Example sentences of "and of [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption is that if such research is successful , then pedagogy is a matter of conforming to the revealed sequence of natural acquisition and of setting up conditions in the classroom which replicate those of its emergence . |
| 2 | He is accused of direct interference in senior board and managerial appointments and other local decisions , and of holding back money in reserve to then push it out on waiting list initiatives . |
| 3 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 4 | The procedure covered all cases of euthanasia expressly requested by the patient , of assisted suicide , and of switching off life-support systems for patients in a coma or severely handicapped new-born children . |
| 5 | It enables them to gain experience of working collaboratively and of trying out a variety of roles and skills , including leadership , working to deadlines , accepting and offering criticism , negotiation and compromise . |
| 6 | At the national level , women 's political participation was confined to the ladies auxiliaries of the Conservative and Liberal parties , which were formed during the 1880s and 1890s as a means of making use of women 's formidable political energies and of siphoning off potential protest |
| 7 | The most common difficulty found with hardware was that of coping with noisy lines and of getting through to the services . |
| 8 | Will he urge on the Government of India the importance of allowing independent observers and visitors into that region , and of taking up Pakistan 's offer that independent observers should be stationed along the line of control , to deal with the movement of people and the problem of terrorism , as well as the human rights issue ? |
| 9 | He at least had the consolation of a third round loser 's cheque for £5,355 pounds almost doubling his prize money for the year and of picking up valuable ranking points . |
| 10 | The court was , I think , going no further than was necessary to decide the case before it : the corporation was a private corporation formed under an Act of Parliament which was capable of holding property and of carrying on a business . |
| 11 | But note that each cycle depends on communication of emerging ideas to those who can use them ; hence the importance of telling others about one 's findings and ideas and of finding out what others have reported about one 's own current concerns . |
| 12 | But note that each cycle depends on communication of emerging ideas to those who can use them ; hence the importance of telling others about one 's findings and ideas and of finding out what others have reported about one 's own current concerns . |
| 13 | But Professor Smithers argues : ‘ It 's perfectly possible , especially now we 've got all the experiences of devising a national curriculum and of working out key stages and ways of testing them . |
| 14 | For Tony it 's the physical challenge , the idea of breaking new ground and of working out how to get around seemingly impenetrable barriers . |
| 15 | I look forward especially to a future opportunity to develop his views on the desirability of keeping national insurance contributions as low as possible and of working out exactly how that fits in with the policies of some of his right hon. and hon. Friends , but that is for another occasion , Madam Deputy Speaker . |
| 16 | Anna had recovered to the extent of running a house again — a furnished one in Regent 's Park — and of going out a little . |