Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [to-vb] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1983 ) looked at 1255 step-families applying to adopt from the step-family population of 6150 in 1980 , and identified a major problem of variable treatment by courts of step-families seeking adoption . |
| 2 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 3 | One objective of the analysis is to show that this institutional arrangement will cause local authority spending to differ from the usual predictions of the traditional model . |
| 4 | The report painted a generally optimistic picture of Britain continuing to recover from the worst recession since 1945 . |
| 5 | After the First World War the town thrived briefly , but in later decades achieved a near-dormitory state , having been discovered by couples wishing to retire from the frenetic life in the larger urban conurbations . |
| 6 | The fighting groups overbalanced into the shallower water and continued struggling there , ignoring the arrows beginning to fall from the following ships of the line , swinging up , oars flashing to fill the breadth of the river . |