Example sentences of "[was/were] of [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pairs of RIC men were patrolling on each side of the wide thoroughfare and , though to Jacob they were of no more account than any other pedestrians , he realised that Deirdre could not feel so unconcerned . |
| 2 | The guerrillas were helped , however , by an educated native who discovered that Bernard Callinan was a Roman Catholic and was persuaded that others in the Company were of the same faith . |
| 3 | The floors were of the same wood , some bare , some covered in linoleum , and everything appeared in a state of decay . |
| 4 | In patients with MEN 1 diffuse and linear hyperplasia were of the same order ( 53% and 47% ) . |
| 5 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 6 | We came to think that the two features were of the same date , as there was no construction trench cut into the rampart front for the insertion of the wall . |
| 7 | If every company conducted the same business , were of the same size , even had the same plans for expansion — then perhaps it would be safe to assume that their asset financing requirements , too , would be the same . |
| 8 | Three of these were of the same size as those in the front compartment : the other three were no more than five feet in length . |
| 9 | The houses here were of the same structure as the mean buildings where Hari lived but the properties were well maintained , the outsides freshly painted , the windows gleaming with cleanliness and hung with rich drapes . |
| 10 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 11 | He trusted Marian and Allen because they were of the same kind as himself — children . |
| 12 | The Sleeping Saloons of the same era were of the same dimensions and weighed about 40 tons . |
| 13 | Blacks , musicians and Jews , all victims of an oppressive society , were of the same family of misfortunates as himself . |
| 14 | Frank had accused me before of ‘ messing up ’ the relay , and had told me that the rest of the team were of the same opinion . |
| 15 | Although for the reasons stated they have thought it inappropriate to discuss in detail the reasoning of the Court of Appeal , their conclusion on this question of procedure is fortified by the fact that all four judges in the local courts were of the same opinion . |
| 16 | It took Rosemary about a minute to answer the door , but , as all the flats in the building were of the same layout , Leith 's ‘ Ready ? ’ query never got said . |
| 17 | A number were of the same place , some old village with nobody in it , the first a shot down a dusty road and the rest of individual buildings or , in some cases , of open fields enclosed by split-rail fencing . |
| 18 | Peter Wood , the director , and H.M. Tennent , the producers , were of the same mind . |
| 19 | In that year , 1955 , when McCarthy was of no more consequence , twenty-two witnesses plucked up courage not to testify , including the folk singer , Pete Seeger , who got a year in jail for his stand . |
| 20 | I did so , and seeing I was of no more use , I rushed inside to awaken my older brother and sister to show them what had happened . |
| 21 | In the classical trade cycle , which is agreed to have been normally of between nine and twelve years , the time proportional factor was of the same order . |
| 22 | Apart from the deliberate references to Theodoric and Charlemagne , which are intended to show that Frederick Barbarossa was of the same mould as these great heroes , the description of the Kaiserslauten palace is especially interesting . |
| 23 | Some backward tribes inhabited the remoter mountains and jungles but the main population was of the same race ; today they are known as Vietnamese but then the outside world knew them as Annamites or Annamese . |
| 24 | It seemed inconceivable that he was of the same race as the two vibrancers sitting near him ; inconceivable , too , that they shared his art . |
| 25 | He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " . |
| 26 | Not all of these rays will have left the object when it was of the same size . |
| 27 | The variety of RNA produced , repeatedly , in these experiments was of the same size and structure as the molecules that Spiegelman had produced . |
| 28 | This observed acidification was greatest in the lakes at high elevation and was of the same magnitude as the current precipitation acidity in the region , that is pH 4.2 ( or 63 u eq/l ) , although mountain-top locations are frequently enveloped in cloud and mist characterized by very low pH values ( e.g. pH 3.6 or 250 u eq/l ) . |
| 29 | The greatcoat was of the same colour as the tunic , with gold-piped collar , red-faced lapels , and five pairs of gold buttons . |
| 30 | In the context of medical decisions , it would be perverse for it to act otherwise than in accordance with the advice of its medical staff when that advice was unanimous as it was in this case , the two other paediatric consultants on its staff wholly agreeing with Dr. I. The Official Solicitor , as J. 's guardian ad litem , was of the same view on the strength of the independent advice of Dr. N. |