Example sentences of "and the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that he was clear of the hawthorn scent of the hedge and the reek of cattle dung , he became fully aware of what had already been drifting into his nostrils while he was lying among the thorn . |
| 2 | Immediately , the cameramen who had been standing at the sides of the rows of chairs moved , and the flash of lights and the clicks of their equipment bewildered him slightly . |
| 3 | They and Damjanovic 's wife , who is charged with lesser offences , were led into the packed courtroom in handcuffs amid heavy security and the flash of cameras . |
| 4 | Skills that pupils need in mathematics , for example , include : — comprehension , and the enumeration of possibilities — translation skills from words to numbers — translation skills from numbers to graphs or equations creation of mathematical models of the problem as well as more traditional mathematical skills now taught explicitly . |
| 5 | Based on our clinical experience , we arbitrarily chose to dilate these patients at weekly intervals and one to six bougies were usually passed on each occasion , depending upon the patient 's tolerance and the tightness of strictures . |
| 6 | Pride can not co-exist with reprogramming , reconditioning and the breaking of habits if these are done with a wish to improve ourselves . |
| 7 | Although this example has dealt with the analysis of pottery , the same basic approach of identification , sorting , grouping , quantification , comparison with examples from elsewhere , and the formulation of conclusions from the evidence is used in the study of most finds and environmental samples . |
| 8 | In addition , their training in the scientific method and their daily exposure to clinical problems results in the development of ideas and the formulation of questions and hypotheses . |
| 9 | In accordance with these principles , arrangements should be made for " the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from the occupied territories in Palestine , Syria and Lebanon ; Syria 's withdrawal from Lebanon ; a withdrawal between Iraq and Iran ; and the formulation of arrangements for the situation in Kuwait " . |
| 10 | The ‘ council movement ’ was especially vigorous , and was widely debated among socialists in the years immediately preceding and following the First World War ( Renner , 1921 ; Pribicevic , 1959 ) ; and more recently it again aroused growing interest as a result of the experience of workers ' self-management in Yugoslavia , some tentative steps in that direction in other East European countries during the 1970s , and the formulation of ideas about ‘ participatory democracy ’ that arose from the new social movements of the late 1960s . |
| 11 | It can happen that the business side assumes a dominant role in the diagnosis of educational problems and the formulation of solutions and that education is less than whole hearted in its co-operation with business . |
| 12 | This is based on clinical signs and the finding of eggs in the faeces . |
| 13 | In such a case a complete reconsideration of the case , including the taking of evidence and the finding of facts , would be a waste of time and money ; so the court can remit the case and direct the authority to reconsider the facts in the light of the law as it has been held to be . |
| 14 | The court will not evaluate the evidence and the finding of facts as an appeal court ; that is not the purpose of judicial review . |
| 15 | Other individual signs that seemed useful were the observation or history of cyanosis and the finding of crepitations on examination . |
| 16 | He also announced liberal reforms including greater press freedom and the abolition of laws governing subversion . |
| 17 | While in social terms this objective may be desirable , opening up the investment aids to reach an even wider range of farms could seriously exacerbate the agriculture/nature conservation conflict in the LFAs as more pastures and hay meadows are converted to grass leys , roughland improved agriculturally and wetlands drained although the reduction in drainage grants and the abolition of grants for land cultivation in December 1984 makes such an extension to smaller farms rather academic . |
| 18 | The prospect of1993 and the abolition of customs controls between EC countries has spurred the Italian State to set itself the awe-inspiring task of cataloguing a further two million items of its national heritage within two years in execution of its duty to ‘ care for Italy 's landscape , history and cultural heritage ’ ( to quote the Constitution ) . |
| 19 | One of her major contributions to WACC has been being involved in the impetus for representation of women in decision-making at all levels and the inclusion of women 's issues as a focus of WACC activity . |
| 20 | There were no features , save mounds below the snow , and the black of trunks . |
| 21 | And there 's more — Number Ones galore , from falsetto king Jimmy Jones ' Good Timin' to Conway Twitty 's It 's Only Make Believe … hard-driving , hipswinging dance-hall blasters like Sandy Nelson 's Let There Be Drums and Little Eva 's The Locomotion … and the pick of songs honouring the softer side of rock … the Platters ' The Great Pretender , Sam Cooke 's You Send Me and Tab Hunter 's Young Love to name just three . |
| 22 | For example , under the terms of many standard forms , client and contractor agree that the valuation of variations and the issue of certificates shall be dealt with by the supervising officer . |
| 23 | The group did not have another discussion about wages for housework as such , although they did for some months follow Ruth 's prepared reading list — an introductory series of Marxist texts , and the issue of wages for housework emerged again through that , in a theoretical discussion . |
| 24 | ( I did not earn , as Leslie imagined , three times his pay : in fact I got £200 a year , out of which I paid a pound a week income tax , a guinea a week for billeting , five shillings for transport , and the cost of meals at the cafeteria at Bletchley . |
| 25 | Other indicators of expenditure which will be monitored — though the extent of monitoring will vary between authorities — will be the rate and volume of contributions from relatives and charities , and the cost of placements in residential homes . |
| 26 | And the cost of houses rose faster than purchasing power in most countries during the 1970s , so the gap between need and availability has grown even greater . |
| 27 | They comprise the services of general practitioners , opticians , dentists , and the cost of drugs dispensed by chemists . |
| 28 | The rest of the budget is allocated in two parts : that which pays for the hospital and community services — three-quarters of the total — and the remainder , which goes to the family practitioner services — the GP , the dentists , the opticians and the cost of drugs dispensed by GPs . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , tennis is a very expensive game and the cost of shoes and rackets is substantial , but an additional £5 fee to be paid to the association for registration is hardly going to deter someone from seeking match play . |
| 30 | damaged so that repairs will cost more than 60% of its list price ( including taxes and the cost of accessories ) at the date of the accident |