Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [det] [noun sg] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnes and Taylor concluded that inter-university comparisons in the non-completion rate are of little value unless account is taken of differences in the scholastic ability of each university 's intake of students . |
| 2 | What is for sure , we need to be more active than we have been in this area if tennis is to flourish in this country . |
| 3 | With the wide availability of private transport their location may be of little significance unless tile primary demand is for retirement homes , when prospective purchasers will be heavily dependent on local services . |
| 4 | Nor will the legal guarantee of freedom of speech be of much use if access to the mass media is severely restricted . |
| 5 | The partial remedy , for no one could think of exhaustive response , was to clear London and other big cities of children aged under fifteen , the sick and the handicapped : all those who were of more hindrance than help to the defence effort . |
| 6 | That is why the assistance of a trained , skilled and sympathetic third party is of such help when marriage conflict gets out of hand . |
| 7 | And he was in this mood when disaster struck . |
| 8 | Wisdom was to this man as boredom was to others . |