Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [det] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A murder hunt was launched yesterday after a body , believed to be that of Monica Cantwell , aged 24 , from Lingfield , Surrey , was found in New Zealand . |
| 2 | All proved to be fakes , as did their certificates of authenticity which purported to be those of Paris art expert , Paul Petridès . |
| 3 | In the Supreme Court 's ruling , the normally conservative Sandra Day O'Connor , the only female justice , voted with the liberal minority ; the decisive vote proved to be that of David Souter , Bush 's only appointee to the Court , whom abortion rights advocates had long suspected of harbouring anti-abortionist views . |
| 4 | The Constitution 's main concern appeared to be that of conservation . |
| 5 | Nottingham considered to be more of engineering , not quite metropolitan , but varied trades and factories |