Example sentences of "[adv prt] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the other hand , we were only working to rule , we were working by rules and regulations laid down from various Acts and negotiated er agreements . |
| 2 | It caused quite a sensation in the camp and people were flocking down from far and wide to have a good view , so we were informed later . |
| 3 | All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on . |
| 4 | A. insectivore mandible ( ×20 ) ; B. broken tip of ascending ramus of insectivore mandible ( ×75 ) ; C. femur head with impact damage on edge of articular surface with a crack extending from it ( ×75 ) ; D. abraded edge of greater trochanter ( ×38 ) ; E. femur and pelvis ( ×11 ) ; F. broken end of femur shaft with little evidence of rounding ( ×75 ) ; G. broken end of pelvis with crack extending down from uneven break but little evidence of rounding ( ×75 ) ; H. two distal humerus fragments ( ×12 ) . |
| 5 | He had n't reckoned on one of the Liaison team coming down from Central London just to shake his hand , talk baseball results , and drive him back . |
| 6 | These books typically claimed to be the distillation of wisdom handed down from Arab sages through the centuries , and they all drew heavily on Artemidorus 's work . |
| 7 | This deal with Channel Ten will ensure that Campese continues playing Test rugby despite his statements earlier this year that he would step down from international rugby and establish a permanent business base in Italy . |
| 8 | As looking down from great heights brings the urge to fall and end the terror of falling , so his very watching put pressure on them to make a slip as they dried and stacked the plates and cups . |
| 9 | But more than elephants , big cats and early man moved down from continental Asia across that early land-bridge to the islands . |
| 10 | The decision by World Cup winning Wallaby captain Nick Farr-Jones to step down from representative rugby in 1992 because of family and business reasons introduces the question : ‘ Who will take over the leadership reins ’ ? |
| 11 | Evian water takes 15 years to filter down from Alpine snows to the town spring . |
| 12 | By concentrating on pebbles carried down from alpine sources in the beds of rivers and streams , full advantage could be taken of the erosive power of water in wearing away adhering rock and concentrating the sought after greenstone . |
| 13 | ( Alternatively , you could pretend that you have just been beamed down from outer space and that you do not understand a word that he is saying — which is at least partly true ! ) |
| 14 | By the time we reach the end of the scene we see that this is how it is , for the fulsome praisers of their father put aside their hypocrisy and , left alone with each other , and with us , reveal their true nature , moving down from inflated verse to coldly pragmatic prose : They are not only cold and censorious — ‘ unruly waywardness … infirm and choleric years … unconstant starts ’ — but end by planning some form of counteraction : ‘ We shall further think on it ’ — ‘ We must do something , and i ’ th' heat' ( 307f . ) . |
| 15 | From there they rode to Dunvegan , either more or less as the crow flies by a drovers ' trail , or coming down from Greshornish to join what is now the A850 , at a point about half-way between Portree and their destination , Dunvegan Castle . |
| 16 | They follow roughly parallel courses down from high mountains to the coastal plain ; all have lochs serving as reservoirs ; all have roads , public or private , that extend far into the interior and there end ; none of them is accessible by road from the west and they can only be approached by wheeled traffic coming from the east . |
| 17 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 18 | From this depression , the descent is continued down the Mallerstang flank , soon linking with Ais Gill coming down from Wild Boar Fell . |
| 19 | Girls … are shown wallpapering across the door of a room … as prizes to be won by competing males … as onlookers while the boys cheer Match of the Day … as items to be scaled down from fat to thin , etc . |
| 20 | The only faces that greeted them belonged to sundry dead abbots glaring down from dusky oil paintings . |
| 21 | The last American Air Force Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford stands down from active duty today . |
| 22 | They rushed at the table from all sides , scrambling over stools , jumping down from top bunks like pigeons clattering down for crumbs . |
| 23 | Or did they come straight down from antique gods ? |
| 24 | Jim thought this was priceless and laughed so loud and so long that he brought the Duty Officer down from Flying Control to find out what he 'd missed . |
| 25 | By meticulous surveying and mapping over many years , exploration of the cave beyond its earliest known extremities — to connect with underground passages coming down from Gaping Gill a mile away — had been charted to within a short distance . |
| 26 | Emerge into next field , where go forward and slightly left , passing to right of projecting corner of hedge coming down from left to take stile at corner of field into allotments . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , nickel cadmium batteries run down from full power very quickly , and it is almost impossible to tell when a charge may be required . |
| 28 | They 're sending a chap down from Public Relations Branch to handle the publicity . |
| 29 | Current levels of consignment are running below budget with analysts lowering fourth quarter aggregate estimates to $460 down from previous estimates of $500 million and down on last year 's figure of $493 million . |
| 30 | Some of the castings. like the head of a Queen Mother , show that the metal was poured in from separate crucibles . |