Example sentences of "[noun] from [art] [adj] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working out the length of guttering can be done at ground level ; calculate the length of downpipe by hanging a string from the existing gutters or downpipe . |
| 2 | Whether it was the throaty sound from the two man-servants or whether it was Reginald and Charles visibly choking , or Henry bowing his head , that caused the Colonel to bellow , ‘ If you ca n't behave yourself , Nessy , you will leave the table ! ’ |
| 3 | There have been several important variants of this model of the curriculum , ranging from the American pragmatists ( notably Dewey ) to the Marxist theories of ‘ polytechnical education ’ , but a recent formulation in this country is that of Lawton ( 1983 ) with his notion of general education as a selection from the eight aspects or ‘ sub-systems ’ that any culture has : social system , economic system , communication system , rationality system , technology system , morality system , belief system and aesthetic system . |
| 4 | The course was designed to increase the times from the 100 seconds or so we usually get at Peterborough with one section working upstream on the jet . |
| 5 | These were founded either by the late Saxon kings from Alfred onwards to protect their kingdom from the Scandinavian invaders or by the Scandinavians themselves , partly for defence , and partly tor the encouragement of trade . |
| 6 | If a problem does arise , you can get sympathetic help and advice from the appropriate bodies or authorities . |
| 7 | These are usually news and current affairs programmes giving information about the UK or the USA and are available free , or on subscription from the respective embassies or information services . |
| 8 | Only occasionally was there the distant glow of fires from the Mongolian tents or yurts . |