Example sentences of "[art] [noun] may be of " in BNC.

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1 In drawing this essential balance between flexibility and simplicity , the drive system checklist 4 in the appendix may be of value .
2 The research aims to explore the possibilities of trip chain analysis sufficiently to establish in what ways the technique may be of value to practising transport planners .
3 The maps may be of surrounding areas and zoomed right up to detailed floor-plan scale .
4 ( For a ‘ developed ’ country , this will probably concentrate on the questions asked in the census form ; for other parts of the world the method of conducting the census may be of more interest . )
5 For the depressed person , the loss may be of a more ideal kind and may relate to aspects of himself that destroy his security of self-esteem .
6 Where the rocks exposed in the cliffs are incoherent , pressures produced by the waves may be of less importance and much of the erosion accomplished by the load flung against the cliffs and by the simple swilling action of the waves , which removes the finer matrix from gravel beds .
7 Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse .
8 The analogy may be of Britain gaining an Empire by accident , and then losing it ; this century , town planning has expanded its subject field , as disciplinary boundaries first collided and then were realigned , at a time when the nature of complex environmental problems was reidentified and expressed again in different terms .
9 First , the benefit may be of a kind bought in from outside the employer 's business , such as a car or medical insurance ( ‘ external benefits ’ ) .
10 The fact that one prophecy does not come true does not mean you are dealing with a false prophet : ‘ It is possible for a true prophet to prophesy from the flesh or in the excitement of a moment … . ’ says John Wimber.2 In addition , the prophecy may be of mixed value , having one part God 's truth and two parts human enthusiasm .
11 Whether we are talking of the families portrayed in reading schemes and modern languages material , the heroes of novels chosen in English literature , or the personages selected as worthy of interest in history , the picture may be of a male who is larger than life , dominant and personality-projecting .
12 The specimen may be of blood or urine , but it is for me to decide which .
13 They distinguished between a child who has special educational needs , and a child who has special educational needs which are such that the LEA may be of the opinion that they should determine the special educational provision that should be made for him — in the words of Nicholls LJ , ‘ not special needs simpliciter , but special needs that satisfy a further condition ’ .
14 A text of the past may be of interest to a critic , a philosopher , and a historian , and each would discover his appropriate interest within it .
15 This blurring of the boundaries may be of little consequence to users of the service , but it does have implications for the type of care they receive and which agency remains financially responsible for arranging that care .
16 The operands may be of different lengths ; if the first operand is shorter , the computer processes it as if it was extended on the left with zeros ; if the second ( destination ) field is shorter , some of the more significant digits of the result are lost .
17 The size of the sewer may be of insufficient capacity to take the additional effluent from the proposed development , or the capacity of the sewage works itself may be insufficient to cope .
18 One of the chromosomes may be of abnormal shape .
19 The following information on facilities on and around the campus may be of interest to delegates .
20 This does not in itself mean that the analysis is invalid , and some of the deficiencies may be of little quantitative significance .
21 As domatia are found on crops like coffee , the phenomenon may be of agricultural significance .
22 Second , the relationship of the ‘ persuader ’ to the patient may be of crucial importance .
23 DataFocus believes the technology may be of interest to COSE , the anti-NT industry coalition kicked off in March by Sun Microsystems , IBM , HP , the Santa Cruz Operation and Unix System Labs .
24 The subject-matter may be of a discretionary or regulatory nature and while these elements should not exclude proscriptions against bias they are likely to modify their application .
25 With printed material the font may be unknown to the system or the copy may be of poor printed quality .
26 Although the events may be of most interest to people over 50 , views and ideas from everyone will be welcomed .
27 If , for example , a provision may be of doubtful import , such resort would be perfectly legitimate … ( p145 ) Because Chalmers saw codification as an improvement in the form of the law , resurrection of old authorities is easy .
28 However , the hidden messages in such a question may be of some importance in terms of conditioning the consciousness of the — largely working class — students for whom CSE mathematics courses are intended .
29 An arguably more compelling situation where a Commissioner may be of great use is in the area of unfair dismissal actions before an Industrial Tribunal .
30 The main exclusions of the policy still operate and such a clause may be of limited use , but its existence is worth investigating .
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