Example sentences of "[modal v] be [prep] particular [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The withdrawal from ERM and the subsequent devaluation of sterling should be of particular benefit to Scotland because of the higher propensity to export .
2 However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information .
3 THE animals that live in caves , David Culver believes , should be of particular interest to biologists .
4 They could be of particular interest to those fearing punitive investment and income tax rates under a Labour government .
5 The case for such objective assessment before operation seems particularly strong in women over the age of 50 because they may have suffered occult damage to the anal sphincter during the childbirth and could be at particular risk of a poor functional outcome if the sphincter were to sustain further damage at the time of operation .
6 This may be of particular benefit in paediatric liver diseases where the diagnosis of PSC may be made without resorting to invasive techniques .
7 These modules , which have a strong emphasis on research methodology , may be of particular interest to teacher researchers .
8 Two institutional reforms that may be of particular importance in the explanation of the growth of foreign portfolio investment are the abolition of foreign exchange controls and the reduction of transactions costs in securities markets .
9 Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) .
10 This may be of particular value to investors from Germany and Switzerland , where the tax-sparing provisions in the Portuguese double tax treaties may be used in conjunction with a Madeira tax-exempt company to reduce the financing costs in multinational groups .
11 She said the Labour Party 's national minimum wage proposals would be of particular benefit to women and promised to bring all opted-out hospitals back into the mainstream .
12 He is looking for a contact in each region who he can ring monthly to find out what 's happening in the Community Care field that would be of particular interest to the Voluntary sector e.g. contracts , consultations etc .
13 The views of his Ministerial colleagues , not least the Prime Minister , will be of particular relevance whenever a subject overruns departmental boundaries and the Home Office is competing for Parliamentary time .
14 The point will be of particular relevance in connection with causal sequences or causal chains , to be considered later in the most relevant context .
15 ‘ His understanding of the application of modern information technology solutions to complex business problems will be of particular benefit . ’
16 Local residents will , it is hoped , benefit from an upgraded path , and it will be of particular benefit also to pupils of the Royal High School , which is located nearby .
17 That should help major high street groups like the banks and big retailers and will be of particular benefit to those operating in the south-east of England , which was hardest hit by the 1990 revaluation of properties and the recession .
18 Abolition of the minimum 20 per cent contribution — which will be of particular help to young people — will be followed by an improved rebate system , with special help to retired people on low incomes living alone .
19 Accountancy Books has recently published two brand new books that will be of particular help to students .
20 Ticket allocations will be of particular concern .
21 As the company will be using significant cash resources to finance the purchases in such circumstances , the requirement to make a statement as to the adequacy of working capital in the circular ( on the basis of the maximum utilisation of the authority and at the highest price — which assumption must be stated ) will be of particular concern .
22 The result will be of particular disappointment to Sotheby 's who repurchased the firm from Mr Peel last year .
23 This section will be of particular value to programme co-ordinators and staff involved in the planning for delivery of modules .
24 This will be of particular importance to some younger Nigerian research students , and others .
25 And the scoreline will be of particular embarrassment to his club team-mate , Gerry Ainscough , who missed four out of five kickable penalties .
26 ‘ Old-fashioned names like Mavis and Maud will be of particular interest to a knocker , ’ says Detective Constable Simon Muggleton , of the Sussex Police Antiques Unit , ‘ because they help to pinpoint the age of the potential victim .
27 It will be of particular interest to analysts investigating batch-to-batch product variations seeking adulterants in samples , characterising or sourcing raw materials and monitoring for specific components or component mixtures in a complex chromatogram .
28 The flysheet suggests that it will be of particular interest to the neuropsychologist , the neurophysiologist , the linguist and thoughtful musicians .
29 The video will be of particular interest to members of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland as four of their locomotives are featured working before they were acquired for preservation by the RPSI .
30 ‘ It will be of particular interest to the library schools in central and eastern Europe , since it will open a window to the faculties , services and library culture of North America and western Europe , and will be available without taxing the limited foreign exchange resources which they may have . ’
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