Example sentences of "and [noun sg] of [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Suger and Odo of Deuil between them established the norms for the house 's long tradition of royal historiography ; of these the chief was that whatever the Capetians did should be presented in the most favourable light possible .
2 The ADAM & EVE database , which forms the basis for all the analysis , is the result of long-term research into the frequency and coverage of words in the language .
3 He is friend , comforter , neighbour and guardian of right in a way that his urban counterpart can perhaps never be again .
4 Ministry officials were also accused of giving conflicting evidence , leaving doubt as to the accuracy and reliability of reports of infection .
5 It is not usually preceded by long and bitter quarrels between parents and need not affect the child 's eye view of dependability and reliability of parents in their relationship with the child .
6 Indeed most studies of employment show the low validity and reliability of age as a predictor of performance .
7 But this is paltry in comparison to the coherence and unity of purpose of the body of an individual lion , wolf , or deer .
8 IRELAND 's New Zealand tour marks the end of Ken Reid 's tenure as manager and chairman of selectors with Noel Murphy taking over the reins of office on Reid 's retirement .
9 Cleveland 's passenger transport sub-committee yesterday decided to write to the headteacher and chairman of governors at any school where there are continuing problems .
10 Gordon Prentice ( Lab , Pendle ) urged : ‘ Will you join me in condemning the 24 per cent pay increase and the 35 per cent pay increase of the chief executive and chairman of Rolls-Royce at a time when they are sacking 5,000 skilled workers , including 170 in my constituency ? ’
11 Changes in the study and teaching of history since 1970
12 Digestive physiology and nutrition of marsupials by I. D. Hume , Cambridge UP , pp 256 , £25
13 The allocation and weighting of marks to each assignment .
14 Had we our Annuall Parliaments Settled , the Negative Voice Restrained , a Committee of Lords and Commons to be the Privy-Council , no Officers of the King to serve in Parliament , the Revenue Appropriated , all Eminent Offices had upon good Behaviour and Election of Members to Parliament secured , the Work might have deserved a better Character " .
15 By the late eleventh century the hand of Cluny was felt in houses spread all over the north of Spain and down into Italy , even to La Cava near Naples and over into Sicily , and also across the south and west of Germany in the movement which had its centre in Hirsau .
16 Promising areas for gold include Glen Almond in the southern part of the Scottish Highlands , and west of Omagh in Northern Ireland where the Lack prospect has been intensively drilled by RioFinex .
17 Sections were cut on a microtome and stained with haematoxylin and eosin to show the nucleii and cytoplasm of cells within the xenografts .
18 Book series reflects courage and faith of Christians in Guatemala
19 He had to prepare them for the study of Old English ( Anglo-Saxon ) , Middle English ( that is , the language and literature of England from about 1200 until 1450 , including Chaucer ) and all the remaining periods of English literature up to the Victorian period .
20 Indeed , the entrepreneurial flair and ingenuity of players in the industry are ensuring the appearance of a constantly changing variety of hybrid systems delivering information services addressing a range of needs and circumstances .
21 Structural traps for Barren Measures ' sandstone reservoirs are provided by Mesozoic block-faulting and other more subtle plays have been identified such as ‘ reef ’ developments in the Lower Carboniferous and onlap/'pinch-out' of sands within the Millstone Grit .
22 Reported cases are small in number , and it may be true that in some ( not all ) of these cases the degree of trauma suffered by the wife is less than if the rape had been by another man ; but abolition of the marital-rape exemption is surely important as a statement of the married woman 's autonomy and freedom of choice in sexual matters .
23 ‘ We believe that truthfulness , participation , accountability and freedom of choice in its broadest sense , are some of the ethics of democracy and are at the same time biblical values .
24 The Germans in the Länder of Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria , Berlin , Brandenburg , Bremen , Hamburg , Hesse , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Lower Saxony , North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland , Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia have achieved the unity and freedom of Germany in free self-determination .
25 I wanted it to be over , to return to the innocence and freedom of life before the kidnap , for John to be safe , for us all to know some kind of certainty instead of this constant doubt and anxiety , to be able to think of the future again .
26 To ensure the rights laid down in or following from this treaty , they shall especially guarantee freedom of contract , freedom to exercise a trade , freedom of establishment and occupation , and freedom of movement of Germans in the entire currency area , freedom to form associations to safeguard and enhance working and economic conditions and … ownership of land and means of production by private investors …
27 Combining comfort and freedom of movement with ‘ contouring ’ the new Glossy bodyshapers give women the confidence to wear slim-fitting clothing by removing unsightly panty-lines .
28 When Argentina recognises the right to self-determination and freedom of association of the Falklands people , and gives up her claim to sovereignty over the territory , we might be more amenable to trade and contact .
29 There will be an analysis of news reporting during the Gulf War and studies on crisis situations such as immigration in Europe , AIDS and freedom of information in eastern Europe .
30 10 A commitment to full public participation in decision making and freedom of information in all sectors .
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