Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking of hearing in Gertrude Stein 's prose the ‘ hypnotic ’ ‘ rhythms ’ of ‘ the saxophone ’ he concluded that if this were of the future , then the future was ‘ of the barbarians ’ . |
| 2 | Half of the sentences were of the form B because A ( as in the above example ) , and half were of the form Because A , B ( e.g. , Because the sun started to shine , the snowman started to melt ) . |
| 3 | In 15 of 16 subjects studied there was a fall in Vg , and in both control and patient groups this was of the order of 25% ( range , 1.9–66.7% ) . |
| 4 | Another was of the château , the water of the lake glistening in the evening sun . |
| 5 | Colonies have always given scope to adventurers from the metropolis who have enjoyed irresponsible power over the natives , whether as administrators , police officials , soldiers , traders , or settlers ( even if these were of the peasant class ) . |
| 6 | She fawned over Horatia as if the latter were of the blood royal , her say brown eyes sliding away from his whenever he looked at her . |
| 7 | Of the 222 new American funds launched last year , 99 were of the Lazards variety and carry no initial or exit charges . |
| 8 | The socks of the twenties were of the turnover top variety — the tops usually being brightly striped . |
| 9 | Despite there being no fractions in their arithmetic and observational difficulties due to frequent early morning mists and much cloud in the rainy season , they ultimately attained an accuracy in the determination of the synodic period of Venus that was of the order of one day in five thousand years , that is roughly one part in two million . |
| 10 | According to Jackson ‘ the recession of the 1980s was of the government 's own making . |
| 11 | Thus it seemed to me clear that the Galatians passage ( that there is neither Jew nor Greek , nor bond nor free , there is no more male and female ) 20 was of the essence of Christianity . |