The phrase "and the tapping of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the action of tapping, often in a context related to sound or rhythm, such as in music or when referring to a physical action.
Example: "I could hear the rain outside, and the tapping of the droplets on the window created a soothing melody."
Alternatives: "and the sound of tapping" or "and the rhythmic tapping".
(Internationally, the UN started an investigation into NSA and GCHQ practices, and on Wednesday, German prosecutors announced the opening of a criminal inquiry into bulk spying on Germany's citizens – and the tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone).
Environmental groups and the ski industry have long been at odds, wrangling in the courts and other arenas over issues like the development of ski areas in the national forests and the tapping of mountain streams for snowmaking.
His narration captures Dickens's zest, starting with the eerie appearance of old Jacob Marley, and also – without mawkishness – the sentiment surrounding Tiny Tim and the tapping of his crutch.
The heroine, Caroline Rose, is a literary critic trying to write a novel, though she has begun to hear voices and the tapping of a typewriter inside her head.
But the analysts caution that these countries could sustain the additional output only for a limited amount of time through increased production and the tapping of stored reserves estimated at 30 million barrels.
Government surveillance and the tapping of communication cables is not a new threat to public privacy.
It was strangely serene: only the sound of the wind and the tap of my heels on the runway as I walked toward two pilots at the foot of a Challenger 300, a gleaming private jet with seating for nine.
Our simulation results are based on the structure given in Figure 12b, and the taps of the encoder are f 1 = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16 ], f 2 = [ 16, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ] (39).
The boys of the family slept in the attic, near the clapboard roof, and listened to the tapping of the rain in the summer.
The most important sound you'll hear now is, arguably, the tapping of keyboards and the scrolling of iPhones.
So any movement in the crowd was mostly limited to the tapping of feet and the bobbing of heads.
