Example sentences of "[adj] were of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking of hearing in Gertrude Stein 's prose the ‘ hypnotic ’ ‘ rhythms ’ of ‘ the saxophone ’ he concluded that if this were of the future , then the future was ‘ of the barbarians ’ . |
| 2 | Of these , 700 were of a banking or economic nature ; 129 were industrial visits and the remainder were social events . |
| 3 | This represented 6.8 per cent of the population , although 10,000,000 out of the total population of 56,100,000 were of recent foreign origin . |
| 4 | During the third millennium BC most axes were made of unalloyed copper and few were of arsenical copper , but by the middle of the third millennium arsenical copper gradually supplanted copper and this , in turn , was replaced by tin bronze and also some leaded tin bronze . |
| 5 | Some were of definite dislike . |
| 6 | ( None of the other photographs shared this particular composition , though some were of personalities who could be thought of as ‘ hunky ’ men — Philip Schofield , for instance . ) |
| 7 | Some were of classical music , one a relaxation tape she used herself , and the rest an assortment belonging to the children . |
| 8 | Some were of stone , some of wood . |
| 9 | Some were of servile status and others free , although with the passage of time more and more secured their freedom ( Ch.4 ) , some might occupy barely enough land to sustain themselves and their families , while others accumulated substantial farms and became themselves employers of labour . |
| 10 | Half of the sentences were of the form B because A ( as in the above example ) , and half were of the form Because A , B ( e.g. , Because the sun started to shine , the snowman started to melt ) . |
| 11 | The three-bedroomed cottage was certainly rare in Dorothea 's time , but by the close of Queen Victoria 's reign the majority of those new-built were of this type . |
| 12 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 13 | There was mention of some art history work , a few articles for various journals and a cataloguing job for one of the museums but it was clear that for Maidstone these were of little importance and did not really qualify for the title of job . |
| 14 | These were of great value not only regarding the history of the architecture of the fabric and fitments , but also the matrimonial alliances of long-dead notables . |
| 15 | The navy consisted of nearly 81,000 men , serving in 378 vessels , though only 285 of these were of any size , qualifying as first to sixth rates , and what really counted in any major action were the 121 ships of the line , manned by 70,000 sailors . |
| 16 | These were of immense consequence in giving elected Indian officials their first real taste of power , and in encouraging them to ask for more — much more , needless to say , than Curtis had either foreseen or intended . |
| 17 | These were of a soft-hued golden sandstone topped by russet-toned pantiles . |
| 18 | Thus a type description might present a comprehensive array of structures and give each of them equal descriptive weight , but a token description might well reveal that some of these were of rare occurrence , or restricted to a realization through a limited range of lexical items , almost exclusively confined to certain contexts , or associated with certain meanings . |
| 19 | While these were of high quality and presented by a band of distinguished international speakers , some participants would have liked to take part in more of the 17 special interest sessions . |
| 20 | These were of special interest to the growing number of people , within and outside the Church of England , who were attracted by ideas and patterns of community living . |
| 21 | Three of these were of the same size as those in the front compartment : the other three were no more than five feet in length . |
| 22 | These were of two kinds : those deriving from the social structure on which the monarchy rested , and those implicit in the rudimentary nature of the administrative instruments at the Tsar 's disposal . |
| 23 | These were of a markedly superior quality to anything which could be produced in Europe at the time ; indeed , by comparison , the British had not by then developed any significant dyeing technology . |
| 24 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 25 | These were of particular interest because they confirmed suspicions that Syrian traffickers were developing close commercial ties with the Colombian cartels , trading heroin base for cocaine base and bartering either or both as required for arms supplies to terrorist and revolutionary groups around the world . |
| 26 | The number of graves found in Upper Halling suggests that these were of settlers . |
| 27 | These were of the continuous burning vertical " type which were also known as Shaft Kilns . |
| 28 | However these were of three kinds . |
| 29 | Although these were of great use to the profession the benefit was reduced by the fact that |
| 30 | At first these were of timber , on motte and bailey pattern , but gradually during the eleventh and twelfth centuries the wooden keeps were replaced , in important places , by stone ones . |