Example sentences of "and of two [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The acting superintendent-nurse , Miss Worthington , was brought before the committee and questioned about the condition of certain bed-ridden patients , to which she replied that she was aware of only one case with a bedsore , and of two others who had already had them when they were brought in . |
| 2 | Euthanasia , although technically illegal was practised in Holland , but under what were regarded as safeguards , including the explicit and continued request of the patient , the agreement of relatives and of two doctors one of whom must be a consultant . |
| 3 | These include A. J. Cronin ( school and university essays , manuscripts of novels , short stories and autobiography , 1911–78 , deposited by Mr Vincent Cronin ) ; Eric Linklater ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems , articles and broadcasts , and correspondence , 1922–72 ) ; Sydney Goodsir Smith ( manuscripts and typescripts of plays , novels , poems and essays , and correspondence , 1923–74 ; and 12 sketch-books , 1935–72 , deposited by Mrs Hazel Goodsir Smith ) ; David Thomson ( manuscripts of novels , memoirs , plays and children 's stories , with related correspondence , 1929–89 , presented by Mrs Martina Thomson ) ; Sir Compton Mackenzie ( manuscripts of Figure of Eight , 1936 , and of two plays , 1941 , and correspondence with Sir Gerald Barry , 1930 ) ; James B. Caird ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems , essays , articles , reviews and talks , and correspondence , 1935–87 , presented by Mrs Janet H. Caird ) ; Robert Kemp ( typescripts and broadcast scripts of plays , 1947–57 , presented by Mr David Kemp ) ; Alex McCrindle ( playscripts , memoirs and correspondence , 1947–90 , presented by Mrs Jessica Balfour ) ; George Mackay Brown ( correspondence , 1952–74 , on deposit and not available for consultation for the time being ) ; Gael Turnbull ( manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose , 1953–90 , presented by the author ) ; Alex Hutchison ( manuscripts and typescripts of poems and translations , 1972–90 ) ; Ernest Nicholson ( manuscripts of memoirs , stories and verse , C.1980–90 , presented by the author ) ; and Liz Lochhead ( typescript drafts of the stage production and the published version of Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off , 1989 , presented by the author ) . |
| 4 | Rudder speaks of the manor being given to Flaxley Abbey by the Earl of Hereford , and that the ‘ Abbat had a grant of an iron forge and of two oaks every week out of the Forest of Dean , for the maintenance of the forge , of King Henry the Second ’ . |
| 5 | There will not be wanting those who will say that you have weighed the odds , knowing yourself already suspect , and of two evils chosen the lesser . |