Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] many [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jubilee Ball in the Management Centre was attended by many members of staff and the University Court and alumni . |
| 2 | Mrs Whitehouse was accused at many points of being motivated by ‘ hatred ’ of homosexuals and , whilst the extract suggests that her attitude was not one of ‘ hatred ’ — indeed far from it — by including in her attitude to homosexuality such words as : undesirable , repugnant , perverse , suffering and abnormal , it is also easy to see how the gay community might be less than happy with the description . |
| 3 | However , the professor was defended by many advocates of Afrocentric education who characterized criticism of his stance as indicative of anti-black racism . |
| 4 | This rulebook of Space Marine organization was bound in many layers of flayed , cured , alien skin , its letters illuminated ornately with the colour-fixed green and orange blood from two alien races . |
| 5 | Owing to the large percentage of employees joining up , female labour was employed in many branches of Railway Work , ie : ticket collecting , platform work , engine and carriage cleaning work in the shops at Wolverton , Crewe and Earlstown. 6,584 females were utilised in place of men . |
| 6 | A third rail was laid over many miles of track to allow trains of either gauge to run . |
| 7 | Sofaer nodded , and Lorre was seized by many pairs of dusky hands . |
| 8 | He was acquainted with many sources of the Caesarian and Augustan age ; he even quotes Caesar 's Cornmentarii ( 4.1.1 ) . |