Example sentences of "[prep] be [prep] any [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this needs to be related to the situation in vivo to be of any real use . |
| 2 | To be of any real value core units have to be fairly big for the reasons discussed . |
| 3 | Wendler recognises that object-oriented technology will play a central role in the distributed management systems of the future , though it is too immature to be of any real use at present , he says — ‘ the class definition stuff that OMG is working on now is much more important than the Object Request Broker . ’ |
| 4 | But to be of any real use giveaways must be both useful or decorative and relevant to the product or service you are promoting . |
| 5 | For speech recognition to be of any real use , however , the computer must seem to ‘ understand ’ the speech as fast as another human , the number crunching approach rarely achieves this . |
| 6 | This was the old slug 's vicious inheritance , Carson thought bitterly , to dump the money on me before I 'd had a chance to learn how to fight for it or to handle it and too late for it to be of any real use . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose , McAllister , if you 're going to be of any real use to me — ’ He was interrupted by Rose bursting in , a Greek chorus of depressed-looking women following her . |
| 8 | They could not have learned the trade in time to be of any practical use to the employers in keeping orders going . |
| 9 | To be of any practical use , an object made from a polymeric material must be able to retain its shape when subjected to even small tensions or compressions over long periods of time . |
| 10 | ‘ … there are innumerable situations in which they [ tests of significance ] are totally unnecessary — because the difference is grotesquely obvious , because it is neglible , or because , whether it be formally significant or not , it is too small to be of any practical importance . |
| 11 | There may follow a lack of communication and understanding between the computer professionals , the legal advisers , the ultimate users and the supplier of the software resulting in the purchase of a system which is cumbersome , does not provide all the information the users now realize they would have liked and which runs far too slowly to be of any practical use . |
| 12 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that the draft guidance issued by his Department does not require local authorities to be of any particular size to deliver an effective and efficient service ? |
| 13 | After 1930 when the concerted intellectual endeavour came to an end , the work of individual participants ceased to be of any theoretical interest . |
| 14 | Charlotte Ladram was more obviously nervous than he had known her to be on any previous occasion and professed herself reluctant to remain indoors , let alone cook a meal . |
| 15 | Two of my colleagues from the BBC did , it is true , succeed in smuggling an entire satellite telephone system ( complete with dish ) through Iraqi customs shortly before the war began , and there are plenty of guns in private hands which can be bought ; but the Mukhabarat are everywhere , and it would be impossible to find out where Saddam was going to be at any given time . |
| 16 | Although persistent overlapping and the resultant anomalies means that none of these economic groupings were exclusive , the character of each is governed by the bias of its composition ; the minor gentlemen comprehended in the £10. — £19 range for instance , were too heavily outnumbered to be in any real sense typical of it . |
| 17 | He is worried about various formalities relating to written contracts , and wonders in particular whether hire purchase agreements need to be in writing , whether any special formalities apply to contracts of employment , and if a contract leasing premises needs to be in any particular form . |
| 18 | I do n't think that they can be taken to be in any particular order . |
| 19 | Their minds have never been sufficiently clear of the substance or process of addiction to be in any significant degree of recovery . |
| 20 | ‘ I imagine , ’ said one rather earnest , heavy-jawed man , ‘ it to be like any other job of work . |