1990 , only two or three ( c. 1% ) BGQs have been of a commercial nature and have been charged for . |
| 8 | In Japan , the role of MITI has been of particular importance in vertically co-ordinating enterprises in the achievement of longer-term , macro-economic , industry-wide planning ( Dore , 1986 ) . |
| 9 | As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value . |
| 10 | If John had been of the same family as Jesus , moreover , his ‘ seal of approval ’ would have carried the additional authority of a royal warrant . |