Example sentences of "[was/were] of the [noun sg] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Workers in all the groups in all the areas were of the opinion that work and the organization through which it was carried out was inevitable and little could be done to alter it . |
| 2 | Stephanie did not like cut glass : she was of the generation that discovered the plain , the functional , the Finnish , Dartington . |
| 3 | Swod was of the generation that reached for an extra layer of clothing rather than turn the heating on . |
| 4 | The strongest smell on the roof , though , was of the coke that sang as it burned in the brazier . |
| 5 | The European Commission on Human Rights was of the view that seeking to persuade members of the armed forces to disobey military orders which rendered a particular person liable to prosecution for ‘ incitement to disaffection ’ properly justified a prosecution under Article 10 , paragraph 2 of the Convention . |