Example sentences of "[adj] from the [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Dyer 's doings are the same as but also different from those investigated by the fretful man he resembles , just as Hawksmoor 's investigative Scotland Yard is the same as but also different from the architects ' department of that name attended by Dyer . |
2 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
3 | Jinkwa had used cremation ceremony speech number 401 from the officers ' manual to stimulate just that effect . |
4 | He was able to track down a lot of detail about the original construction and decoration — so he could keep the design and get it back to what it was , but incorporate new features , like a Great Hall without all those pillars , which is much better from the customers ' point of view . " |
5 | Either condition is unsatisfactory from the banks ' point of view . |
6 | The findings are actually somewhat more encouraging from the Tories ' point of view than they appear on the surface . |
7 | Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals ' point of view , because it was n't helping them to win the war . |
8 | Years spent at university are financially unrewarding from the parents ' perspective . |
9 | It 's also very important from the adults ' point of view that erm it does n't matter if you are a so called single parent , which , I by the way , am , or whether you are within erm a couple but actually in in fact you 're , you 're a single parent because you 're getting no support . |
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12 | It remains unanswered from the patients ' point of view . |
13 | A scheme , more successful from the settlers ' point of view , was that in part of Ecuadorian Amazonia , where a ‘ settlements first ; roads second ’ philosophy prevailed . |
14 | With the blessing of the Norfolk Naturalists ' Trust and with special permits in our pockets ( obtainable from the Visitors ' Centre ) we had walked along their famous bank from road to sea . |
15 | Such payments accorded the payers with rights of exemption from the interference of bishops and hence were thought worthwhile from the payers ' point of view . |
16 | However , it is difficult to say if this is desirable from the residents ' point of view , or whether they would prefer to live in a mixed group of people with differing levels of disability ; when asked , most patients express a preference for being with others who do not have behavioural problems . |
17 | Under the influence of excessive risk aversion managers are thus liable to cause the firm to grow to an inefficient size and to engage in other forms of behaviour which are sub-optimal from the shareholders ' point of view , such as making low dividend payouts and an inadequate use of the company 's borrowing capacity . |
18 | Is this true from the clients ' point of view ? |