Example sentences of "and of [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use of electronic mail is escalating and supplements the work of the student management system , for example , as a means of' transmission of reports , and of requests for information . |
| 2 | There was only one topic , it would seem , in the staging-posts they passed on their way , in the halls of Kineth of Angus and Gillocher of Mar , of Malpedar of Buchan and of Morgund of Moray , before the fires of Hlodver at Dingwall and Odalric of Caithness , and finally at Birsay in their own hall on the shore , with Otkel leaning forward asking questions , and Thorkel Fóstri and Killer-Bardi and the rest sitting silent , listening , with the Earl 's sons and his wife . |
| 3 | ( For a further discussion of this case and of contracts of barter , see paragraphs 8–03 and 8–04 below . ) |
| 4 | The two new posts were those of Minister of Consumer Affairs ( Vincent Peet ) and of Minister of Local Government ( Marvin Pinder ) . |
| 5 | Hannana Siddiqui is a member of Southall Black Sisters , an organisation that supports Asian women facing domestic violence , and of Women Against Fundamentalism , a group set up in the wake of the Rushdie affair . |
| 6 | He was forced to conclude that there was ‘ antagonism between the theological and scientific view of the universe and of education in relation to it . ’ |
| 7 | A rapid increase in exports , especially of phosphates , and of earnings from tourism , as well as a reduced food import bill , resulted in a sharp improvement in the trade balance , whose deficit stood at MD 9,560 million in 1988 ( for 1987 trends , ibid . ) . |
| 8 | ( iv ) Teachers should discuss a variety of works so as to bring out the range and effects of different types of sound patterning , eg alliteration , assonance , rhymes , onomatopoeia , and of figures of speech , eg similes , metaphors , personifications . |
| 9 | Mr. Jonathan Thomas Carr felt offended by what he considered was the ugly and tasteless housing being erected in the London suburbs , so he produced a scheme to create a garden suburb of Houses without basements , and of character within reach of people with moderate means , yet at the same time , retaining existing trees wherever possible . |
| 10 | There are famous figures , Churchill at Chartwell , Kipling at Bateman 's and Wolfe at Quebec House , and wonderful views — over the rolling Weald from Emmetts , the highest point in Kent , and of France from South Foreland Lighthouse — and do n't forget the Trust protects long lengths of coastline including 4.5 miles of the famous White Cliffs , as well as acres of open countryside and woodland where everyone can walk completely free of charge . |
| 11 | Although we shall return to unit costs briefly , the main focus of this chapter is on the use ( and abuse ) of demographic and related data , which feature in population estimates and in the derivation of specific deprivation indicators and of estimates of risk groups or client populations . |
| 12 | The earlier of the two identifies the poet with his poetry , praying that after his death he should be forgotten : Sonnet 74 draws a different line , separating the Poet from his work : The point to be stressed at this juncture — forgive the interruption ! — is the turning of the other into the self and of the self into poetry , which is at the same time the turning of life into art and of transience into immortality : This marvellous poem can be linked , no doubt , to the series attacking time and proclaiming the certainty of the poet 's survival . |
| 13 | A clear indication of sequential affinity , and perhaps of long-term developments of culture and of changes in taste , is provided by a consideration of the use of structure and of some motifs in the composition of a mosaic . |
| 14 | A point of serious concern is the shift in the balance of staff from established to contract-funded posts which appears set to continue primarily as a result of the transfer of research funding from the UFC/HEFCE to the research councils , of substantially increased external research income from all sources , and of constraints upon core funding from the HEFCE . |
| 15 | The coincidence of a demand for IT and of availability of IT artefacts has created a new growth industry , namely , the IT industry . |
| 16 | It involves two of the most intimate personal relationships , that of husband to wife , and of parent to child … |
| 17 | The existence of league tables was further evidence for older officers of inroads into their enforcement discretion and of lack of knowledge among their senior staff of the hard realities of pollution control work . |
| 18 | ‘ For its devotees communism has the value of a religion , insofar as it is felt to provide a complete explanation of reality and of man as part of reality , and at the same time to give to life , as religion does , a sense of purpose . ’ |
| 19 | The early Marx 's notions of alienation , the alienation of man from nature , and of man from man , has parallels in Freud 's thought too . |
| 20 | As long as those who use the concept of structured dependency continue to make the automatic association of retirement with dependency , and of work with independence , they will continue to bolster conservative notions of the competitive work ethic . |
| 21 | Some of the prints have a quality of Chinese painting in their suggestion of descending cloud and of mist in front of mountains . |
| 22 | The address also featured criticism of both the radical and conservative wings of the CPSU , and a robust defence of perestroika and of plans for market economic reforms [ see above ] . |
| 23 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 24 | And of course at night . |
| 25 | And of course with Body Shop it 's more environmentally easy to get . |
| 26 | If you 're talking about youngsters and in a modern i in then in fact abbreviations like that are quite commonly used now in narrative and dialogue and of course in dialogue I mean |
| 27 | With only four models in operation ( and of course in reality there are many more ) this kind of mismatch can take no fewer than twelve possible forms . |
| 28 | The great advantage of having a fixed date er for these European elections on the ninth of June , a date that 's been well known for a considerable time now , should be the certainty for the electorate , that they know not only the date of that election but the geographical boundary er of the constituency in which they live er the candidates that they can choose from and of course in relation to European elections , the number of er members of the European parliament that there will be representing the United Kingdom . |
| 29 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 30 | Vivid pictures are presented of Middleton 's training in Australia , Canada and the UK , and of life on wartime bomber airfields . |