Example sentences of "and [conj] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leasor 's father " … in his life tyme , did say that the making of a quintall of Copper did then stand but in 17s or 18s , and but of late years 25s , and yet ( in the present time ) it seemeth to be rated sometimes at 32s a Quintall , and now very lately charged with an encrease of 1s of every Quintall … |
| 2 | In some regions , difficulties arose because some of the colleges comprising RMCs were offering considerably more management education than others , because of status difference between institutions , and because of internal stresses within colleges , some of which accorded management education a higher priority than others . |
| 3 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |
| 4 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |
| 5 | Very few books on human rights are published in sub-Sharan Africa , both because of the fear of reprisals and because of economic constraints . |
| 6 | Bush had still to convince the US Congress , however , to release the US$94,000,000 in economic and military aid which it had frozen in July because of doubts about the government 's commitment to an anti-drug programme and because of persistent reports of gross human rights abuses by the military . |
| 7 | Some are elected because of their independent standing in the party and because of specific positions they have adopted on certain issues . |
| 8 | Although based in the informal sector , they used some modern sector facilities such as newspapers to advertise their work and because of lower costs were able to compete successfully with large furniture manufacturers . |
| 9 | The Government has been anxious to find a slot for such legislation but has not acted yet , partly because of a full parliamentary timetable and because of technical difficulties in defining which types of weapons should be outlawed . |
| 10 | Although the 114 deputies represented an absolute majority in the 180-member Kosovo Assembly , the Assembly itself had been summarily closed by the Serbian authorities on June 26 , following a decision of the Serbian Assembly to declare a situation of " special circumstances " in Kosovo because of the ongoing strikes in numerous factories , and because of alleged attacks against ethnic Serbians in the province . |
| 11 | Last week the head teachers association of Cambridgeshire wrote to the county council to say that because of critical shortages of books , equipment and facilities and because of oversized classes , it would have serious difficulty providing the national curriculum . |
| 12 | Land cultivation in the Auvergne uplands is extremely limited because of the long cold period in winter when sward re-establishment would be difficult , a dry summer climate , and because of thin soils which are anyway generally quite fertile . |
| 13 | Today , 90-95% of a property 's value is the maximum , and because of conservative valuations ( often 10-15% below the purchase price ) , first-time buyers are having to find deposits as large as 20% . |
| 14 | Turbulence arises in a society because of an accelerating but uneven rate of change , and because of unpredictable connections between the increasingly interdependent parts . |