Example sentences of "not be of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 2 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 3 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 4 | This can be difficult to organize and may not be of great use to the teacher either in planning lessons or in providing feedback for diagnostic purposes . |
| 5 | On some occasions it may not be of great importance to the patient 's health whether he is treated at that time or perhaps at all . |
| 6 | This need not be of great concern to management , however , given the capacity of most companies to finance themselves through retained earnings . |
| 7 | Although the issue may not be of great interest in urban areas , it is important in rural areas , and I wonder whether the Bill will tackle the problem of road widths and the width of vehicles travelling down narrow country lanes . |
| 8 | A broad awareness of the details of initial teacher education will not be of great assistance to a school other than to bring into some kind of focus an activity which used to appear to be both distant and unrelated . |
| 9 | In the student example , the fact that the person is female may not be of great significance and therefore there could be an attribute ‘ sex ’ of the person entity . |
| 10 | Naturally we lose some points at the beginning and end ( four in this case ) but this may not be of great importance in a long series . |
| 11 | Extensive microbiological evaluation obviously increases the number of abnormalities detected ; however , these may or may not be of pathogenic relevance as also indicated by the persistence of symptoms after eradication of several infective agents reported by others . |
| 12 | ‘ The threat need not be of extreme violence . |
| 13 | Since this represents only one per cent of projected capacity , it will not be of significant help in meeting concern over weapons production . |
| 14 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 15 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
| 16 | ( In practice the meshes need not be of constant size nor need they be of uniform shape . ) |
| 17 | The situation in which a sexual problem is " masked " by a non-sexual presenting problem which may or may not be of true significance is not uncommon . |