Example sentences of "and [art] [adj] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This money was to be handed out to things from athletic clubs and the poor of the South Teheran slums to encourage them to demonstrate in favour of the Shah . |
| 2 | North had charge of several covert operations , many of which are still secret ; his brief included counter-terrorism , as well as the sending of arms to Iran and the resupply of the contras . |
| 3 | This is most certainly the case with the purchase of clothing and drinks , and the following of a particular style of life ( see below ) . |
| 4 | God knows how I did n't kill myself and the sheer of the whole thing was , it was n't even on the second floor , it was on the ground floor , they were just pulling a . |
| 5 | Once , that was after Maman had gone , and when his own mother was distant , she had compelled him to eat a whole snail , slashing his legs with a nettle till he obeyed , and the stinging of the nettle really enlivened his dancing . |
| 6 | Why was it , thought Henry , that Elinor felt so in tune with the poor and the oppressed of the world ? |
| 7 | Du Camp reports Gustave 's plans for ‘ A Winter in Paris ’ — an extravaganza incorporating the luxury of the Roman Empire , the refinement of the Renaissance , and the faerie of the Thousand and One Nights . |
| 8 | Smitten by war , the plains of Kyrenia were barren , and the sponge-divers of the Karpass had made barely a living . |
| 9 | The offer of Jesus is made to the sick , the poor and the bereaved of every nation , not just the Jews . |
| 10 | The second and third years include units on the Irish Language , Modern Irish Literature , Irish Language and Literature of the 18th and 19th Centuries , Classical Irish and the Irish of the 17th Century , Irish History and Aspects of Local Studies . |
| 11 | Perhaps I should point out here that there 's a distinction between the before and the after of an election . |
| 12 | I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision . |
| 13 | Because there was a strike , because their own laboratories were idle , the high and the mighty of A area were prepare to squeeze in a visit from lowly Frederick Bissett of H3 . |
| 14 | Events at Three Mile Island and more recently Chernobyl were considered alongside accidents such as Kings Cross , the Clapham Rail disaster , and the capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise . |
| 15 | Going around listening to the fat and the rich of the land confessing their secret sins , and secretly mocking us every time we reach a stone wall and can go no further ? |
| 16 | A navigating formation travels in a wedge shape , with dominant animals and perhaps those with developed sonar skills at the front , and the young of the herd protected in the centre . |
| 17 | But it is evident that the species is now a regular winter visitor on a large scale , although the data available to des Forges and Harber suggested that the winter flocks were made up of the breeding population , non-breeding birds and the young of the year , except in very cold weather ; this can not be so today , although cold weather influxes still occur . |
| 18 | He feels personally vindicated by the demise of all imperial adventures , the defeat of fascism and the disproof of the fundamental tenets of apartheid . |
| 19 | Sister Marie was a teacher for 20 years , and a provincial of the Loreto sisters for 12 years , and more recently has been involved in pastoral care in the prison service at Strangeways and Risley . |