Example sentences of "[vb base] [been] of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I hope that I 've been of some assistance . |
| 2 | Well I hope I 've been of some help . |
| 3 | On each occasion the items stolen have been of little value , but the thefts are a continual thorn in the side of the cricket club committee . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that other countries are now copying our know-how funds because they have been of such help to the former Soviet Union and other eastern European countries . |
| 5 | The rich picture should include all the important hard ‘ facts ’ of the organisational situation , and the examples given have been of this nature . |
| 6 | Variations of the theme , e.g. with different boundary conditions or with internal heating replacing heating from below , have been of some interest ; but all the specific results in this chapter will relate to the conditions above . |
| 7 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |