Example sentences of "[pron] [be] of some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I be of some assistance ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 3 | Much of this area has been introduced by the analysis of social distance ; there are , however , other social factors which are of some importance . |
| 4 | Before turning to the grounds of appeal there are two matters which I must mention which are of some importance . |
| 5 | This process , which is of some antiquity , depends on the very low solubilities of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide . |
| 6 | However , there is a distinction that can be made within ‘ expected ’ status which is of some significance in lexical semantics . |
| 7 | The second group of experiments examine how face recognition is affected by the context in which a face is presented , and allow a comparison with contextual effects observed in studies of word recognition , a comparison which is of some theoretical interest . |
| 8 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 9 | They were of some hand-made material , loosely woven , and containing all the colours of — not the rainbow , but the sunset . |
| 10 | They were of some kind of fibre , painted glossy chestnut , now dimmed and dulled , with bands of wood to give them strength . |
| 11 | But Gould did not have time to fuel his friendships , unless they were of some direct advantage to his work . |
| 12 | In his evidence to the Committee , Keynes identified seven possible classes of remedy for depression , and assured his colleagues that practically all of them were of some value . |
| 13 | answers my question but it 's of some considerable relevance is n't it . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , it is of some importance to try to establish what the effect of this learning environment is on the actual communication between deaf and hearing people . |
| 15 | It is of some interest that these attachments are very similar to those of Lewis Carroll ( Charles L. Dodgson , q.v. ) , whom Kilvert is said to have known at Oxford . |
| 16 | It is of some interest in the present study to note that senescence does not significantly decrease the leaf reflectance in the infra-red ; in the blue and red a rise occurs . |
| 17 | That is what they like to do with their few acres and it is of some benefit to us . |
| 18 | Following the outcome of the inquiry ( if successful ) it is of some importance that the parliamentary agent follows the order through its-final stages so as to report that amendments , etc , have indeed been implemented . |
| 19 | I am afraid this is all very complicated and difficult to untangle at short notice , but I hope , nonetheless , that it is of some help . |
| 20 | It is of some importance , therefore , to know what factors determine consumption so that appropriate policies to combat unemployment can be devised . |
| 21 | Well , you 've obviously had some bad experiences , but I think one of the , one of the best defences is actually not to sell your wares , I mean who 's interested in your wares , but actually to try and state what you 're doing in such a way that it is of some interest . |
| 22 | It was of some length and contained a number of obiter dicta about the obvious gravity of the crisis through which the nation had passed , the less obvious but equally searching crisis which it still faced , the dangers of living in fools ' paradises and believing that there could be play without work , the crushing burden of debt , and the responsibilities of the wealthy classes . |
| 23 | You could not have called it grey , it was of some colour that had never been given a name , and it glowed as if the moon and stars were behind the skin of it , waiting to break through . |
| 24 | Heather 's film would have led him there even if intuition had not , for the next picture on it was of some kind of school or college and there was one member of the Tyrrell Society 's inner circle , the circle in which Heather had been vitally interested whatever Cunningham might believe to the contrary , still unaccounted for . |
| 25 | There must have been times when their hearts were in their mouths , for it was not just an act of business long-sightedness , it was of some bravery ! |