Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our consideration of technology and the production of particular artefacts we have been considering portable items which would have been of assistance to everyday life , some more so than others . |
| 2 | In addition , the ability to recognise and trace witnesses and the conditions under which police witnesses made observations might all have been of assistance to the defendants . |
| 3 | By a respondent 's notice dated 20 February 1991 the plaintiffs gave notice of their intention to contend that the judgment should be affirmed on the additional grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) leave to appeal from the order of 4 November 1988 should have been refused ; ( 2 ) there was no ground for interfering with the judge 's finding that the first defendant was not the agent of the plaintiffs ; ( 3 ) there was no evidence that the second defendant was at any material time under the influence of or dominated by the first defendant so as to be prevented from exercising independent judgment ; ( 4 ) in so far as the first defendant repeated his over-optimistic expectations to the second defendant it was not a misrepresentation , fraudulent or otherwise ; and ( 5 ) as to whether there was manifest disadvantage , the charge was required as a condition of further increased overdraft facility to Heathrow Fabrications Ltd. , without which that company , whose success would have been of benefit to the second defendant , would have been in financial difficulties . |
| 4 | This may well have been of benefit to individuals , but school board members were very conscious of their role as representatives of parents and the local community . |
| 5 | But we were surprised that not once during our visit were the words ‘ land reform ’ so much as mentioned , although what has happened there most certainly counts as this , and would have been of interest to the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development held by FAO in 1979 . |
| 6 | It is also suggested that experiential learning associated with employment may have been of value to these students . |
| 7 | The sensual appraisal was mixed with a hint of amusement which could have been in response to her apparent coyness , or perhaps her short-skirted dress with its modest round neckline was the cause , its clash of riotous colours outrageous , orange running into scarlet into crimson with small touches of hot pink . |