Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inhabitants of these tombs were some of the earliest explorers of the upper reaches of the Nile . |
| 2 | They were some of the first cars to be withdrawn when the fleet was modernised , and they were scrapped in 1934 . |
| 3 | To live in these courts must have been like living in perpetual gloom , thank goodness they were some of the first to go during the rehousing purge between the wars . |
| 4 | These were some of the nine old age pensioners , dressed in building-site hard hats , who roam the Old Course . |
| 5 | And mingled among these honoured guests , many of whom wore beautiful black hats with the hint of a veil , or faded velvet jackets , were some of the up-and-thrusting National Salvation Front Ministers the sons of the very men and women who had helped to destroy Romania 's culture . |
| 6 | They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film . |
| 7 | The nuns were some of the best doctors in a Europe and saved may a person from death but old Henry put paid to them , flattening the convent and pillaging its treasures . |
| 8 | I know most of you will have seen the 7–0 vs Southampton ( 32 passes was n't it ) , or the 5–1 vs Man Utd , but I reckon the 4–0 murder of Aston Villa ( who were in the top 5 at the time ) at Villa Park and the 6–1 at Hillsborough were some of the best soccer I have ever seen . |
| 9 | They beat Swansea City in the new-look Coca Cola cup by three goals to nil.There to enjoy the party were some of the early pioneers of local football . |
| 10 | The melodies of Zarewitsch were some of the loveliest and most powerful Lehar had ever written . |
| 11 | His three years at Cambridge were some of the happiest of his life and also the most normal . |
| 12 | André Previn 's 1970s recordings of the complete Tchaikovsky ballets were some of the happiest collaborations with the LSO , and ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ puts together nearly 150 minutes of well-chosen extracts from Swan Lake , Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker . |
| 13 | ‘ The interval spent from my native shores were some of the happiest days of my life … |
| 14 | Considerably more rewarding were some of the elaborate effects tried out for ‘ Planet of Giants ’ , worked out in collusion with Producer Mervyn Pinfield and trainee Director Douglas Camfield . |
| 15 | Those were some of the high hopes at the start of Challenge 93 as representatives from seven European states parachuted into RAF Weston On The Green in Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | Near to the landing-pier were some of the older houses of the town , and by climbing a steep street , the old castle may be leisurely inspected , and it quite merits a visit . |
| 17 | The city banks ( Japan 's version of commercial banks ) were some of the worst culprits . |
| 18 | Housing conditions in Greenock in JTR 's day were some of the worst in Britain . |
| 19 | The London and New York smogs of the 1950s and 1960s were some of the worst sulphurous smogs to have occurred whilst , since the 1940s , Los Angeles has provided many examples of the worst photochemical ( ozone ) smogs . |
| 20 | Nor were some of the earlier beach reconnaissances the most encouraging of precedents , although Clogstoun-Willmott did not know this at the time . |
| 21 | This time we were promoted to co-headliners , with Roogalator who were another of the big names on the pub rock circuit at the time . |
| 22 | They quite often leaped about on national monuments screaming , ripping apart their black pyjamas , and generally behaving as if you were all of the Grateful Dead rolled into one . |
| 23 | Where the rights in question are spelt out , they are often lumped together , as if they were all of the same kind . |
| 24 | It was a great night and I 'm sure our invited guests were all of the same mind . |
| 25 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 26 | Such a relationship has produced some of the finest English music this century and it is no secret that Tchaikovsky was homosexual as were many of the great creative minds through the ages . |
| 27 | So far lost to sanity were many of the Dark Elves that they readily agreed . |
| 28 | However , there were some wealthy and influential people who were enthusiastic supporters of Baxter 's amongst whom were many of the local J.P.s . |
| 29 | Francis forced himself to look at the screens again , and he could see that there were less of the winged creatures flitting among the struts and cables . |
| 30 | Among the eight votes against were those of the communist KKE-Exterior . |