Example sentences of "and [adj] of [noun] that " in BNC.

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1 Supporting evidence for the non-cooperation of p53 and K-ras in colorectal tumourigenesis comes from our own finding and that of others that the frequency with which p53 and K-ras mutants are found together in large bowel cancers is only that to be expected by chance .
2 The pores between silt particles are so small and retentive of water that tightly packed silt can not be emptied by drainage .
3 I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes .
4 There are hundreds and hundreds of words that we use in everyday language to describe them .
5 Outwardly it had been the easiest and quietest of times that the house had ever known but the unease did not go away .
6 In Illich 's view , such treatment ‘ is but a device to convince those who are sick and tired of society that it is they who are ill , impotent and in need of repair ’ .
7 Suddenly the eagle opened his wings , fell back in an arc of restricted flight , and dashed his talons on the far side of his cage before plunging back towards Creggan , so powerfully and full of anger that it was as if he had forgotten that there were two walls of bars and iron mesh between them .
8 Rachel walked behind him , dishevelled , weary and full of resentment that Damian Flint should look as cool and immaculate as he had when he 'd first arrived .
9 For he cried out with power and anger , a cry so loud and full of authority that the Men themselves stopped and looked back in surprise .
10 Turnbull had to retire with a shoulder knock in the second half but he was so drained and short of breath that he could not finish his sentence .
11 But it is in their generalized role as the preventers and headers-off of criminality that they give the greatest value to schools as well as to young people and their families .
12 particularly erm , and one of things that I did find in Gaugin 's painting of Von Gogh was that erm , er , erm , depression really , I , I could see it there and the des desolation very much as if he was looking in on somebody who was in that position er , although at the time I do n't thing Gaugin and , er Von Gogh himself knew it
13 Cos there 's millions and millions of pounds that the revenue have got rushing about which should have been repaid to er investors .
14 There are thousands and thousands of bands that just practise and practise all the time , and they never get round to playing any gigs .
15 And we never hear about the thousands and thousands of sales that must take place every day where nothing 's gone wrong at all .
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