Example sentences of "[was/were] of [det] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These forces have been described as ‘ Wallacian ’ ( Harper , 1977 ) , because they represent those agents of natural selection that were of more concern to Wallace than to Darwin in accounting for how organisms are as they are and behave as they do . |
| 2 | It was of little concern to Dan that much of the weathering may have been caused by industrial pollution — what mattered was that science had found an answer . |
| 3 | Protection was of little use to farmers in a period of declining world prices for agricultural products , while the machinery and other industrial goods they bought would be dearer . |
| 4 | Moral virtue was of little interest to Gnostics , whose confidence in their own salvation made all that seem a matter of indifference . |
| 5 | However , Cavendish was of more assistance to L : Lord Parker C.J. emphasised ( at p.378 ) that more must be proved for actual or constructive possession than that the goods were found at the premises , it had to be shown that goods had come to the premises by arrangement and that a servant or agent had instructions to take the goods . |
| 6 | The pitch at Devonport was of more interest to bowlers than batsmen , and only a steady 76 from Broad , with some support from Lamb , gave England a reasonable total of 177 . |
| 7 | Whilst this was of some concern to Anne , who relied greatly on Joan , it was of no concern to Joan herself : enthralled by everything she saw , by fairytale glimpses of the capital , the palace and the royal family , she viewed everything and everyone with avid interest . |
| 8 | It also seemed that the perceived adequacy of close relationships was of most importance to women , while for men it was the perceived adequacy of more diffuse relationships that was crucial . |
| 9 | She was rarely at school , kept away constantly by a variety of excuses dreamed up by her father and brothers who all decided that an education was of less use to Ellie than a clean and tidy home was to them . |