Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new houses of the 18th and earlier 19th centuries were built of small rough bricks made in Patrington 's own brickyards . |
| 2 | Three different palladium rods were tried of various diameters : the thickest rod gave by far the greatest effect . |
| 3 | Those eyes were made of coloured glass . |
| 4 | Early tea packets were constructed of grey or brown greaseproof paper around a waxy paper lining , with different coloured seals denoting the different blends , one of which was Red Label [ Sainsbury 's longest established own brand product ] . |
| 5 | The shoes were made of shiny black leather with ankle straps and tiny heels . |
| 6 | Pockets were emptied of loose change , parcels scanned as if for a malignant tumour and handbags rifled for evidence of evil intent . |
| 7 | The twenty-one defendants were accused of enormous wrongdoing before and during World War II in an indictment which took two days to read and 218 days to try before a tribunal composed of two judges from each of the four victorious countries . |
| 8 | Informal trials were undertaken of interactive testing using the microcomputer . |
| 9 | Then two 1-foot ( 30-cm ) tall stop-motion models were made of thin plastic on a metal framework , since the timetable demanded two simultaneous animation set-ups , using rear projection for economy . |
| 10 | Briefly , newborn thymocytes were depleted of mature CD3 + cells using multiple rounds of anti-CD3 ( clone C363.29B ; a gift from S. Carding ) -coated beads , then selected using anti-CD8 ( clone YTS169.4 ; SeraLab ) -coated beads . |
| 11 | The boat 's wrap-around windscreens were made of black polarised glass which only added to Dream Baby 's ugly air of menace . |
| 12 | Early fountain pens were made of black rubber and were semi-disposable ; the Duofold was a bright reddish-orange colour , much larger than other contemporary pens and thus capable of holding more ink , guaranteed for twenty-five years — and nearly three times the price of an average pen . |
| 13 | They had three plank solid backs , but the seats were made of thin laths set on edge and not quite touching , so that rain water could pass between them . |
| 14 | The evidence suggests that almost all the village houses in earlier days were built of dried mud with thatched roofs . |
| 15 | At Cosmeston , as at other local villages , buildings were constructed of worked limestone bedded in courses using clay as a mortar . |
| 16 | Fifthly , regular reviews were made of outstanding warrants to see whether their continued operation was justified . |
| 17 | Finally , full-scale two dimensional panels were constructed of shark-fin B–17Ds to provide their appearance at Hickam Field . |
| 18 | Stories were told of whole communities sitting down and wailing the old tune whilst waiting for the slave masters to arrive and incarcerate their bodies and souls . |
| 19 | All along they were also aware that brains were composed of living cells that were active in non-electrical ways as well , but until recently the techniques for looking at this other activity were not available . |
| 20 | His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat . |
| 21 | In time , the Coronations became uneconomic to operate and ways were sought of improving reliability . |
| 22 | In Section 1.2 some critical comments were made of conventional systems analysis . |
| 23 | The houses were spacious and grand ; their lower storeys were built of solid timber , the projecting gables above were a framework of black beams and white plaster . |
| 24 | Our bedroom curtains were made of brown hessian . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Most of their larger bombs were made of agricultural fertiliser ‘ mix ’ and similar substitutes . |
| 27 | The houses were built of home-made brick , whitewashed , and roofed with ugly imported galvanized iron or occasionally with the smooth thatch of the native craftsman . |
| 28 | The difficulty of communication with the guard concerned many people , including CD ; coaches were built of separate compartments without corridors . |
| 29 | In contrast to this complex and long-established system , which originally derived from the tribal period in early Celtic and Germanic Europe , we find that certain cities and merchants were freed of feudal ties . |
| 30 | Examples were given of regular meetings or occasions which enabled workers to identify and keep track of people in the community , regardless of whether they had the status of an active case . |