Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] from the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That the Rev. C. G. Hamilton having at the suggestion of the Governors agreed to retire from the Headmastership on a pension , the Governors beg respectfully to suggest £150 per annum as such pension , and ask the advice of the Charity Commissioners on the subject . " |
| 2 | Speeds greater than zero correspond to flow from the west to the east . |
| 3 | We tend to work from the Centre in the friendly critic role . |
| 4 | My examples tend to come from the part of the world where I live , but the same principles apply wherever you happen to be . |
| 5 | The factoring industry , which speeds the flow of cash to business , should be well placed to benefit from the ending of the recession — when it comes . |
| 6 | Of total foreign investment in Czechoslovakia over the previous 2 years only 11 per cent had gone to Slovakia , and the common perception was that the industries of the Czech Lands were in general better placed to benefit from the programme of rapid privatization emphasised by Klaus . |
| 7 | In view of the exhortation by the hon. Member for Southampton , Test ( Mr. Hill ) a few minutes ago that we should buy British when we buy food , I wonder whether the Minister can tell the House what representations he has received from the Ministry of Defence on his consultation document ? |
| 8 | The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill . |
| 9 | Much of the thinking about teaching historical concepts has developed from the work of J.S. Bruner in the early 1960s . |
| 10 | The management or sociological approach to educational evaluation has developed from the discipline of industrial sociology . |
| 11 | Pat Goodman , head of New Zealand 's Goodman Fielder Wattie food group , has withdrawn from the fray in Britain after buying a stake in Ranks Hovis McDougall , mounting a bid which was stalled by the Office of Fair Trading then pocketing a profit by selling his shares to Sir James Goldsmith and partners . |
| 12 | It 's not just that he has withdrawn from the business of running a diocese , or that he walks abroad a great deal at night but is scarcely seen during the day , or that he often wo n't accept phone calls . |
| 13 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back , and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 14 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 15 | Solbourne Computer Inc 's vice president of marketing , Travis White , has resigned from the company for personal reasons . |
| 16 | PAT Grant , the joint managing director of the Caithness-based freezer manufacturer , Norfrost , has resigned from the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise . |
| 17 | Human regard for the sea has varied from the taking of it for granted as a tiresome obstacle to trade and exploration , to romanticising it in what so many writers are pleased to call its moods . |
| 18 | Further evidence of immune mediation has come from the finding of circulating , non-organ specific and organ specific antibodies . |
| 19 | The initiative has come from the order of Irish Dominican monks who live at San Clemente , and particularly from Father Leonard Boyle , prefect of the Vatican Library and former member of the community . |
| 20 | It has come from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts , and will be used to buy sets of SportsHall equipment for all eight counties . |
| 21 | Wade goes further and questions , on the basis of American administrative history , the claim that bureaucratic growth has come from the expansion of established agencies . |
| 22 | An increasing share of overseas earnings over the last 20 years has come from the sale of the dwindling assets of oil and natural gas . |
| 23 | forging ahead has come from the use of that word in relation to horses . |
| 24 | Not a word of condemnation of that disgraceful position has come from the Leader of the Opposition , who is sponsored by that union , or from the shadow spokesman on employment , who is also sponsored by that union , or by any of the renegade crew who man the Labour Front Bench . |
| 25 | As the epidemic progresses , younger cows would be expected to disappear from the pool of infected animals . |
| 26 | Such an expectation would be unreasonable with container ships or with general cargo vessels , where hundreds of bills of lading may have to be issued , and the issuance of final documentation is often possible only after the vessel has departed from the place of shipment . |
| 27 | Our British sense of fair play has recoiled from the prospect of anyone starving or suffering , even through his own fault — but where is the fair play when hospitals must close to put money in the pockets of the workshy ? |
| 28 | Fashanu , included in the squad for today 's boxing day clash with Wimbledon 's Selhurst Park landlords , Crystal Palace , last night promised to lead from the front in the club 's fight against relegation . |
| 29 | Apple Computer , the Cinderella company that has risen from the backyard to a worldwide name in six years , is going to give a computer to every public and private school in the state — that 's about 10 000 computers with a retail value of almost $20 million . |
| 30 | Situated on the coastline of Omura Bay near the City of Nagasaki , the town of Huis ten Bosch covers an area of 1.5 million square metres and has risen from the ground in less than eight years . |