Example sentences of "[prep] them were [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What White and Bernard also omit to make clear is that , while the great majority of the ordinary members of the church may well have been largely indifferent to theological issues , many of them were at the same time both outraged and alarmed by a number of alien liturgical practices , which were a unique and highly visible feature of English Arminianism .
2 if both of them were on the same level there would be no falls , there would be no power .
3 Most of them were on the lean side because of the hard life they led and the long walks they took over hilly country to reach their fields .
4 Most of them were from the barbaric tribes nearer the frozen Hub , which had a sort of export trade in heroes .
5 Three of them were among the first to be evacuated by the Red Cross from the notorious Banja Luka camp .
6 Two of them were among the first documentaries to be made about the war , and thus have considerable historical importance .
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