Example sentences of "[subord] they were of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Annie had made the gowns and , although they were of good strong material , befitting the bride 's station and life-style , Lydia 's chestnut-coloured material brought a touch of colour to her normally sallow cheeks , while Martha 's deep maroon set off her fair colouring . |
| 2 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 3 | If they were of a kindly nature they stayed that way , if they were narrow , tactless , or big-headed they stayed that way . |
| 4 | But Gould did not have time to fuel his friendships , unless they were of some direct advantage to his work . |
| 5 | He attributes this success to the strong bond that existed between the parents : a plentiful food supply ; the friendly interrelation of the chicks themselves , apparently because they were of opposite sexes ; and , not least , the shape and size of the nest which gave them space to keep out of each other 's way . |
| 6 | He trusted Marian and Allen because they were of the same kind as himself — children . |
| 7 | Attitudes were originally selected as possible determinants of child development because they were of a general and abstract nature ; but their use as anything but abbreviated labels has now been abandoned just because they are so abstract and general . |
| 8 | The interpretation for which both the applicant and the Attorney-General contended before the Court of Appeal was that the answer was affirmative ; either because the proceedings for habeas corpus were so firmly imprinted with a civil character that they were to be treated as civil , notwithstanding the essentially criminal nature of the proceedings from which they arose , or because they were of an indeterminate nature , which section 13(2) ( a ) was wide enough to embrace . |
| 9 | Because they were of different sizes , people considered the group a family . |
| 10 | In other cases women were raped or sexually abused because they were related to men the authorities could not capture or because they were of a particular ethnic or national origin . |
| 11 | In the third tribe , the women looked after all the children together and the men 's lives revolved around the women who did all the trading and decision-making , the boys would join the men who were very artistic and gentle , when they were of age , while the girls were encouraged to be competitive and strong . |
| 12 | The Task Force set themselves a tall order , comprised as they were of a wide range of largely voluntary community groups diverse experience of land-use issues and perceptions of the problems — spanning local issues to National land-related policies . |
| 13 | He wore a white robe and hat like mine , a little odd as they were of Nigerian design . |
| 14 | The ‘ if you ca n't measure it , it does n't exist ’ brigade long maintained that they did n't , as long as they were of good enough quality , but the generally accepted view among the hi-fi fraternity is that they do , and that different pieces of gear respond differently to different bits of wire ( and indeed to different plugs ! ) . |
| 15 | The ladies were not quite so successful in disposing of their offspring as they were of their husbands , though they did their best . |
| 16 | Before the time of Sigmar the lands west of the Worlds Edge Mountains were as much a realm of Orcs as they were of Men . |
| 17 | Both Ellis and Beto were as proud of their success in raising the salary and status of guards as they were of any other achievement . |
| 18 | Heralds were an essential aspect of the waging of war , just as they were of chivalry . |
| 19 | Even marriage could not cure him of all his anxieties , and it is salutary to remember that , in some situations , he was as frightened of other people as they were of him : he often seemed shy and hesitant in conversation still . |
| 20 | The Guérignys were simple people , as fearful of strangers on their land as they were of foxes . |
| 21 | We considered that he ought to have taken these points during the hearing itself and , in so far as they were of a technical procedural nature , he had waived his right to advance them because he was content to allow the full two-day hearing to take place without complaining at the outset that he had been prejudiced by short notice of the hearing or by any procedural irregularity in the way the preliminary issue had been brought before the court . |
| 22 | Oliver was now a strong and healthy boy , and very fond of Rose and Mrs Maylie — as they were of him . |
| 23 | Convinced as they were of the unity and uniqueness of God , the disciples became confident that he was present in Jesus . |
| 24 | It was almost as if they considered him to be as much a victim of his government as they were of theirs , as if he could no more be held responsible for Reagan 's actions than they could for Gaddafi 's . |