Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Geodemographics , explained Peter Mouncey of the AA , was a system of producing data drawn from the national census , developed during the '80s .
2 An axon is enlarged at the tip and this presynaptic area contains vesicles made from the same material as the cell membrane , containing the neurotransmitters that are released in the synapse .
3 However , this investigation used collocations extracted from a domain-specific corpus , and test data taken from the same domain .
4 The old mill owner , who became a millionaire , once installed cannon borrowed from the local landowner at the gates , to ward off machine-breakers .
5 I had assumed up to this point that you really wished to speak not to me but to my husband ( who is of course E J Maitland , a philosopher whose reputation is rather more likely than mine to attract telephone calls from the great officers of state ) and that I was being summoned to the phone merely because he was not there .
6 How do we know Jesus rose from the dead ?
7 Needs theories arise from the second major criticism of QALY theory : that ‘ welfare ’ is not the only value .
8 Incorporating features drawn from the Anglo-American adversarial system , the procedure entailed the abolition of the role of the giudice istruttore and placed the prosecution on the same footing as the defence .
9 All must seek leave to appeal from the special adjudicator who is to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor .
10 On the other hand Atrakhasis has man toiling from the first , has no single " Adam " , no separate making of woman , no Eden , and no Fall — in fact no moral teaching at all .
11 The use of private mobile radio by airport catering organisations has benefits arising from the large distances which must frequently be covered between the airport buildings and the aeroplanes which have to be supplied with food before departure .
12 These programs provide facilities ranging from the essential to the virtually useless depending on your point of view .
13 Operating areas range from the hostile waters of the UK North Sea to the deserts of Pakistan .
14 Men in flapping gallibayas hung from the running boards like gangsters .
15 A group of 114 Irish patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the large bowel had significantly lower serum cholesterol concentrations than an age and sex matched group drawn from the general population .
16 High fertility in Ireland ( by modern standards ) depended upon the institutionalized pattern of high emigration which prevented population rising from the 1840s until the 1950s .
17 They also agreed to create a commission of experts to tackle problems arising from the different trade policies adopted by Latin American and EC countries .
18 In the fourth year , in addition to consolidating their command of the language , students choose from a menu of options which cover topics ranging from the earliest texts in German to the work of contemporary writers and including some study of art and film .
19 The snag is that a clause in the civil settlement allows Exxon to withdraw from the entire agreement if part of the plea bargain is rejected by the courts .
20 Some of the larger local authorities , as we have seen , are now appointing specialist advisers to the chief executive 's office , or even to the leader of the council , who can give advice divorced from the service-providing departments , but such posts are few and regarded with some suspicion by mainstream local government officers .
21 The south-western end of the hole is dangerous , a sinister shaft piercing the ground to a depth of 345 feet and open to receive bodies falling from the steep slopes around ; from its dark base passages radiate like tentacles , one of them providing , after much crawling and diving through Satanic pools , a through route to an opening in the valley below .
22 Morais and Bertelson ( 1975 ) pointed out that the usual dichotic listening paradigm does not allow one to distinguish between an interpretation of the REA in terms of ear of stimulus presentation and an alternative explanation favouring input coming from the right side of space .
23 These included the treeless spaces north and south of Brocklebeck ; he recommended places sheltered from the northern blast and with ‘ commanding prospects of that noble lake , ’ ‘ the hollow between Derwent Park and Castlehead , and the fields extending from Castlehead to Keswick . ’
24 By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) .
25 It is unknown whether low amplitude propagated contractions and high amplitude propagated contractions have the same physiological basis and serve the same function — that is , whether they are parts of a continuum of propagated contractions. ( 3 ) High amplitude propagated contractions start from the ascending colon ( old observations also suggest that the appendix may be involved in such forceful activity ) , and most are propagated in an aboral direction .
26 Half an hour later , descending the stairs , she was startled to hear voices coming from the first floor .
27 Along with their tickets the refugees had bought landing permits from the Cuban director of immigration , who had given a personal guarantee that they would face no difficulties entering his country .
28 Lit by a single , battery powered lamp hung from the exposed rafters , even with the bits of carpet and drapes hung down the walls the place was a prison cell , and felt like it .
29 • Dwyer 's Wallabies walk on water — Steve Jones sees trouble coming from the new ruck/maul law
30 Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting .
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