Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It troubled Alexei that the failed assassination seemed about to be dismissed as an effort at the removal of some imagined stain on family honour , and he wondered if Jotan truly believed the explanation he had offered , or if he was acting at Burun 's direction to distract Artai from the truth . |
| 2 | It had long been a tradition for Roman emperors to claim descent from the gods , and on that basis to claim godhood for themselves as well . |
| 3 | Their leader , Tran Van Giau , used extreme methods to enforce compliance from the people which probably went beyond the policy of Ho . |
| 4 | The " Hallelujah lasses " had been used to raising their own voices in protest and employing some fairly dramatic methods to attract attention from the time Catherine Booth took up the cudgels on behalf of women in the early days of the movement . |
| 5 | Asked to comment on the Independent 's report that Libyan terrorists had put the bomb aboard Flight 103 by means of an unaccompanied bag sent from Malta , Aviv himself thought it was yet another attempt to distract attention from the truth . |
| 6 | Typical was the case of John Welshman of East Looe , charged in 1686 for ‘ sending his servant with his horse to fetch earth from the Down without licence ’ . |
| 7 | If he was really lucky , she would leave him sixpence to buy ice-cream from the lady with the tray . |
| 8 | This is partly due to the ability of pulses to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere , which feeds the rest of the mixture , and partly due to the little-understood symbiosis between ‘ companion plants ’ . |
| 9 | Other life insurers to draw encouragement from the bid were Britannic , up 27p to 520p , and Refuge Group , 26p higher at 604p . |
| 10 | So today 's typical organization in which knowledge tends to be concentrated in service staffs , perched rather insecurely between top management and the operating people , will likely be labeled a phase , an attempt to infuse knowledge from the top rather than obtain information from below . |
| 11 | 11.2 At the same time , the Department recognises that it has long been practice to seek assistance from the police in certain situations , particularly in order to avoid a breach of the peace when carrying out statutory duties which involve the restriction of liberty and removal of persons . |
| 12 | Mr Major asks industry to take heart from the fact that things are quite different now . |
| 13 | They will have to ask permission from the match umpires before they can use their fingers to scratch mud from the surface of the ball . |
| 14 | Sefton was one of five North-West authorities to receive funding from The Sports Council . |
| 15 | The personality of Arthur Scargill , with his apparent willingness to receive money from the terrorist regime of Colonel Qadaffi 's Libya and his condoning of violence , alienated many , including the leader of the Labour Party , Neil Kinnock . |
| 16 | One sign of the degree of power and independence of a legislature is its capacity to extract information from the government . |
| 17 | While the town house was completely enclosed in four walls on a rectangular plan to provide privacy from the streets , the villa was built in a less formal manner on a large ground plan and had terraced gardens overlooking the Bay of Naples . |
| 18 | It 's the first school in Scotland to receive permission from the government to become self-governing and has raised deep concerns in the local community . |
| 19 | It 's the first school in Scotland to receive permission from the government to become self-governing and has raised deep concerns in the local community . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , the father of James Kelly said his son had been forced to go to England to escape harassment from the security forces . |
| 21 | This time he came with nine ships , and a determination to win agreement from the Japanese — and he did precisely that , concluding a treaty of peace and friendship that — unknown to all its signatories — was to have consequences of shattering proportions . |
| 22 | ‘ Many farm businesses are under pressure just now , so we would urge planners to heed advice from the DoE and bear in mind the needs of farm enterprises in this period of great upheaval for the farming industry , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 23 | Bacteria in the root nodules of legumes ( Rhizobium ) have the capacity to fix nitrogen from the air , which then becomes available for use by the host plant in the form of ammonium compounds . |
| 24 | These leguminous plants have the capacity to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere through their specialized root nodules . |
| 25 | With bows or crossbows you can shoot up the enemy before your core units get to grips with them , or you can attempt to draw enemy missile troops into an exchange to divert fire from the core units as they advance . |
| 26 | Should you find yourself in this situation , and to prevent it , always use a gravel cleaner to syphon sediment from the substrate and check water conditions for high nitrates and/or low pH . |
| 27 | It was not unusual for a direct appeal to be made in a memorial text to casual passers-by , or for visually impressive and even amusing monuments to command attention from the side of a road . |
| 28 | Legislative changes are consequent upon the Housing and Planning Act 1986 which will repeal the requirement on the NCB to seek authorisation from the secretary of state for their opencast coal activities . |
| 29 | If a cooker hood can not be fitted , an extractor fan can be fitted into the kitchen window to remove air from the kitchen . |
| 30 | TORQUAY chairman Mike Bateson 's plan to block relegation from the Football League has been scuppered by the Football Association . |