Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] from [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The biggest influence on this change came from across the Channel via the writings of the so-called ‘ French school ’ of urban sociology , whose most influential figure was undoubtedly Manuel Castells . |
| 2 | It is now known as a foetus , this term applying from about the end of the second month . |
| 3 | And then another figure appeared from behind the carob . |
| 4 | Presently , in the silence that followed these remarks , the two young women heard the sound of distant guns more distant , it seemed , than the sepoy cannons which had been firing intermittently throughout their conversation ; this sound echoed from across the dark rim of the plain . |
| 5 | In his head rang the music of the fair , the raucous shouting , the screams of silly girls in swingboats , the throbbing of the great engine which supplied the power , and over all , the head-hammering mammoth voice which roared old half-forgotten tunes from among the whirling horses of the roundabout . |
| 6 | The initiative for this venture came from within the company , and employees in many departments organised and handled every aspect of the day . |
| 7 | ‘ Now , does anybody know where all that cotton comes from in the first place ? ’ |
| 8 | USAN I ZUN BI Living for love ; a tropical hurricane arriving from over the sea , generally at dawn |
| 9 | A Roman coin came from under the tower at the restoration of 1855 , but one can not make too much of that . |
| 10 | Since so much assistance comes from outwith the area , there is a danger that what is being done may be regarded by them as alien , like Lord Leverhulme 's ill-fated projects . |
| 11 | The examining officer comes from within the department but not from the area to be reviewed . |
| 12 | It also established a 150-member National Assembly elected from among the members of eight directly elected regional councils . |
| 13 | No one in Grand Isle moves from beneath the blanket of quiet across the peninsula . |
| 14 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 15 | In this case the driving force for transformational change came from within the organization and was led by the top leadership . |
| 16 | I opened my eyes to the sound of yet more crashing of dustbin lids , gales of laughter and the occasional scream coming from behind the bushes . |
| 17 | One small hand emerged from beneath the sheet to probe the area where a large bruise was already forming . |
| 18 | Jess turned sharply and saw a tall Negro coming from behind the mainmast . |
| 19 | Then a stomping noise came from behind the kids and I saw some massive black rubber boots coming slowly down the stairs . |
| 20 | Farther south , the Andean civilisation had more similarities with Mesopotamia than with China ; so the idea that its shaping influence came from across the Pacific seems especially far-fetched . |
| 21 | Laying these aside quietly , they then prised up the thin lead sheathing from round the edges of the glass and gouged out the putty holding the pane in place . |
| 22 | The Lanarkshire side are on a tidy run that has seen them lose only one of their last ten matches and they now have a strong squad to choose from after the massive injury problems of earlier in the season . |
| 23 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 24 | But now there was a competing outcry sounding from around the bend of the river . |
| 25 | With amniocentesis , the cells are found in a small amount of the amniotic fluid withdrawn from around the baby , while chorionic villus sampling involves removing a tiny amount of tissue from the developing placenta earlier on in pregnancy . |
| 26 | There was a strange rasping noise coming from over the next rise . |
| 27 | Since the reformist animus came from within the Party and not from anti-Socialist elements outside it , he trusted that the Soviet leaders would grasp the artfulness and wisdom of his innovations . |
| 28 | A childish voice wafted from behind the thin curtain . |
| 29 | During another epoch , the polar ice-cap expanded and covered a large part of the northern hemisphere , and it was only when that receded about 12,000 years ago that what was left of the Thulean Province reappeared from beneath the ice as the island we now call Iceland . |
| 30 | AN exhibition of hilarious examples of bad English collected from around the world by EC translators went on show yesterday in Brussels . |