Example sentences of "[pers pn] be of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they are rarer fossils , some of them are of such interest that they are worth mentioning here . |
| 2 | My wife is travelling without a maid or nurse and I am of little use in a sickroom . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am as sure of it as I am of this water . ’ |
| 4 | Almost as frightened as I am of this gang . ’ |
| 5 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 6 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 7 | I 'm of more use to him , if I carry his letters faithfully , than all the statutes and limitations and restrictions they 've clapped on the Welsh trade . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 9 | Seating depends on room arrangement and table size ; but the more in the centre you are of any line the better your range of vision , and the better placed you are to get involved . |
| 10 | ‘ But it 's not very nice to take a convicted criminal into your home and then to have him tell you that you 're of little consequence . ’ |
| 11 | Could she be of any assistance ? |
| 12 | is to be honest she 's of little benefit to my organization . |
| 13 | Sex is often used as a means of getting close and having contact , but if we are of this type then we feel that the partner will sense our detachment of feeling and lack of giving , and so will reject us . |
| 14 | Can we be of any assistance ? |
| 15 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |
| 16 | Consequently , rich and colourful though they may appear , they are of little value as habitat . |
| 17 | Whilst data presented in graphical form have pictorial value , permitting crude general statements to be made about a sediment , they are of little value for detailed comparisons with other samples . |
| 18 | It can not be too strongly stressed that the subject of letters is all-important and that , even though they may be complete with the signature , they are of little virtue or worth unless they say something of at least modest significance . |
| 19 | Individually they are of little importance , but collectively . |
| 20 | ‘ They were all appointed because they are of such standing in the worlds in which their reputations were made that they will never kowtow to proprietors or editors . ’ |
| 21 | The Crime Survey is a victimisation study and its main conclusion is one that has been noted , in a less systematic way , many times before : working-class crime is a problem , and it is a problem for the working class , since they are its principal victims , as they are of all types of crime : |
| 22 | These are attitudes of the Stoics and it will be seen that though they are noble and inspiring , they are of this world . |
| 23 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 24 | He points out that most certified trainees come straight from school and so are cheaper to employ in the earlier stages of their qualification when they are of less use . |
| 25 | They are there , they are colossal , they are of another age ; and nobody knows how they came there . |
| 26 | Second , once identified , can they be of any use in helping us solve real-life issues ? |
| 27 | During the bad weather we experienced a few disasters and events , but they were of little consequence . |
| 28 | But for other cancers they were of little use . |
| 29 | Manuela no doubt had her personal preferences and tastes , like everyone else , but she did n't make the mistake of thinking that they were of any importance in the matter . |
| 30 | In practice , not unexpectedly , they were of more value to the temporarily displaced skilled worker than to the chronically under-employed — the most intractable problem . |