Example sentences of "[vb infin] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the seaman Peters , a thief and later a mutineer , protests against the commuting of the death sentence to the disgrace of being flogged round the fleet , Marryat as author finds it a matter for critical comment that the members of the court-martial are clearly surprised that a mere seaman should act from a sense of honour : |
| 2 | The paid friend may well act from the impure motive that ‘ the customer is always right ’ ! |
| 3 | Er is what you 're saying , what , what you 're saying apply equally erm spitting rather , if I sort information from it , I 'm not quite sure what sort information I could seek from a commission , got any suggestions in that |
| 4 | In addition , the purchaser should seek from the vendor a specific indemnity against bad debts but on the basis the purchaser acknowledges that it will not be able to recover twice for both breach of warranty and under the bad debt indemnity . |
| 5 | Although Newco will seek from the vendor warranties which may provide redress if a problem arises after completion , it is preferable to identify any serious problem before the purchase and negotiate a reduction in price , rather than to litigate a warranty claim afterwards . |
| 6 | Once this occurs moisture penetrates , causing the varnish to flake or peel from the surface . |
| 7 | The responses indicated that 28 per cent would prefer to buy through a building society ; 27 per cent said they would buy from a salesman in their own home . |
| 8 | Once cut , however , they should be treated as any other cold meat and kept under refrigeration , usually with the cut end covered — do not buy from a cut salame which is not refrigerated . |
| 9 | List ten things that you can buy from a vending machine . |
| 10 | You also need brushes which you can buy from a hardware store . |
| 11 | There was no doubt that Hari would buy from the same supplier as the Grenfells and what if Hari had an outstanding bill ? |
| 12 | For those who grow their own tomatoes or can buy from the market when the fruit is cheap , here it is : |
| 13 | Groups of GPs will negotiate and buy from the hospitals of their choice the ordinary range of services their patients need . |
| 14 | As there is a danger that people will be confused and might buy from the second retailer thinking that they are buying from the other , he should be able to obtain an injunction preventing the second retailer from continuing to use the name he has chosen . |
| 15 | The plain truth , however , is that if the buyer does put off buying until another day it is as likely that he will buy from the competition . |
| 16 | You can jump from the history of the town to a backgrounder on Spanish dance . |
| 17 | She has just taken office as president of the British Computer Society , and needs to make it jump from the seventies , where some believe it is still stuck , into the nineties . |
| 18 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 19 | No reason why I should jump from the frying-pan into the frying-pan , is there ? ’ |
| 20 | Witness could not say how much help in this a girl would need from the men because it varied so much , but she did not think it amounted to much , and no special men workers were employed for it " Lifting is therefore not denied , but its importance is distinctly minimized when a woman is speaking , maximized when a man is . |
| 21 | What do they need from an induction course ? |
| 22 | I shall resign from the Council . |
| 23 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 24 | Following his arrest Abe announced his resignation from the LDP but stated that he would not resign from the Diet . |
| 25 | A minor success for Collor was the acceptance of the Science and Technology portfolio by Hélio Jaguaribe , a founder of the PSDB and a member of its national executive , who said that he would now resign from the party . |
| 26 | I agree with him and I would resign from the Conservative Party if it were anything else . |
| 27 | There is still a possibility the club could resign from the Northern League before Tuesday 's deadline . |
| 28 | The many motorists who are concerned about the environment and would like to use public transport more often should resign from the AA and RAC and join the Environmental Transport Association . |
| 29 | But others of us who were Governors were so opposed to it that we all said we 'd resign from the governing body if the school did opt out . |
| 30 | At one stage , moviegoers can choose to see the villain plummet from a window , rescue the heroine or be sprayed with Mace attack repellent . |