Sentence examples for and were of from inspiring English sources

In reality, many were held on flimsy evidence and were of little use to the CIA.

"The five candidates went through a rigorous vetting process and were of an extremely high calibre.

Many had not made political contributions before, and were of relatively modest means.

"We looked at it and were of the view that form 696 was discriminatory and completely unnecessary.

Most of the pictures in Mopsy's Locust Valley home were painted by Uncle and were of flowers with butterflies.

Such comments were made off-air to work colleagues, and were, of course, never intended to be broadcast," he said.

The gaps in its fruit fly genome sequence were mostly small holes of known length and position that could be filled in later and were of minor significance.

Liliana Irisson and Alma Lidia had travelled all the way from Mexico and were of a sufficient age to refuse to give their own.

In 2012, a UN and EU survey found more than 200,000 people in the Dominican Republican had at least one foreign parent and were of Haitian descent.

All of the houses had been built during the final third of the last century, and were of brick or brownstone.

Our house was not devoid of things to read, but the offerings felt scant, and were of little interest to me.