Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be of [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The maps may be of surrounding areas and zoomed right up to detailed floor-plan scale .
2 These results are the first controlled data to syggest that cyclosporin may be of clinical benefit in patients with ulcerative colitis .
3 Soil mark sites are visible because of different coloured marks in the soil , usually just after ploughing For example , if a burial mound with a ditch around it has been flattened by ploughing , the material from which the mound was constructed , the soil filling the ditch , and the soil in the rest of the ploughed field may be of different colours .
4 That 's tru that 's the only part may be of traditional sales that you
5 The endoscopic Doppler ultrasound may be of diagnostic value in the evaluation of Dieulafoy 's disease when bleeding has stopped spontaneously .
6 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 .
7 This finding may be of clinical importance in the few patients who have severe hypergastrinaemia as a result of long acting profound acid inhibition .
8 The constant updating of all media contacts should be of top priority and should not be put off and off until a spare moment arrives .
9 The computer must be of merchantable quality .
10 Similar relationships may be of equal importance in the diabetic subject .
11 Secondly , in family abuse , the history of the relationships may be of great significance in current abuse .
12 To the environmentally concerned , however , the origin and extraction method for capturing an essence may be of vital importance .
13 It now seems that the time of injection may be of crucial importance in determining the effects of melatonin .
14 These attributes would be expected to lead to new and better solutions to problems in the UK and it seems that the apparent anomaly may be of cultural origin .
15 Lines may be curved , zig-zag or straight , for example , and blobs may be of different sizes .
16 We suggest that anti-lactoferrin may be of pathogenetic significance by counteracting the antiphlogistic properties of lactoferrin at mucosal surfaces , thereby aggravating and/or sustaining mucosal inflammation initiated by other factors .
17 'i A wide personal choice may be offered in recommended reading of authors , themes , periods or genres , but works for detailed study must be of sufficient substance and quality to merit serious consideration and must be selected from at least two literary genres .
18 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 .
19 But in advising that the switched cable links into homes should be of narrow band width coaxial cable rather than optical fibre , the information-technology panel was being short sighted , according to some observers .
20 Play Therapy should be of great use to anyone involved in the care of children who might need counselling , and it would also be interesting reading for anyone working with children or interested in counselling them .
21 In these conditions , too , the mount required either to give a force mobility or to approach a battlefield could be of inferior breed , and consequently cheaper , than a cavalry horse capable of carrying a fully armoured knight , in addition to its own armour .
22 ‘ Laser welding could be of major benefit , ’ said Dr Watson .
23 It was decided that their successors would be of similar size and anew steel cutter was designed by Technical Branch with a length of 80 feet , a beam of 16 feet and a draft of 6 feet .
24 The frustration of life without a torch , illustrated by either a feature or a demonstration , could interest the men 's press , and special car fitments for fixing a torch inside the car would be of great interest to the motoring media .
25 While this survey has been concerned with public libraries , co-operation potentially encompasses a wide range of institutions , and an INSET network that concerned itself with training across the whole spectrum of librarianship would be of maximum value .
26 The lane down to the harbour was steep ; the oncoming wind would be of positive benefit .
27 ‘ We believe the association will be of immense benefit to our customers in marketing Tencel products .
28 It is clear that anything which affects the mind will be of prime importance in this ( see Chapter 1 ) as also will be anything that affects the person as a whole .
29 The result will be of particular disappointment to Sotheby 's who repurchased the firm from Mr Peel last year .
30 In a letter to Horsley nine days later he wrote : ‘ I believe that if the decision is made to go the way of the Sun , the tragedy will be of historic proportions .
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