Example sentences of "[was/were] of the kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her shoes were of the kind then called ward shoes , with low heels , one strap , and a little metal star on the front for ornamentation . |
| 2 | When enquiries were monitored in detail between September and November 1987 , one third of the cases brought to the welfare worker were of the kind that the CAB regularly deals with and the other two thirds were immigration enquiries . |
| 3 | As a result , ‘ governmental assemblies , whose chief activities were of the kind which ought to be limited by law , became able to command whatever they pleased simply by calling their commands ‘ law ’ ' . |
| 4 | Now these houses were of the kind that when you walk in through the door at the front you go into a l sitting room , through the next door is what can be a kitchen cum living room , and the staircase is n't immediately obvious but what it is is it 's a door that looks like a cupboard . |
| 5 | I suggested that the insistent gaze , the awareness of detail , were of the kind we associate with love or hate , while the persistent emphasis on traps or limits that can never be crossed belonged rather with the very different forces of pity or fear . |
| 6 | It was of the kind that one is warned against sleeping upon , but I knew she did sleep upon it . |
| 7 | There was a never-ending pile of sewing in her huge , wicker sewing basket , which was of the kind in which snake-charmers keep their snakes . |
| 8 | The turquoise dress she wore was of the kind of stretch cotton which showed up any figure fault and which in this instance merely demonstrated the perfection of her body . |
| 9 | Success now was of the kind associated with Henry Pelham , who during his time at the Treasury from 1749 to 1757 rescheduled almost 90 per cent of the 4 per cent debt , down to 3.5 per cent in 1750 and down again to 3 per cent by 1757 . |