The phrase "and sight of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing the visual perception or observation of something, often in a poetic or descriptive manner.
Example: "The beauty of the landscape took my breath away, and sight of a majestic mountain range filled me with awe."
Alternatives: "and view of a" or "and vision of a".
We've committed a lot of space on this blog to identifying the taste, smell and sight of a seriously good kebab, but it was not until we sat in Şeyhmus Kebap Evi (on a tip from chef Gencay over at Meze) that we came to know what delicious kebab actually sounds like.
"You have to be around it, you get sensitive to the sound and sight of a fight, the way a gun sounds — it doesn't sound like the movies," Chance says.
The reactions of feral goats to the sound and sight of a helicopter may be poor predictors for the behavior of dairy goats.
If we marvel, it is at the ability of contemporary English writers (McEwan was born in 1948) to capture the tastes and sights of a past they did not witness even as children.
Another is the intensified and manipulated sounds of Nick Bertke's "Gardyn," which turns the surfaces and sights of an Australian garden and an interview with its owner into something like a music video.
Since then they have spread and bred, and the sight of a boar rootling on a roadside verge or crossing a footpath is no longer extraordinary.
It's full of sweeping strings, impassioned speeches and the sight of a wronged and noble hero fighting the forces of institutionalised bigotry.
His compositions keep their poise, and the sight of a digger destroying a house, chomping away at furniture and walls, is presented in a long and tranquil take.
Its most regular source of amusement is the clunky dialogue of Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson and the sight of a panoply of otherwise-serious actors sporting the flowing robes and tresses of Hebrew prophets or, in this case, ancient Greek gods.
"No one was injured, and the sight of a flying Acura was memorable.
I glance out the window and catch sight of a giant mountain.
