Example sentences of "[be] [prep] more [subord] [adj] interest " in BNC.

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1 These studies of immediate memory span are of more than historical interest because the fact that there is such a severe limit is important in the design of information presentations of technical data — a standard ergonomics problem .
2 The difference in response rates achieved is of more than passing interest .
3 There are two reasons why this 1956 mono recording of Orff 's well-worn choral work is of more than usual interest .
4 Recent work by Zeki ( 1983a , b ) shows that Land 's theory is of more than theoretical interest because cells in area V4 have properties compatible with it whereas cells in Vl do not .
5 After three years of exceptionally low rainfall , especially on the eastern side of England , it is of more than academic interest to know just how much rain has fallen on the garden .
6 This point is of more than academic interest since there are , in fact , quite significant differences in the functional organization of apparently homologous structures in different species .
7 The parallel between this and the equivalent position today between Britain and Germany is of more than academic interest .
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