Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , this form of black ink is prone to discolour quickly from black to brown . |
| 2 | Ignoring short term variation and age effects will tend to overestimate variation in male success relative to variation in female success , which is usually less strongly age-dependent in polygynous species ( see Fig. 23.2 ) and less likely to vary widely from day to day . |
| 3 | Every day I considered myself lucky to get home from school without serious injury . |
| 4 | In future Celeste will not be able to go away from home without a licence . |
| 5 | In future Celeste will not be able to go away from home without a licence . |
| 6 | ( For a more direct line , UK country fans might soon be able to fly non-stop from Stansted to Nashville , if a Tennessee congressman has his way . ) |
| 7 | Where Mr Winchester 's cross-Pacific connections become less sure is when they become tangible and man-made : the optical-fibre telephone cable that snakes beneath the Pacific from California to Hawaii and then branches out to Japan and Guam ; the AsiaSat satellite and its fellow ‘ birds ’ , sitting on the equator to bounce across Asia the telephone calls of businessmen and the television dramas of Hollywood ; the new Boeing 747–400 , able to fly non-stop from Sydney to Los Angeles ; and , odd as it seems , the Macintosh computer . |
| 8 | Although the sun had risen it was still dusk between the trees , and Allen was able to move quickly from cover to cover keeping the Waste in view . |
| 9 | She was able to move safely from room to room in her house , and she could get up during the night to use her commode when necessary . |
| 10 | It was just as good a place as any to get away from Julius for a while . |
| 11 | Both the exhibition and the Show reminded us forcibly that it 's difficult to get away from politics in China . |
| 12 | To find some meaning for the Lady of Light , a feminine version of light and an equal member of a set of nine archetypes , I think it is necessary to veer away from speculations about the ultimate nature of light , and look instead at specific qualities that she may embody . |