Example sentences of "[adj] and of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinton , a graduate of Hot Springs High and of the School of Government at Georgetown University , Washington , would dispute anything to provoke discussion . |
| 2 | The fundamental message of the Bible , with its portrayal of the love of God for every individual and of the unity of those who are ‘ in Christ ’ through baptism , suggests that there ought not to be any distinctions in Church rules on grounds of gender . |
| 3 | She called for an exposure of the headhunting industry as a whole , accusing consultants of a variety of sins : of perpetuating another form of updated old-boy network , of ignorance about systematic interviewing practice , of poor report writing , of rushing through assignments as quickly as possible and of an inability to handle complex , highly specialist assignments : they would either fail to find anyone or send someone completely unsuitable . |
| 4 | Since goodness is a matter of degree , the extent to which one has promoted the good is a function both of the number of good things produced or things made good and of the degree of goodness to which they are raised . |
| 5 | The cattle of Scotland used to be of many colours but predominantly black and of the Highland or Galloway type . |
| 6 | A corporation tax deduction will be available to Newco for contributions made to a non-qualifying employee trust provided that : ( a ) the contributions are regular and of a revenue nature ; ( b ) the contributions are voluntary ( so as not to constitute annual payments within s337(2) ( b ) TA 1988 ) ; ( c ) the class of beneficiaries under the trust is confined to employees of the settlor company , so there will need to be multiple settlors if all the employees in a group of companies are to benefit and the various companies in the group that are contributing wish to ensure corporation tax deductions ; and ( d ) the companies themselves are entirely excluded from benefiting under the terms of the trust . |
| 7 | It is extremely worrying that in non-diabetics half the cases of hypertension are undiagnosed , half those diagnosed are untreated and of the half that are treated half are inadequately controlled ( WHO Expert Committee on Hypertension , 1978 ) . |
| 8 | Using palynological and chronometric dating techniques a great number of cores have been investigated and the flora and fauna of the terminal Pleistocene and of the transition during the early Flandrian in western Europe from tundra to closed deciduous woodland , have been investigated and the major phases distinguished . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal , upholding Foster J. , declared that the notice to quit was invalid and of no effect because the landlords did not require the premises for their undertaking . |
| 10 | The plaintiffs had sought a declaration , by writ issued on 20 July 1988 , that the notice was null and void and of no effect . |
| 11 | It was further provided that if the parties had not agreed the rent six months before the review date , and the landlord had not made the application to the President , then any notice given by the landlord to trigger the review should be void and of no effect . |
| 12 | However , the steepness of its banks made it impossible for vehicles to cross except by the bridge at the southern and of the town which , in 1815 , was only two and a half yards wide at its broadest point . |
| 13 | Such developments gradually overcame the popular fear of water in general and of the ocean and drowning in particular which had been inherited from the Middle Ages . |
| 14 | This must be the product of a great conspiracy , on a scale so immense and of an infamy so black as to dwarf any previous such venture in the history of man . ’ |
| 15 | It is most regrettable and of no help to the industry . |
| 16 | Does the Minister recall the remark made by President Yeltsin the other day which so delighted the Prime Minister — that Britain 's nuclear weapons were irrelevant and of no consequence in the discussions about nuclear disarmament ? |
| 17 | I stood there with the salt spray and the mist damp on my face , and the vastness of it , and the antiquity of the desolate remains behind me , made all my life to date seem insignificant and of no account . |
| 18 | It was founded in 1928 as " Joint Examination Board " , for initially it consisted of representatives of the Council for the Spiritual Care of the Deaf and Dumb and of the Council of Church Missioners of the Deaf . |
| 19 | I thought how the baby would look if it were born now , just a red dead morsel to be wrapped up quickly and thrown away , something disgusting and of no significance , not even fit to be buried as a human being . |
| 20 | He was particularly active in the affairs of the Societies of the Mines Royal and of the Mineral and Battery Works , either as manager or as lessee of their rights . |