Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] of [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were typical of the many Europeans we met who were tired of conventional holidays . |
| 2 | Where the rights in question are spelt out , they are often lumped together , as if they were all of the same kind . |
| 3 | It was a great night and I 'm sure our invited guests were all of the same mind . |
| 4 | Mice were one of the few things that Miss Fogerty could not endure . |
| 5 | ‘ The frets were one of the few things I actually bought for the guitar . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're right , Cleg , ’ Hari sipped the hot weak tea , enjoying every mouthful , the Jones family were one of the few families in Greenhill who could afford tea at all . |
| 7 | In the whole sorry saga , West Bromwich Albion were one of the few parties to emerge with dignity . |
| 8 | Here , in splendid isolation , emerged a tribe of Polynesians who were prepared to address problems such as this , and who moreover were one of the few peoples in the world to develop a system of writing . |
| 9 | So that I think has been the biggest , communication-wise , has been the biggest step forward in a more erm friendly and er happier sort of note we , we were one of the few brigades that started a band . |
| 10 | Great cars helped to develop great drivers and wealthy Britons Lord Howe and Sir Henry Birkin were two of the many aristocrats that tried their hand at the sport . |
| 11 | I ca n't say whether this is true or not but I have been told , it was spoke about when I was a kid , that they never saw each other except if they were both of the same religion . |
| 12 | Among the names on the list was that of a former Finance Ministry official and that of Soka Gakkai , a lay Buddhist group which had close links to Komeito . |
| 13 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 14 | Where the younger brother was moderate and willing to compromise , aware of the rights and claims of his subjects and of the impossibility of ruling despotically , the elder was conscious of no such limitation and , with the highest intentions , was deeply intolerant of all opposition . |
| 15 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 16 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 17 | Couple this with the subtle change in image ( from naked half-man , half-mutt on ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ to a grey suit ) and you have the beginnings the funky sojourn Bowie was about to embark on — which would , of course , peak with ‘ Young Americans ’ and crop up again whenever he was short of a few ideas . |
| 18 | Carved into the stone was more of the same type of repulsive alien art that had become so familiar over the past couple of days . |
| 19 | It is on this basis that the New Critics argued that criticism was capable of the same degree of objectivity and rigour as traditional scholarship could achieve . |
| 20 | This did not mean , as some had assumed , that Man might recklessly pillage Nature for what he sought ; indeed , Nature was deserving of the more respect because it was a divine creation . |
| 21 | He later became the senior trainer , served the Palace under ten managers and was one of a few staff left at Selhurst during World War Two . |
| 22 | But his was one of the many families in the streets that ran off the main road at the bottom of the hill and from whom this shop and the tobacconist 's derived most of their regular custom . |
| 23 | It was one of the many coves in Fethiye Bay where you can anchor up while the meltem , the locally variable north-westerly that is both the driving force and the cooling fan of the Lycian coast between May and September , does its stuff . |
| 24 | It was one of the many things for which she had Rune to thank . |
| 25 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 26 | Which was one of the many reasons , now he thought about it , why he was planning to kill her . |
| 27 | This was one of the many reasons why he was such an immensely likeable man . |
| 28 | Mr Williamson , can I ask for your confirmation that the reason that the Secretary of State deleted Policy E two in the nineteen eighty structure plan was one of the many reasons under the heading , General , there is no specific reference in the notice of approval to the deletion of this policy and therefore I am assuming it fell for one of the reasons given in paragraphs five point two to five point four five . |
| 29 | Hitting the headlines again , Connors was one of the many businesses affected in the Bangor and Portadown bombs this year . |
| 30 | The old woman 's son was one of the many prisoners who have subsequently died in the prison . |