Example sentences of "[verb] to be of [det] use " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately following the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden , the ship was considered to be of little use and was sold to the French . |
| 2 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 3 | ‘ If you 're going to be of any use to me at all , the work has to start now . ’ |
| 4 | And the tried and true w , tested , the tried and tested ways are n't necessarily going to be of any use to you . |
| 5 | This last argument seems to be of little use against the solipsist , who is not interested in communication with others . |
| 6 | What seems to be of more use to people are specific things they can do to help them achieve these states . |
| 7 | The man in the doorway was certainly old and infirm , and none too reliable either , but when he ceased to be of any use to the Guild as a working docker , they had found him a sinecure job as night watchman on the Wharf . |