Example sentences of "were [vb pp] of the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The praise lavished upon Henry V by his contemporaries , by no means all English , is indicative of the admiration accorded to one whose hold upon his men was such that , for a while , those parts of France under English control were freed of the worst excesses committed by soldiers . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Fortunately photographs were taken of the original carvings ( above ) |
| 6 | Few details were released of the precise circumstances of the friendly fire incidents which caused the casualties . |
| 7 | They were starved of the technical skills of Western manufacturing industries . |