Example sentences of "and of a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rhythmic movement of volumes and planes in space is so basic in Cézanne 's design that it usually extends to the treatment of the background — whether that be sky , wall or drapery — and makes it serve the dual purpose of a screenlike area or space boundary and of a rhythmic sequence of semivoluminous planes which continue the movement of the units in the middleground and foreground ; this sequential ordering thus contributes to compositional unity in the widest sense as well as to the expressive movement of the total form . |
| 2 | But it seems clear that this one bears the marks of defeat and despair , and of a reprisal directed at the liberal England which has let the violator down . |
| 3 | It speaks of the separation of races , and of a world which mixes them up . |
| 4 | Born in Hamburg , he was transferred to the Manor House at Amnersfield , the son of a remote German-American mother and of a sour , withdrawn , irritable Anglo-Scottish father , who would retreat behind the Times and spend the evening in lonely state , smoking his pipe in his kilt . |
| 5 | The reader who believes he is learning things about Imperial Ethiopia may be equally inclined to tell himself that this is a country of the mind , constructed on principles not very different from those of the Samuel Johnson who devised , for the Abyssinia of Rasselas , just representations of general truths and of a common humanity . |
| 6 | And of a sudden all things moved onward in their course . |
| 7 | And of a sudden all things moved onward in their course . |
| 8 | Castello is a wood in which the markings are usually very distinct , consisting of stripes of light and dark wood , varying in width and of a wavy character . |
| 9 | And of a terrorist in today 's headlines : one of those inscrutable middle-class Germans , for example . |
| 10 | In Moscow , Pravda published fierce criticisms of Bonn 's open-door policy , complaining of an ‘ assault on the stability in the centre of Europe ’ , and of a ‘ noisy propaganda campaign dripping with chauvinism ’ . |
| 11 | For myself , middle-aged and of a generally conservative disposition , I regret these changes , in particular the depreciation of the Anglo-Welsh occasions : not only because there are fewer of them but also because the clubs now tend to field their second XVs . |
| 12 | The same subjects — at any rate , the same subjects nominally — can be part of a university education and of a course in technology . |
| 13 | This , therefore , is a chronicle of failure , though a gallant failure and of a project engaged in with the best of intentions . |
| 14 | ‘ BY DAYLIGHT , the bower of Oak 's newfound mistress Bathsheba Everdene presented itself as a hoary building of the Jacobean stage of Classical Renaissance as regards its architecture , and of a proportion which tells at a glance that , as is frequently the case , it has once been the manorial hall on a small estate … |
| 15 | The Hong Kong government guesses that what would follow is a fall of 5–7% in the colony 's total trade , and of a third in its rate of GDP growth . |
| 16 | The novel is a curious mixture of autobiography , fantasy , speculation about poetry , and Welsh legends ( modelled obliquely on the Arabian Night ) that begins as a ‘ story of Balham and of a family dwelling in Balham who were more Welsh tlian Balhamilish ’ . |
| 17 | Edward sent to Mrs Andrews ‘ a short note , fulfilling the two duties , of thanks for her past undoubted kindness , and of a request for a ‘ character ’ ( virtually ) when you leave . |
| 18 | During the 1980s there was evidence of harsher punishments being handed out to reckless drivers , and of a wider appreciation of the risks created and the misery inflicted by deviations from proper standards of driving . |
| 19 | The ideal love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man is for them to want to give something to each other , or to want to do something for each other . |
| 20 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 21 | The political allies of the Popular Television Association were initially limited to a handful of young Conservative backbenchers like John Profumo and Selwyn Lloyd , but they ran a public-relations campaign on a scale , and of a sophistication , which had not been seen before in Britain . |
| 22 | An exceptionally aggressive horse may reduce the position of another natural herd leader ; a racehorse that always comes last may slide down the social scale ; whereas a horse low in self-esteem and of a more passive and gentle nature , may , if its confidence is given a considerable boost , decide to dominate other horses formerly higher in the pecking order . |
| 23 | The witnesses immediately before him painted a picture of an elaborate liar , one whose testimony could probably not be trusted under oath , and of a petty thief who bought lingerie , so it appeared , with money meant for the contras ; some committee members considered him such a ‘ wacko ’ , in the patois , that his testimony would be next to useless . |
| 24 | There are , however , cases which are hard to explain in this way , ; examples are the ability of a rat to find a submerged support , and of a goby to leap to a pool it can not see . |
| 25 | The skulls of an elephant and of a man are different shapes , but this is not because the molecules which fit together to make an elephant 's skull are a different shape from those that make a human skull . |
| 26 | The scent of newly ground coffee beans and of a huge bunch of white stocks in a green jug in the vestibule filled her nostrils . |
| 27 | Granted the intriguing premise , one might reasonably expect some attempt to probe the morality of a privatised police force , and of a society which allows someone like Kuffs to buy and use firearms as casually as he does here , but no . |
| 28 | They played out with sincerity the traumas of a couple going through rigorous assessment for adoptive parenthood , and of a single father , widowed and with a prison conviction , coming to terms with the loss of his children . |
| 29 | The structures of these complexes and of a trinuclear palladium complex with two ligands are shown in Fig. 5 . |
| 30 | Exclusive to Club 18–30 and of a very high standard , you 'll find the Aquarium hotel difficult to beat for a fantastic holiday in Majorca . |