Example sentences of "this [noun sg] was of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This struggle was of an economic nature concerned with the competition for clients . |
| 2 | This vote was of the utmost significance . |
| 3 | & this Helianor was of the daughters , heirs |
| 4 | But she had to admit that this child was of a different type altogether : her voice , her manner suggested a refined type of background . |
| 5 | The evidence for this article was of a particular kind , and the proposal is to apply the same methods to the subsequent period , taking the whole revaluation as far as the First World War . |
| 6 | Ian Birtwell , coach of the Canadian team defeated by the awesome Western Samoans in the final , noted : ‘ In the initial rounds , this tournament was of a higher standard than Hong Kong . |
| 7 | This treatment was of no use for aeroplanes because it could only be used when the component was small enough for the formalin to penetrate . |
| 8 | The first generation of nuclear power stations in this country was of a uniquely British design . |
| 9 | Holland has estimated that the rate of iron deposition in this basin was of the order of 20 mg Fe . |
| 10 | Obviously , this undertaking was of no use when , as happened , the boat caught fire and sank . |
| 11 | However , most of the work he was doing at this time was of a minor nature . |