Example sentences of "[vb mod] be of [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why this should be of such importance in the minds of you and me , and all the others from the world of the nineteen-forties I do not know . |
| 2 | MITI believes that such exports should be of less concern to advocates of managed trade than consumer goods , because components increase the competitiveness — and therefore the export potential — of the industries that buy them . |
| 3 | Obviously , in order that the trial should be of any value at all , both materials should be used in the way that will produce the best results . |
| 4 | It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C . |
| 5 | Is n't this is an extraordinary situation , n here is a nurse , a a you know a a kind caring woman , she takes a drug and yet she must be of all people the one person to say , I 'm having a side effect . |
| 6 | No matter how serious an infringement there might be of that act they are not subject to any sort of criminal offence . |
| 7 | Hum. , 1908–13 ) for the purpose of giving graduates of the College opportunity to travel at such time in their careers as might be of most value to them either by enabling them to broaden their experience of other countries and their peoples or to carry out research . |
| 8 | Yeah that might be of those situations with the referee being over protective towards the goalkeeper . |
| 9 | So therefore it might be of more interest to practitioners if I take some typical enquiries and describe the way they are tackled . |
| 10 | There was no evidence that Berowne had started his own meal — that in itself might be of some help in deciding on the approximate time of death — but he had apparently either cajoled Harry into the church with the promise of a meal or , more likely , had supplied an obvious and immediate need before he was ready for his own share of the supper . |
| 11 | Besides , I might be of some help settling the young gentleman . ’ |
| 12 | Some interesting and useful things can be done in the way of improving specific item search systems , but only if the catalogue has considerable " knowledge " of bibliographical items ( for example , one can envisage a catalogue which could say , " We have n't got Joseph Matthews on online catalogue screen displays , but there is an article in Library trends which might be of some interest " ) . |
| 13 | Now erm some of this films might be of some interest . |
| 14 | Her grandfather had suggested , without conviction , that she might be of some use in the farm office . |
| 15 | He felt he had his hand on a way to proceed , and one that might be of some consequence , with luck . |
| 16 | Variability in ME , however , has sometimes been perceived as an obstacle rather than a resource , and as a result information that might be of some value to the historian has been rejected from the canon . |
| 17 | I have just prepared a paper for my Executive Committee on this and I have enclosed a copy in the hope it might be of some value . |
| 18 | ‘ You have no further information that might be of any assistance , sir ? ’ |
| 19 | On a single syllable ‘ why ’ , the pitch movement might be of this sort : but if there are syllables following , the fall may not be completed on the tonic syllable : why did you go |
| 20 | You 're in a dead end as far as Charlie 's records are concerned , and even if you get your hands on them you 've no guarantee they 'll be of any use . |
| 21 | Japan could be of much importance in the event of war and it might be feasible for the Japanese to fight for the United States after a war had begun . |
| 22 | Each drive will also have a power supply connection that could be of either type shown n figure 1 . |
| 23 | She hinted that she could be of more help to them than her brother , provided that they left him alone in his present state of health . |
| 24 | Too close a contact with leading journalists could be of more benefit to the media than it is to you . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps because you could be of more use to the ringleaders that way , ’ he returned instantly . |
| 26 | Now , however , she felt that she could be of some help . |
| 27 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
| 28 | erm I 'm sure that I could be of some help to them |
| 29 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 30 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |