Example sentences of "[vb -s] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any resistance or reluctance by the scion to take everything , perhaps because it is getting some of what it needs from its own roots , and the stock has to start looking for ways to get rid of the unused energy , and that means making its own top growth , which takes the form of suckers or ‘ briars ’ . |
| 2 | This expert pastoralist acquires all the food it needs from its herds of mealy bugs , which , like their relatives the aphids , make a living by sucking plant sap . |
| 3 | This brings some benefits through musical cross-fertilisation between the cathedral and the wider community , but the cathedral does not always get the full benefit of one who is employed to do what is commonly regarded as a full-time job , and this at a time when the Church needs from its organists not only the highest musical expertise but also liturgical knowledge and a readiness to take some part in the running of the cathedral . |
| 4 | Also , when you deprive your body of food , it prefers to derive the energy it needs from your muscle tissue as well as your fat stores — therefore any weight loss can be put down to loss of lean muscle , not just flab ! |
| 5 | It was reported that three elderly women died during the first Scud attack when they suffocated because they had failed to remove filter covers from their masks . |
| 6 | Surrounding them are lesser-known works , such as collages by the Dadaist painter Hannah Höch , paintings and woodcuts by Georg Schrimpf , representing the Neue Sachlichkeit ( New Objectivity ) movement , and Max Beckmann lithographs from his 1922 ‘ Berliner Reise ’ series ( until mid-November ) . |
| 7 | Satisfied , she sat as her maid began to untwist the lead strips from her hair and tease the ringlets into perfection . |
| 8 | Yet although this sub-discipline has from its origins been concerned with the nature of the artefactual world as an element of culture offering insights into that part of social behaviour which is oriented towards the creation and use of objects , the rather particular history of this series of studies has hitherto severely limited its application . |
| 9 | ‘ Suzie 's always been more amenable to advice from men than she has from her own sex . |
| 10 | Will the hon. Gentleman tell the constituent of mine who is over 21 and earns £50 for a 40-hour week why he has taken a greater percentage of the young man 's earnings than he has from his right hon. and hon. Friends who go to the City and , for part-time work , earn hundreds of thousands of pounds ? |
| 11 | If the right hon. Member has the evidence , he should place it before the Home Secretary , the police and other appropriate authorities rather than come here , in the time off that he has from his interviews on Sky , to make wild accusations about everyone involved in immigration matters . |
| 12 | PAMELA : I have the harmony of the spheres all around me , and every word that drops from your lips is sweet as honey . |
| 13 | A four-tracker , starting with the nervous , swirly title tune that drops from my mind instantly I 've heard it . |
| 14 | In other words , it was appreciated that the appearance of an area develops from its function and the way it is built ; it is not something which is applied afterwards . |
| 15 | That is to say , young children frequently draw not how a scene looks from their point of view but a good , revealing representation of it — something which further experiments have shown is not explicable by simple graphic incompetence . |
| 16 | What the WEA 's voluntary membership really wants from its tutor-organisers remains a profitable subject for debate — as does the basic question of whether such appointments should be made at all . |
| 17 | ‘ You know nothing of what Julius really wants from his wife . |
| 18 | He says that the minimum return he wants from his visit to Berne 's all-seated Wankdorf stadium is a draw . |
| 19 | You think of the glow of pride that still lingers from your last HVS triumph with embarrassment and try to console yourself with the mitigating circumstances of age , heavy work responsibilities , duty to family , your back problem … |
| 20 | He mourns from his lone place |
| 21 | ‘ The Comfort of the Billiard Table here is very great , ’ Jane Austen writes from her brother 's house at Godmersham ( Fig. 16 ) . |
| 22 | Eric writes from his perspective as well , and the common thread is that things do n't last — nothing lasts . ’ |
| 23 | Inevitably an author writes from his understanding and perspective ; a user probably has a different background , level of understanding and experience of the same subject . |
| 24 | No creature ever deviates from its instinctive mental programming . |
| 25 | Just above T c , the resistivity for both materials deviates from its normal-state behaviour before dropping precipitously at T c . |
| 26 | The systematic component will persist for as long as the unemployment rate deviates from its natural value , U * ; . |
| 27 | From time to time , she pauses from her work to comfort him . |
| 28 | She concludes from her study that there is strong evidence to suggest that the ward ‘ climate ’ is an important factor in the satisfaction of students with their learning environment . |
| 29 | She concludes from her study that ‘ the families of the writers were riddled with both creativity and mental illness ’ , the two intertwining to an extent which would make it difficult to deny their real association . |
| 30 | Thus Burton concludes from his discussion of employment subsidies in general that they are |