Example sentences of "he [was/were] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built in an age of faith , the tower had stood as a symbol , too , of that final unquenchable hope that even the sea would yield up her dead and that their God was God of the waters as he was of the land . |
| 2 | He was of the impression that his findings could overturn the Act . |
| 3 | His father would have expected him to be brave , would have told him that God was God of the darkness as He was of the light . |
| 4 | He therefore travelled through the greater part of England , observing everything , but was equally careful to inspect all ornamental and kitchen gardens , and to make himself at home and acquainted with all horticulturalists , for he was of the opinion that he could learn something useful which he did not know before at least from some of them . |
| 5 | He was of the opinion that the Masai possessed ‘ a faculty for reasoned intelligence , a pride and a susceptibility to leadership and ideas which made them amenable to sympathetic handling ’ . |
| 6 | He was of the opinion that this increase was due to unemployment and that the numbers would continue to increase . |
| 7 | And it did n't worry him when he got into the sensitive parts with his drill ; my strangled cries were of no avail and he carried on remorselessly to the end : I had the impression that Hector thought it was cissy to feel pain , or maybe he was of the opinion that suffering was good for the soul . |
| 8 | In Ashbridge Investments Ltd. v. Minister of Housing and Local Governments the Minister had power to modify a clearance order if he was of the opinion that land should not have been included in it . |
| 9 | The smith was a freedman , tall and muscular , a Ch'noze whose facial tattoos indicated that he was of the family of a war-leader . |
| 10 | His talons were unadorned , though he had eye tattoos which indicated that he was of the clan of Hanjin . |
| 11 | Mr. Wadsworth considered this matter in the present case , and he was of the view that the criticism being made in the notice with regard to the Order 29 point of the County Court Rules was sufficient for it to be necessary for him to bring these proceedings by way of appeal before this court . |
| 12 | In such a situation while the judge may rule that the case shall proceed and be considered by the jury it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict . |
| 13 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |