Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No details were given of the glycaemic control or other metabolic parameters of the two groups of diabetics studied ( Davis et al , 1982 ) , and it is difficult to account for these findings . |
| 2 | In response to a question in Parliament in 1984 , figures based on a 10 per cent sample were given of the comparative success rates of different types of representation . |
| 3 | But at the moments you wish you were shot of the whole thing you know perfectly well that it 's precisely because you could n't endure to be without it , now you know about it , that you 've got to go through all this . |
| 4 | A major problem with early computers was the question of reliability ; pessimistic forecasts were made of the mean time to failure of assemblies of several thousand valves , and a prime consideration in designing a computer was to make it as simple as possible . |
| 5 | Numerous inquiries were made of the Financial Secretary to elucidate the resulting effect of the Bill on in-house benefits , i.e. , concessionary travel for airline , railway and merchant navy employees , on benefits for hotel employees and on concessionary education for the children of teachers . |
| 6 | Subalterns posted to the Indian Army were expected to kill a tiger in order to prove that they were made of the right stuff . |
| 7 | Because they were made of the right kind of iron ? |
| 8 | Indirect criticisms were made of the incumbent leadership who were themselves struggling to maintain legitimacy during this period when the reforms had run into difficulties . |
| 9 | Comparisons were made of the following indices of bowel function : stated frequency of defecation per week , mean interval between recorded defecations , a score for stool form , and calculated whole gut transit time . |
| 10 | However , the stiff chairs and table were made of the expensive blackwood which grew to the south and was imported from Punt . |
| 11 | Enquiries were made of the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic where , however , there was a lengthy waiting list . |
| 12 | If proof were needed of the new-found fascination with sound reproduction in the 1950s , the last picture should supply it . |
| 13 | However , during the first Two Periods of the development of the Created God , the pleasures of life were confined to those of a purely physical nature and were born of the ruthless competition for life . |
| 14 | If the doctrine was broken and officials could explain their views freely in public , then ministers would have the much more formidable task of making their case against men who were seized of the key counterpoints and who knew that their arguments were accepted by many in the ministry . |
| 15 | In turn however adjustments of attitude and method were demanded of the traditional concerns , some of which had developed simultaneously with , and sometimes interactively with , systems ideas . |
| 16 | Fortunately photographs were taken of the original carvings ( above ) |
| 17 | Few details were released of the precise circumstances of the friendly fire incidents which caused the casualties . |
| 18 | They were starved of the technical skills of Western manufacturing industries . |
| 19 | The attempt was abandoned and no more was heard of the alleged dye problem . |
| 20 | But after Acklam Hall and Southall , where serious riots occurred as a direct result of the presence of these bands and their supporters , little more was heard of the new skinhead music . |
| 21 | After this reign no more was heard of the papal basis for barring appeals to , and litigation at , the Curia . |
| 22 | During the research project into the architectural and archaeological development of the Saxon church of St Mary at Deerhurst , a survey was undertaken of the local parishes and the former Saxon estate of the monastery centred on St Mary 's . |
| 23 | Nell was reminded of the shrill talk-whistles of dolphins . |
| 24 | I was reminded of the black iron horse silhouettes which decorate the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line in England . |
| 25 | I was reminded of the Javanese guru we had recently interviewed who claimed to teach his students how to walk through rain without getting wet ! |
| 26 | She fingered the cord , was reminded of the horrifying moment when she felt a constriction around her throat and the colours of the room receded . |
| 27 | Boyd was reminded of the howling noise of that fearful storm by his wife 's tantrum . |
| 28 | The roof was made of the interlaced sprays of the yew tree , stiff twigs twisted in and out , over and under , hard as ice and set with dull-red berries . |
| 29 | Heavy use too was made of the newly-created folders containing photocopies of early regional maps of Scotland . |
| 30 | A quick survey was made of the various functions in the 1992–93 calendar of events and some allocated to different members of committee . |