Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] have been of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contract law has been of major importance in underpinning the market , although other areas of law have also had a bearing . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , marriage does not contribute directly to population change , but , because of its association with the legitimacy of births in most countries , marriage rates have been of some interest . |
| 3 | The development of CD-ROM techniques has been of particular significance for students of texts : classics students can search the complete database of ancient literature by using the IBYCUS implementation of the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae ; students of English can use the CD-ROM version of the Oxford English Dictionary to conduct searches which would take lifetimes if conducted on the twenty volumes of hard copy . |
| 4 | Although he admits having joined the authority as a complete outsider to the health service , his wide experience in the business world has been of great help . |
| 5 | The health care issue had been of growing concern in the USA both because of its cost ( 12 per cent of GNP compared with around 8 per cent for most other industrialized countries ) , and its effect of binding employees to their employers through the fear of losing their health insurance , thereby making the job market less flexible and deterring people from starting new businesses . |