Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [was/were] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wild phone calls were of the night : this , perhaps , was serious . |
| 2 | The platform steps were of the fixed type and roller blind destination boxes were mounted at each end above the upper deck rails . |
| 3 | However , Southern blotting using an SM2 isoform-specific 5' end-labelled primer as probe ( 6 ) failed to detect the presence of the SM2 specific sequence and indicated that all the new cDNA clones were of the SM1 type . |
| 4 | Trolley masts were of the B/1 type . |
| 5 | The trolley masts were of the Brecknell , Munro B/l type , but a late version which could be turned through the full circle . |
| 6 | No , no but th erm erm , the only real difference was that lots and lots of the trolley buses were of the utility type . |
| 7 | There was no stairhead lamp and the wire mesh screens were of the Brush standard design . |
| 8 | Returning aircraft always had their own ground crews waiting on the air field ready to assist in case of trouble , and relations between air and ground crews were of the highest possible standard . |