Example sentences of "of four [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The label has decided to sever its working relationship with Cope after the release of four albums and the Double LP compilation ‘ Floored Genius ’ . |
| 2 | , Richard Dixon ( 1858–1936 ) , geologist and seismologist , was born 31 July 1858 in Dublin , the third son in the family of four sons and one daughter of Thomas Oldham [ q.v. ] , first head of the Geological Survey of India , and his wife , daughter of William Dixon of Liverpool . |
| 3 | , George Hay ( 1821–1875 ) , Episcopalian priest , scholar , and printer , was born 4 August 1821 in Edinburgh , the ninth child in a family of four sons and six daughters of John Hay Forbes ( later Lord Medwyn , q.v. ) , judge of the Court of Session , and his wife Louisa , daughter of Sir Alexander Cumming Gordon of Altyre . |
| 4 | He was the youngest in the family of four sons and one daughter of the Revd John Edward Kempe , later rector of St James , Piccadilly ( 1853–95 ) , prebendary of St Paul 's , and chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria ( 1864–1901 ) , and his wife Harriet , daughter of the Revd R. Wood of Osmington House , Dorset . |
| 5 | , Sir Thomas Herbert ( 1887–1975 ) , Welsh scholar , poet , and essayist , was born in Rhyd-ddu , Caernarfonshire , 21 September 1887 , the second child and eldest son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Henry Parry-Williams , schoolmaster at Rhyd-ddu , and his wife Ann Morris . |
| 6 | , Thomas ( 1701 ? –1761 ) , mathematician and Presbyterian minister , was probably born in Hertfordshire in 1701 , the eldest in the family of four sons and three daughters of the Revd Joshua Bayes [ q.v. ] |
| 7 | , Elizabeth ( 1776–1806 ) , scholar and translator , was born 27 December 1776 at Burn Hall , near Durham , the second child and eldest daughter in the family of four sons and three daughters of George Smith , banker , and his wife Julia , daughter and sole heiress of Richard Mott of Carlton , Suffolk . |
| 8 | , Walter ( 1896–1966 ) , trade-union official and political activist , was born 17 June 1896 at 22 Randolph Street , Kentish Town , London , the youngest of four sons and the sixth of seven surviving children of Henry William Hannington , foreman bricklayer of Kentish Town , and his wife Eliza Smith . |
| 9 | , Robert Blair ( 1915–1955 ) , lieutenant-colonel , was born 11 January 1915 in Newtownards , county Down , the third son in the family of four sons and three daughters of William Mayne , who ran the family 's prosperous wine and grocery business , and his wife Margaret Vane . |
| 10 | , John ( 1607–1651 ) , MP , parliamentary officer , and regicide , was baptized at Preston 4 April 1607 , the eldest in a family of four sons and three daughters of Henry Alured MP ( 1581–1628 ) of the Charterhouse , Hull , and his wife Frances ( d . |
| 11 | , Sir Denis John Wolko ( 1892–1967 ) , paediatric surgeon , was born 28 April 1892 in Melbourne , Australia , the eldest in the family of four sons and two daughters of Sylvester Browne , explorer , gold prospector , and farmer , and his wife Anne ( ‘ Nancy ’ ) , daughter of Sir William Foster Stawell , chief justice of Victoria , Australia . |
| 12 | , Robert Baldwin ( 1869–1918 ) , writer , art critic , and artistic administrator , was born in Tours , France , 25 May 1869 , the youngest in the family of four sons and three daughters of John Ross , attorney-general of Upper Canada , and his wife Augusta Elizabeth , daughter of Robert Baldwin [ q.v. ] , a former prime minister of Upper Canada . |
| 13 | , Alice ( 1626–1707 ) , autobiographer , was born 13 February and baptized 19 February 1626 in Kirklington , north Yorkshire , the fifth child and youngest daughter in the family of four sons and three daughters of Christopher Wandesford [ q.v. ] of Kirklington , lord deputy of Ireland , and his wife Alice , daughter of Sir Hewett Osborne of Kiveton , Yorkshire . |
| 14 | , William ( 1872–1961 ) , morris dancer , was born 8 September 1872 in Old Road , Titup , a hamlet on the edge of Headington Quarry , Oxford , the eldest child in the family of four sons and two daughters of William Kimber , a brick-maker of Titup , and his wife Sophia Ann , née Kimber , a smock-maker from Horspath . |
| 15 | , Frederic ( 1843–1916 ) , lawyer and biographer , was born 7 October 1843 in Larrigan , near Penzance , the youngest in the family of four sons and two daughters of John Josias Arthur Boase , banker , and his wife Charlotte , daughter of Robert Sholl . |
| 16 | , Henry Charlton ( 1837–1915 ) , physician , neurologist , and naturalist , was born 26 April 1837 in Truro , Cornwall , the third son in a family of four sons and one daughter of James Bastian , merchant , and his wife Charlotte Eliza Bullmore . |
| 17 | , Isaac ( 1890–1918 ) , artist and poet , was born in Bristol 25 November 1890 , the second child and second son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Dovber ( later Barnett ) Rosenberg , a Lithuanian who had emigrated from Moscow to avoid conscription into the Russian army and settled in Bristol , working as a pedlar , and his wife Hacha , daughter of an innkeeper called Davidov of Drinsk in Lithuania . |
| 18 | , John Miller ( 1871–1956 ) , politician , was born 17 July 1871 at Ardara , Comber , county Down , Ireland , the eldest child in the family of four sons and one daughter of Thomas Andrews , DL , flax spinner , also of Ardara , and his wife Eliza , daughter of James Alexander Pirrie , of Belfast , and sister of William James , Viscount Pirrie [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | , Stan ( 1890–1965 ) , comic , was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson at his grandfather 's house in Ulverston , Lancashire , 16 June 1890 , the second son in the family of four sons and one daughter of Arthur Jefferson , known as ‘ A.J. ’ , of Bishop Auckland , theatre manager , and his wife Margaret ( ‘ Madge ’ ) Metcalfe , actress , of Ulverston . |
| 20 | , Sir Charles Vyner ( 1874–1963 ) , third and last raja of Sarawak , was born in London 25 September 1874 , the third of four sons and fourth of five children of Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke [ q.v. ] , second raja of Sarawak , and his wife Margaret , daughter of Clayton de Windt of Blunsdon Hall , Highworth , Wiltshire . |
| 21 | , Edward ( 1827–1904 ) , stationer , printer , map-maker , bookseller , and publisher , was born 31 May 1827 in Holborn , London , the second son and third child in a family of four sons and three daughters of William Stanford , tailor and draper , of 29 Holborn Hill , and his wife Ann Phillips . |
| 22 | , William Arthur Smith ( 1854–1924 ) , metalwork designer , was born at 6 Sussex Square , Paddington , London , 17 October 1854 , the eldest in the family of four sons and two daughters of William Benson ( 1816–1887 ) , who had been called to the bar , and his wife Elizabeth Soulsby , daughter of Thomas Smith of Colebrook Park , Tonbridge . |
| 23 | , Richard ( 1776–1865 ) , merchant , underwriter , and financier , was born 20 September 1776 in Burton-in-Lonsdale , Yorkshire , the third son in the family of four sons and five daughters of Robert Thornton , an impecunious yeoman farmer , and his wife Ellen . |
| 24 | , ( Paul ) Julius de , Baron ( 1816–1899 ) , news agency pioneer , was born Israel Beer in Kassel , Germany , 21 July 1816 , the third son in the family of four sons and one daughter of Samuel Levi Josaphat , provisional rabbi of Kassel , and his wife Bette Sanders of Kassel . |
| 25 | , Sir Claude Edward Marjoribanks ( 1876–1947 ) , intelligence officer , was born at Cromwell Place , South Kensington , 10 September 1876 , the second child and eldest son in the family of four sons and five daughters of Edward Mashiter Dansey , captain and later lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Life Guards , and his wife Eleanore , daughter of Robert Francis Gifford , second Baron Gifford . |
| 26 | , Henry ( 1835–1912 ) , evangelist , was born 25 October 1835 in Tattershall , Lincolnshire , the youngest of four sons and seven children of John Varley , brewer and maltster , of Tattershall , and his wife Mary . |
| 27 | , ( John ) Frederick ( Thomas ) ( 1865–1916 ) , author and illustrator , was born in Richmond , Surrey , 6 August 1865 , the eldest of four sons and three daughters of the Revd John Jane , later vicar of Upottery , Devon , and his wife Caroline , daughter of the Revd James Frederick Todd , vicar of Liskeard . |
| 28 | , Stuart , Baron Rendel ( 1834–1913 ) , industrialist , politician , and philanthropist , was born in Plymouth 2 July 1834 , the third son in the family of four sons and three daughters of James Meadows Rendel , FRS [ q.v. ] , civil engineer , and his wife Catherine Jane , daughter of James Harris of Plymouth . |
| 29 | , Niels Edvard ( 1889–1957 ) , chemical engineer , was born 25 March 1889 in Selde , Denmark , the eldest in the family of four sons and one daughter of Sigurd Harold Alfred Rambusch , medical practitioner and chief medical officer for the northern part of Jutland , and his wife Johanne Faartoft , sometime Liberal members in the Danish parliament . |
| 30 | , Arthur ( 1875–1960 ) , actor-manager , was born in London 21 January 1875 , the eldest in the family of four sons and one daughter of Thomas Arthur Smith , partner in Wontner , Smith & Company , stocktakers in the City of London , and his wife Emily Mary , daughter of Thomas Taylor Wontner , stocktaker . |