Example sentences of "of [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chagga of Kilimanjaro were perhaps the group most fiercely opposed to the increased use of Swahili , but when they elected their paramount chief in the early 1950s they were unable to agree on which of the Chagga dialects to adopt as their common language , and they , too , adopted Swahili . |
| 2 | The so-called tomb of Osiris was actually the burial place of Djer , a long-forgotten king of the First Dynasty . |
| 3 | This attractive four-hundred-year-old listed building situated in a conservation area in the old town of Bridgnorth was once a Temperance hostel . |
| 4 | Jesus of Nazareth was now the prism through which the various shafts of light in the Old Testament about the Spirit became luminous and in focus to them . |
| 5 | An eighteenth century travelling commode from the Duke and Duchess of Wellington , a pair of Georgian chairs from the people of Bermuda and wrought-iron gates from the neighbouring village of Tetbury were just a sample of the cornucopia of presents which had descended on the royal couple . |
| 6 | The subsequent liberation of Spain was largely the work of Wellington 's armies ; after the battle of Vitoria ( June 1813 ) Joseph left Spain and in the spring of 1814 the Desired One returned to his kingdom . |
| 7 | WOULD-BE MP No rent had been paid since July last year but arrears up to the end of November were already the subject of a previous court order and Mr Finnegan had arranged for his wife 's small income to be made available to cover those . |
| 8 | The death of Earl Patrick of Salisbury was still an episode which aroused harsh feelings on both sides . |
| 9 | Christopher of Hapsburg was clearly a man of delicate sensibilities , for he adds the comment , ‘ This process ought not to be directed against Christians . ’ |
| 10 | King Olaf of Sweden was also an ally , as well as step-son , of Swegen Forkbeard , and presumably the Swedish king who according to Florence of Worcester had a treaty with Cnut . |
| 11 | The popularity of Byron was also a warning to Crawford , who saw the danger of becoming typecast . |
| 12 | He was a man of God — and a man of God was surely a man of peace . |
| 13 | For Campbell , the designing of Ebberston was really a chance to perfect his Palladian dream in miniature , for it would have fitted into the hall at either of his famous houses , Houghton in Norfolk or Mereworth in Kent . |
| 14 | It was impossible to explain to someone like Coleby that the London of London was essentially a metaphor . |
| 15 | After all I did know through my discussions with Pasha regarding the plausibility of King Lear 's plot that the Earl of Gloucester was really the Earl of Gloster . |