Example sentences of "were of the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The floors were of the same wood , some bare , some covered in linoleum , and everything appeared in a state of decay . |
| 3 | In patients with MEN 1 diffuse and linear hyperplasia were of the same order ( 53% and 47% ) . |
| 4 | Writers and the books they produced were of the same type , full of antiquarian information and the archaic vocabulary that went with it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He trusted Marian and Allen because they were of the same kind as himself — children . |
| 11 | The Sleeping Saloons of the same era were of the same dimensions and weighed about 40 tons . |
| 12 | Blacks , musicians and Jews , all victims of an oppressive society , were of the same family of misfortunates as himself . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Peter Wood , the director , and H.M. Tennent , the producers , were of the same mind . |