Example sentences of "[verb] from the old [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that the courts have departed from the old literal approach of statutory construction and now adopt a purposive approach , seeking to discover the Parliamentary intention lying behind the words used and construing the legislation so as to give effect to , rather than thwart , the intentions of Parliament . |
| 2 | The decoration on the discs , which seldom have names on , is usually either a variation of the Christian monogram IHS , or else the so-called ‘ Basque cross ’ , which is a little like a four-leafed clover and has sometimes been argued , in an attempt to find an origin for the Basques in the East , to derive from the old Hindu symbol of the swastika . |
| 3 | He replies : ’ we were formed from the old Liberal Prty and the SDP . |
| 4 | The term easel is derived from the old Dutch word ezel , meaning ass . |
| 5 | The term easel is derived from the old Dutch word ezel , meaning ass . |
| 6 | The ‘ May ’ refers to hawthorn blossom rather than the month , and ‘ clout ’ is derived from the Old English word ‘ klut ’ meaning a piece of cloth , particularly a patch used to mend a garment . |
| 7 | The Soup Kitchen , the existence of which also surprises many people , is run from the old Franciscan refectory in Cuppin Street , says Father Dowling . |
| 8 | It faced in fifty-seven directions at once , but kept from the old American contingent , and from the anarchic underground , dislike of any political organization , a terror of being bored , or boring , and a tendency , at times , to be both , and incomprehensible with it . |
| 9 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |
| 10 | The word derives from the old French word bougette , meaning a little bag . |
| 11 | Power is increased from the old 3.2 litre engine 's 231bhp to 250bhp . |
| 12 | Matilda 's uncle , William Rufus ( who was far from prudent ) , never married ; her father waited till he had acquired the English throne , and then , at the age of thirty-two , instantly sought the hand of a Scots princess descended from the Old English line . |
| 13 | ‘ The controversy , ’ says Finlay , ‘ is over the current designation of Foinavon at 914 metres when we converted from the old imperial contour . |
| 14 | It 's a long-established human set-up , whose name comes from the Old Arcturean quickspeak for ’ family Organization ’ — because they like to affect a patriarchal system and because they demand the same absolute loyalty and devotion that one would show to close kinfolk . |
| 15 | The word ‘ care ’ comes from the Old English carian , to suffer . |
| 16 | When the master file is to be reorganized , this ancillary file will be sorted into descending count order , and the records are read from the old direct file and loaded on to the new in this order . |