Example sentences of "and [noun sg] of [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details should also be supplied on the cost of running a car overseas , licences/documentation required , and the costs and reliability of the various forms of public transport . |
| 2 | Chris Hordern is a member of Council and chairman of the Professional Standards Committee |
| 3 | Their maniacal screeching , the exploding bullets , the crackle and thunder of the approaching flames , the hammer-blows of the still booming church bells and the nerve-rasping wailing of the fiddle whirled around Owen 's head , but even that maelstrom of noise could not drown the cries of the villagers . |
| 4 | Whatever the precise total , it is through these waters — found north and south of the 13,235 uninterrupted miles separating Malaysia from Colombia , and east and west of the 9,600 miles lying between Big Diomede Island in the Bering Strait and the Cape Adare in Antarctica — that the axis of the world , some would have us believe , is now turning . |
| 5 | One somehow thinks that only Lewis could have stepped , with a few vigorous steps , from a defence of drunken all-male ‘ stag ’ evenings to a vivid illustration of the life and literature of the Middle Ages . |
| 6 | As such , it is normally a benevolent deity ; and , indeed , is perceived as such in much of the myth and literature of the solar cults . |
| 7 | Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) . |
| 8 | The outstanding feature of these Roman operas was the splendour of the scenery and ingenuity of the scenic effects , which were devised by Bernini himself for Erminia and for Sant' Alessio when it was revived in 1634 for the entertainment of Wladyslaw IV 's brother . |
| 9 | Enjoy the food , wine and freedom of the lovelier parts of Italy . |
| 10 | The decisions we face on the role and function of the task-force leaders are risky and controversial . |
| 11 | The hospital of St. John was founded in the thirteenth century for the reception and support of the decayed freemen of Bedford . |
| 12 | Her love and support of the Little Sisters was a matter of record and her passing will be deeply felt by many people . |
| 13 | As a noted historian of crime recently argued , the decrease in levels of recorded crime ‘ coincides with increased court activity , with the spread and professionalisation of the new police , and with an apparent increase in public cooperation with both courts and the police . |
| 14 | With the gradual emergence of Europe from the disorders and chaos of the Dark Ages and the establishment of a Medieval society the story of architecture becomes more complex . |
| 15 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 16 | The rise and rise of the young conservatives and the ‘ new Right ’ are proof positive of that . |
| 17 | Well then what explains the er the rise and rise of the so-called traditionalists and the falling back of the so-called modernizers . |
| 18 | Ultrasound was used for localisation of the stones , constant monitoring of fragmentation and refocusing of the larger fragments during lithotripsy . |
| 19 | Eventually , on Oct. 12 , the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 672 , which essentially followed the US draft , condemned the shootings and welcomed Pérez de Cuellar 's decision to send a mission to the area to " recommend ways and means of ensuring the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation " . |
| 20 | Causes of disagreement appeared to include whether AIDS should remain one of WHO 's highest funding priorities ; the provision of AIDS drugs and a possible future vaccine to poorer countries of Africa , South America and Asia ; and protection of the human rights of AIDS sufferers and those carrying the virus ( HIV ) . |
| 21 | An investigation of this kind requires knowledge and experience of the technical aspects and considerable organisational capability . |
| 22 | In such cases the knowledge and experience of the Royal Armaments Research Development Establishment ( RARDE ) at Woolwich still provides the best chemical and physical analysis of suspect material recovered from the wreckage . |
| 23 | He was the master of most of North Wales and part of the central lands , but a swathe of bracken and heather covered by a skin rug and his own cloak was bed enough for him , and he ate what his men ate , and wanted no more . |
| 24 | " This organ is situated on each side of that of Veneration , and extends under part of the frontal and part of the parietal bones . |
| 25 | It is to merge with the Royal Corps of Transport , the Royal Pioneer Corps , the Army Catering Corps and part of the Royal Engineers to form the Royal Logistic Corps . |
| 26 | Systems involving the repeated return to the forest and removal of the best trees are referred to as ‘ polycyclic ’ . |
| 27 | Two , the statue and the bust , were taken to Florence in early September for conservation and removal of the marine encrustations by Francesco Nicosia and his team , who cleaned the Riace bronzes that were found in 1975 and 1980 . |
| 28 | No , 4 heater plug kept breaking and inspection of the hot spots showed that No. 4 was loose . |
| 29 | Cognitive psychologists must make a greater effort to understand cognition as it occurs in the ordinary environment … pay more attention to the details of the real world in which perceivers and thinkers live … come to terms with the sophistication and complexity of the cognitive skills that people are really capable of acquiring , and with the fact that these skills undergo systematic development . |
| 30 | The ferocity and complexity of the Yugoslav wars have made for two simplifications . |