Example sentences of "[subord] from a " in BNC.

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1 The advantage of this form of development is highlighted by the success of the recently floated Wetherspoon Organisation , where from a portfolio of 44 trading units , 28 have been developed from unlicensed property and a further 18 sites have yet to be converted .
2 Immediately he joined the others , slid down the pole onto the ground floor where from a peg he grabbed his coat and helmet and put on his overalls and boots .
3 This need not worry us until we come to discuss the origin of life in the last chapter : in existing organisms , proteins never arise except from a decoding process , and decoding never happens without proteins .
4 The cottage was without heat , except from a stove ; there was no running water .
5 Except from a brief outburst from Sonny ( when Pat urges him to face reality , he protests , ‘ Reality is not life ! ’ ) , you would never know this play was the work of a poet rather than a TV comedy writer .
6 declared , ‘ It has long been a rule well established ( the origin of it I do not recollect ) that you can not get discovery except from a party to your action .
7 ‘ Not except from a technical point of view .
8 Again it should be emphasised that many sufferers never receive counselling ( except from a sponsor ) or go into residential treatment in the first place and that residential treatment centres have no place other than to help sufferers remove blocks to their understanding of the principles of recovery of the .
9 It is not an easy thing to get rid of a body by dumping it in the sea , except from a boat , Of course it is less of a problem if you have access to a pier or a jetty , but most such places are public and liable to be overlooked , even at night .
10 Both American Express and Diners Club have lost ground to Mastercard Gold , which increased its share of the market by about 38 per cent in 1990 ( although from a small base ) and now has 19 per cent of the cards in issue by volume , compared with American Express ' 57 per cent and Diners Club 's 13 per cent , says Market Assessment .
11 There is no better way of buying cheese than from a specialist cheese shop , where you will be encouraged to taste before buying and the retailer will be knowledgeable , friendly and , above all , enthusiastic about his stock .
12 Inheritance tax is payable on property which passes on a death , other than from a husband to a wife or vice versa .
13 It may have a dysfunctional effect on staff motivation if figures for capitation ‘ appear from on high ’ rather than from a more open assessment of needs and available resources .
14 The damage done can be much worse than from a fire — while the chances of it happening are much higher .
15 However , this resulted from an improved understanding of how certain information handling functions supported the organisation 's objectives , rather than from a deliberate intention to introduce a computer to the situation .
16 Blood may have continued to ooze for some time after death , though less so here than from a dependent part .
17 It is not necessarily an accurate description of the demands of the job , and the skill label may result more from the strength of the trade union or occupational group in maintaining that its members should continue to hold that position , than from a dispassionate assessment of the skill content of the job .
18 A potential result of such strong attitudes against credit is that when financial pressures mount to the point where they override a reluctance to borrow , the reluctant borrower may want to borrow covertly — that is , borrow from an informal-seeming local lender rather than from a recognised lending institution such as a bank .
19 This is in accord with the volcanological model developed recently by the BGS team for the Lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group , in which the group is one element in an extensive plateau-andesite lava field erupted from numerous fissures and vents rather than from a central volcano .
20 But she passionately wanted to get on with him ; she made every effort to entertain and to captivate , for in proximity he was even more dazzling than from a distance .
21 Teachers ' perceptions about reading instruction often derive from a pragmatic approach rather than from a theoretical background .
22 However , a spring sowing of such seed will produce some plants , though the number will be fewer than from a summer sowing .
23 For those who attend merely because they are required to do so , rather than from a genuine interest , the seminar can be a waste of time .
24 A combination boiler provides both heating and a continuous supply of hot water ( though at a slower flow than from a hot water cylinder ) .
25 Even more important was his use of lymph taken from a smallpox pustule in its early stage of development , rather than from a mature pustule which was likely to be contaminated with a variety of organisms .
26 The rise in the illegitimacy rate during World War II resulted from many marriages not taking place ( owing to conscription and general wartime dislocation ) , rather than from a rise in premarital conceptions .
27 However , baronies associated with castles or the greater landed lay families have not been studied other than from a legalistic or genealogical point of view .
28 Because of the devolved nature of National Certificate assessment , much more feedback is available than from a traditional external examination .
29 How much harder it is to turn away from Rosa Burger , from her internal wrangling and the external forces that bear down on her , than from a faceless newspaper report .
30 You get more support from a boyfriend than from a husband who does n't help you with anything .
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