Example sentences of "[verb] from the [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is clear evidence that religious output , despite some criticisms of its style and approach , is by no means the anathema for viewers that it is supposed from the purely commercial viewpoint of some broadcasters . |
| 2 | This ranged from the fairly trivial practice of holding too many banquets and offering ‘ gifts ’ to customers to the more serious misappropriation of state funds and reselling of state supplies on the free market for large profits . |
| 3 | With an estimated 250,000 refugees from more dangerous parts of Mozambique living in makeshift villages along the protected corridors , the greatest threat appeared to come from the increasingly desperate shortage of food , following the failure of the rains . |
| 4 | However , Tizard does acknowledge that the issue is complicated by social inequality — children who come into care tend to come from the most powerless sector of society . |
| 5 | Today we approached from the most picturesque direction , through a stile set in the wall of the narrow stone bridge whose elegant arches span the burn 's deep-cut ravine . |
| 6 | The increase in gearing from the extremely low level of last year to 38% is primarily occasioned by the acquisition of BMK . |
| 7 | This becomes clearer if it is considered from the more general perspective of post-modernism which has been widely characterized as involving a return of history , albeit as a category of representation . |
| 8 | Among the half century of steam locomotive development contained in the working locomotives going through their paces — subject to availability — will be a rear Yugoslavian ‘ Yankee Tank ’ rescued from the newly independent republic of Slovenia just hours before the start of the bitter civil war which is tragically still raging . |
| 9 | For human victims , the classic he-man response to this injury is the ‘ cut-and-suck ’ treatment , in which the unfortunate sufferer undergoes further trauma by having the site of the venom injection sliced open with a sharp knife and the blood sucked from the now gaping wound . |
| 10 | A new , precoded , form was completed for each new activity undertaken ; the research instrument therefore differed from the more conventional diary approach in which the work done in specific time periods is recorded ( Mintzberg , 1973 ; Stewart , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | This position helps prevent the excessive trunk activity which might happen when the patient is standing erect , and it helps the patient to work from the very lowest part of the back , at the pelvis . |
| 12 | Who the other call was to Jihan has never revealed , but it is certain that it must have been someone of the highest importance , and that her purpose was to obtain from the most authoritative source possible some outside indication of what was happening in Egypt . |
| 13 | It will also be desirable if the inquiry be broadened from the largely financial analysis ( of concern to the CEGB ) to the broader social costs and benefits relevant to the country as a whole , for instance the real ( alternative ) cost of mine labour , the environmental costs of burning coal , and the relative costs of further expansion of energy supply rather than conservation . |
| 14 | ( d ) To require member states to depart from the universally recognised criterion of the owner 's nationality would place Community law in conflict with international law , which should be avoided ; in contrast , as a matter of general principle the E.E.C . |
| 15 | After passing from the most primitive stage of development , through the Asiatic , ancient and feudal stages , mankind enters the capitalist stage , the immense productive power of large-scale factory industry , and the division between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat . |
| 16 | Many of the patients referred to the General Surgery and ENT departments have complex problems and benefit from the highly specialist expertise available there . |
| 17 | Yet they all certainly benefit from the much closer coordination of industry and finance , whether this is through preferential interest rates from a number of different banks or through the advisory functions of their main lenders . |
| 18 | As a doctor , Brian realised that his wife 's mother had evidently suffered from the most acute form of agoraphobia . |
| 19 | The society now moved from the rather passive position of regretting ( as it did on 5 August 1789 ) that ‘ there was no appropriate educational establishment in England for the desired improvement of farriery ( in this context comprehending the medical treatment of horses , cattle and sheep ) by a regular education in that science on medical and anatomical principles ’ , to a positive position of recommending such an institution as had been established in France , Germany and elsewhere on the Continent , as being necessary in this country . |
| 20 | Within Youth Allyah there were several competing Zionist factions ranging from the strictly orthodox Bachad to the moderate Maccabi Hazair , the Zionist scout movement . |
| 21 | Thus the following sections will outline the broad areas of Commission activity , ranging from the more passive information role , to its more controversial attempts at harmonisation through the Social Charter and European company laws . |
| 22 | This September some 300 staff at the brand new Nissan European Technology Centre Ltd will be offered catering facilities ranging from the very best European and Japanese cuisine to a simple vending service , all provided by CCG . |
| 23 | A directory I compiled in 1971 listed one hundred non-daily Zambian periodicals , ranging from the fortnightly Zambian language government newspapers to annual journals . |
| 24 | It is arguable that there is a spectrum of touchings , ranging from the obviously curative operation , such as the removal of an infected appendix , to the performance of somewhat exotic operations such as silicone breast implants and the removal of ‘ anomalous ’ sexual apparatus in sex-change surgery , including en route such operations as voluntary sterilization , rhinoplasty , and abortion . |
| 25 | Women who have had children will know that their vaginal muscles are slightly more relaxed after delivery , but they should remember that many men prefer space to move in and that sufferers of premature ejaculation will benefit from the more subtle stimulation of lax vaginal walls . |
| 26 | Such transgressions range from the socially acceptable parking on the ubiquitous yellow lines to the stigmatising drunken driving and eventually to offences which are generally regarded as morally reprehensible . |
| 27 | Cases range from the severely handicapped person who may be physically helpless and incapable of coherent speech , to the highly acceptable , responsible person , earning a living , looking after themselves , obtaining considerable enjoyment from life and from relationships but generally regarded as not very bright . |
| 28 | Robin Belcher was paddling in Australian colours and he and partner Fraser dropped their K2 upside down into the water while relaunching from the moderately high jetty at Chertsey . |
| 29 | * Check over your drafts , and separate the overall process of writing from the more mechanical process of checking for correct spellings , grammar , etc. ( see p. 117 ) . |
| 30 | Pitchford is one of England 's most important timber-framed houses , dating from the later sixteenth century and in the same family since 1473 . |