Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [v-ing] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast Sofia , the capital , was the stronghold of the UDF , which comprised some 16 different parties or movements ranging from the environmental group Eco-Glasnost ( which had been the first to oppose the former communist regime — see p. 36980 ) to Podkrepa , the rapidly growing free trade union movement . |
| 2 | It is in this context that proposals emerging from the Critical Legal Studies movement in the USA are of considerable interest , and in particular Roberto Unger 's conception of a self-revising institutional structure ‘ that would provide constant occasions to disrupt any fixed structure of power and co-ordination in social life ’ ( Unger , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | Thus , they contend that losses resulting from the automatic prohibition of mergers above a certain size are unlikely to be substantial , and are more than likely to be offset by the benefits arising from the creation of a climate of greater certainty and competition . |
| 4 | Insert the cuttings by pushing each one down into the sand about 4–5 inches ( 10–12cm ) apart and with the leaves at right angles to the line of the slit , so that growth emanating from the axillary buds grows out into free space between the rows , not into the cutting next door . |
| 5 | She walked with a stagger , due to damage to the middle ear , her head swathed in a bandage and saliva dripping from the disfigured side of her mouth . |
| 6 | Loans were secured from collections in North America , Europe and the Russian Commonwealth of Independent States , of paintings , sculptures and tapestries dating from the ninth century to the present day . |
| 7 | The Central Library holds copies of the Evening News and Scotsman dating from the 19th Century . |
| 8 | Angy with dead eyes wide open and blood gushing from the terrible wound in her throat . |
| 9 | He felt cold , his arms and legs aching from the rough ride of the previous day . |
| 10 | In Somerset , reconstruction of the earlier topography of the county has led Christopher Norman to suggest a range of rich resources available at different seasons , with men and animals moving from the rich pasture and woodland of the Somerset Levels in summer to the uplands of Exmoor , the Quantocks and the Mendips in spring and autumn . |
| 11 | A bishop 's status was not only connected to his role in defining Christian society and to his monopolization of holy places and objects , but also based on legally conferred rights and obligations dating from the late Roman period . |
| 12 | Nothing is seen from the track to suggest the exciting underworld here apart from the covered shaft of Barbon pot nearby : this deep hole is used as a grave for dead sheep , but their bones and rotting carcases have not deterred enthusiastic cavers from exploring the passages and caverns extending from the gloomy depths . |
| 13 | Among these are its smoothness and coolness to the touch , a degree of translucency , and colours ranging from the white most highly esteemed by the Chinese to the various shades of green , yellow , orange , red , blue , mauve and black imparted by mineral components . |
| 14 | Over 20,000 patterns of knitted and crocheted garments and items dating from the 1920s to the 1970s form an invaluable collection called ‘ Yesterknits ’ . |
| 15 | The actors , however , are subject to pressures and constraints arising from the environmental setting in which they operate , assumed to be given and exogenously determined . |
| 16 | When discussing the lessons , problems and failures arising from the disciplinary hearings of the former General Nursing Councils , Reg Pyne , now the UKCC 's director for professional conduct , extends this obligation to nurse managers : |
| 17 | We are also concerned that the members of the UKCC appointed by the Secretary of State will include representatives of nursing , midwifery and health visiting from the four national areas . |
| 18 | It is similarly unconvincing for UKOOA to say that it is not within its remit to consider trade union or labour relations when the Select Committee was presented with a previous UKOOA agreement and understanding dating from the 1970s , which dealt with exactly these points . |
| 19 | Santiaguito , which was a complex of four distinct domes joined on to one another in a single elongate ridge , is rarely quiet for long , and one can literally hear it growing , because there is an almost continual rattle of small stones and rocks falling from the higher parts down on to the scree slopes below it . |
| 20 | The originality of Nizan 's entire literary output resides in this particular assertion since it brings together the two dominant strands that coexist tensely in Nizan 's intellectual and emotional outlook : ( i ) a brooding sense of anguish and desperation stemming from the gross injustices and inequalities in the world , and ( ii ) an explosive , irrepressible determination to enter into the struggle and combat the forces of oppression in order to gain access to a better life . |
| 21 | Lest Gorgon rising from the infernal lakes |
| 22 | In this sense it is first and foremost the executive agency of the mind and is charged with the fundamental functions of decision-making and surveillance of the input from the senses as well as sensations arising from the instinctual drives of the id . |