Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [vb pp] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wonders , for example , to what extent the original distinction between theory and practice was reinforced or modified by the later Christian one between the contemplative and the active , or when and why the word ‘ pure ’ came to be used of certain types of knowledge . |
| 2 | Many were so hard that they seemed to be made of solid wood while others shattered like eggshells , but were virtually empty . |
| 3 | Most of the little bits seemed to be made of cream-painted hardboard and enamelled black wrought iron . |
| 4 | The face of the Adjudicator in Extremis seemed to be composed of flat green slabs . |
| 5 | People wanted to be rid of neo-Stalinist regimes , they argued , but were not eager for cut-throat capitalism . |
| 6 | The one they stood at was made of heavy chain-link , stretched between towering concrete posts that were spaced fifteen metres apart . |