Example sentences of "and of an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he hoped that legislation would be approved by June for the establishment of a transitional executive council and of an election committee whose aims would be to create the conditions for free and fair elections . |
| 2 | But , of course , when he talked and lectured , even though he said he was quite unable to lecture , he revealed a wonderful depth of understanding of art and of an artist 's attitude to his work . |
| 3 | But in September 1015 he appeared off Sandwich again , to initiate fourteen months of campaigning , largely against Æthelred 's son Edmund Ironside , and of an intensity not seen since the days of Alfred . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had it done to remind me of a mistake from which I have learnt much , and of an ending which I have no cause to regret . ’ |
| 6 | The end of a chapter in Alton 's history and of an institution which , the Rev. Robert Gussman said , was ‘ more than just a hospital , more a family home . ’ |
| 7 | Theses are often the result of a lack of understanding by non-linguists of the implications involved and of an unwillingness to confront them . |
| 8 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the object of the substituted section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 had been to simplify the requirements for the execution and witnessing of a will ; that the complementary requirements , of a signature and of an intention that the signature should give effect to the will , demanded a practical approach ; that a written name , not being a normal signature , was capable of being a signature for the purposes of section 9 ; but that where a testamentary document was signed before the dispositive provisions had been written , affirmative evidence was necessary to show that the testator had intended the signature to give effect to the provisions ; that by writing his name and the dispositive provisions in one single operation the deceased had provided such evidence ; and that , accordingly , the will had been duly executed ; but that , on the evidence , the deputy judge had been entitled to conclude that the onus on the defendants of establishing the testamentary capacity of the deceased had not been discharged ( post , pp. 588B–H , 589B–F , 592A–C ) . |
| 9 | More specifically , both the development of a home market for a variety of foodstuffs and agrarian raw materials , and of an export market — mainly for grain — undermined serfdom . |
| 10 | It was , in fact , a double discovery , both of a new microbe and of an agent which destroyed it . |
| 11 | MR JUSTICE WOOD , giving the majority judgment , said that Mr Cole 's submission that there must be implied into every contract of employment a term that the Secretary of State should make a payment under section 106 in the event of a redundancy and of an insolvency of the employer could not be accepted . |
| 12 | It promoted economic activities to free or create resources for its own purposes , bribed and was bribed , all with the continuing preoccupation of creating an independent public force , loyal solely to the Crown , and of an effectiveness capable of matching any rival force in Europe . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , my grandfather erected it ; and of an evening he would be very busy sharpening up chopping hooks and one thing and another . |
| 14 | In their second petition , which appears to have been written by Chidley , they justified their political activity on the basis of ‘ our creation in the image of God , and of an interest in Christ equal unto men , as also of a proportionable share in the freedoms of this commonwealth . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | The only complete coal gas-works left in Ireland , the restoration of the site will be a unique reminder of our past heritage , and of an industry now lost to the North of Ireland . |
| 17 | Both jokes contain , as jokes frequently do , an essential truth , seeing St Pancras as the symbol of an empire at its height and of an age of aspiration and achievement . |
| 18 | She looked , in fact , blowzy but good-humoured , and of an age which is usually politely said to be around thirty-five . |