Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care
2 The ‘ Lang comes back from the grave ’ phenomenon makes the whole election seem a disaster for the anti-unionist forces , but it was much less of one than 1979 .
3 While discretion filters out from the legal process all minor and inconsequential infringements of the law , what counts as minor can rest on the whims and prejudices of individual officers and lead to inconsistent and unequal practice .
4 In the end there were certain logistical difficulties in getting all the petition forms back from the outlying islands in time for Helen Martini 's departure for London on Thursday 14 March .
5 Sculpture comes in from the far reaches of the Pavillon de Flore at the Louvre
6 ONCE Czechoslovakia settles down from the current euphoria of people 's power , its new leadership will have to take some hard decisions on how to overcome its economic difficulties .
7 David Collins takes over from the injured Mike Ford … and Dave Penney is back in the side …
8 David Collins takes over from the injured Mike Ford … and Dave Penney is back in the side …
9 ( At Hellesdon the Way carries on from the five-mile Norwich Riverside Walk ) .
10 Dick Hebdige stands back from the virtual war
11 An imposing large house stands back from the main road , known as Thorne Hall , dated 1881 .
12 A tattooed arm reaches down from the high cab — lovely , real arm , wonderful words ! — and I scale the high steps to sit with my feet on a coil of rope .
13 Croatia 's acceptance follows on from the recent announcement that the Baltic states of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania has been reinstated to their former status as full members , a status that they enjoyed prior to the outbreak of the second world war .
14 The philosophy of the new SZ series follows on from the successful SZH research stereo providing interchangeability and versatility — indeed the SZ heads can be used with the SZH stand for superior transmitted light .
15 NEXT Thursday ( 21 February ) , an Ariane rocket lifts off from the European Space Centre in French Guiana to put the second Astra satellite into orbit at 19° East .
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