Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time she saw through his mask of precocious intelligence and saw how vulnerable he was , how frail in spite of all . |
| 2 | There is one particular reason why the Rat must be given the role of alert guardian and subordinate . |
| 3 | They contain the sort of resonant imagery and psychological complexity one associates with the most determined European cinema , but within strong narratives that recall the best Hollywood films . |
| 4 | Today sweeping lawns , lovely herbaceous borders , flowering trees and extensive walled garden areas , complete with ancient pigeon house effuse a perfect combination of spacious elegance and secret corner , alive with everchanging colours . |
| 5 | But since the ceremony symbolizes the rejection of hierarchical status and Jesus ' adoption of the servant role , making a male status privilege out of those whose feet can be washed contradicts what most Christians assume to be its message . |
| 6 | But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese . |
| 7 | Knowledge of the bull overshadowed the discussions in the 1555 English parliament on the Bill restoring annates and tenths to Rome , contributing to the strength of anti-papal sentiment and forcing the government to redraft the measure so that these taxes would remain in the hands of the English church rather than accrue to the pope . |
| 8 | Such human resources were soon to be available elsewhere — notably in Japan — but for some decades they guaranteed to Europe and North America a monopoly of technical invention and discovery . |
| 9 | Bull was always , first and foremost , a virtuoso both of technical invention and obviously of performance , even in compositions probably or certainly intended for the organ where he appears as the direct heir of Preston and Blitheman . |
| 10 | Many developments owed a great deal to the vigorous encouragement of the ironmaster and local MP , Sir Bernhard Samuelson , who was a patron of technical education and chairman of the Royal Commission on this subject appointed in 1882 . |
| 11 | Baldwin Munakumabu Nkumbula ( Minister of Youth , Sport and Child Development ) , who resigned on July 10 , and Akashambacwa Mbikusita-Lewanika ( Minister of Technical Education and Training ) , who resigned on July 20 , ascribed their resignations to a lack of democracy within the government and to its failure to curb corruption . |
| 12 | At the end of last year , Ian Fulton of Technical Services and his friend Sean Elvin took a lorry containing 14 tons of aid to Croatia . |
| 13 | Programmes of technical assistance and subsidised credit to small farmers were sharply reduced . |
| 14 | Date of Foundation : 1965 ( through the amalgamation of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the Special Fund for large development projects ) . |
| 15 | Date of foundation : 1965 ( through the amalgamation of the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance and the Special Fund for large development projects ) . |
| 16 | The conference reiterated the importance of technical assistance and of " triangular trade " between eastern Europe and the CIS [ see p. 38730 ] . |
| 17 | Those of course would have to qualify according to the rules of technical assistance and British aid , but in principle the study seminars are certainly open and we normally have people from countries other than the Third World ones . |
| 18 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
| 19 | Such a burden on the State of Zambia was quite unfair and inappropriate in terms of technical resources and money requirements , so the Director of Civil Aviation invoked an adjunct to the basic rule to the effect that the State of occurrence may delegate the whole or any part of the conducting of the investigation to the State of Registry . |
| 20 | Some of the smaller ivory pieces are just as impressive as displays of technical skill and aesthetic control . |
| 21 | The craft workers reached levels of technical skill and artistry so high that some of their works rank among the finest ever produced in Europe . |
| 22 | There were probably invisible exports too : exports of technical skill and artistry , exports of medicine and magic . |
| 23 | High standards of technical skill and of ethics , for example , are argued to be necessary because the client can not judge the service he receives . |
| 24 | The effects of technical advancement and change in industrial structure on material handling requirements of firms in South Wales |
| 25 | Deepening requires the combination of technical constraints and complexities , on the one hand , with the constant need to adapt to and anticipate changes in processes and products on the other . |
| 26 | Criteria would include : work experience requirements based on length of service , level of responsibility and the quality and quantity of assignments ; assessment of technical knowledge and competence through written or oral exams , continuous assessment and/or dissertations on an approved subject ; and continuing professional education . |
| 27 | Second , as well as being rather homogeneous with respect to age , contract computer staff share an exclusive body of technical knowledge and this , despite their individualism , promotes a sense of common identity . |
| 28 | Install a hard drive instead of one of the floppies — the advantage of this is that it is the least expensive but the major disadvantage is my complete lack of technical knowledge and the need to purchase and install the controller which I understand my machine does not have . |
| 29 | Whilst AM Sir John was generally acknowledged as a very rare intellect and , particularly , an excellent scribe in the best Staff College style , he was no match whatsoever for Don Bennett with his mass of technical knowledge and practical hard-won experience . |
| 30 | The judge pointed out that in the statement of claim the confidential information relied on was described in a general way as a fund of technical knowledge and experience relating to a number of matters ; in particular the contents of the manuals and the Initial Feasibility Study . |