Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both shaman and the Savage Orc Boyz have a save of 5 or 6 from their protective tattoos when a shaman is with the unit . |
| 2 | There might be a sovereign or two from her grieving Parents . ’ |
| 3 | Thus although items from the second half of the 20th Century did appear to suffer from less serious deterioration than those from its first half ( with no post-1950 material being considered ‘ Fragile ’ ) , of all defective 20th Century publications noted , 7% were ‘ Fragile ’ , whereas the comparable figure for 19th Century publications was only 2% , and even if the proportion of defective items placed in the category of least deterioration — ‘ Poor ’ — was smaller for 19th Century items than for those of the 20th Century ( 76% as opposed to 80% ) , the difference was extremely slight . |
| 4 | The very changes which have lengthened life have made the coming of death feel stranger and harsher from its new unfamiliarity . |
| 5 | He even bought one business from Hanson — shower maker Croydex for £7.7m — and another from his old employers , Williams . |
| 6 | In a visit in the spring of 1987 , I met a teacher who confided that the externally-imposed testing system pre-empted the use of 30% of her total professional time , and that her own independent judgements ( which she saw as more valuable and inseparable from her natural teaching style ) occupied a further 20–25% of the time . |
| 7 | ( a ) not less than 28 days before the change is implemented , of any change in the body 's name , registered office or principal office if different from its registered office ; |
| 8 | Unlike the characters in the two previous novels , the protagonist emerges safe and sound from her semiotic entanglements . |
| 9 | Cut out and keep this voucher , together with vouchers 1 and 2 from our previous issues , and look out for the final one next month |
| 10 | The fact that we were making love in the Parsons ' matrimonial bed , the sheets still warm and smelly from their previous occupant , may have had something to do with it as well . |
| 11 | Mrs Robertson and Mrs Taylor were the constant factors and they were backed up both by ladies from the Cathedral and many from our own congregation , notably the Misses Richard . |
| 12 | It was a delight to see Diana 's and Mary 's faces when they arrived cold and stiff from their long journey , and saw the warm fires and polished furniture , and smelt the cakes and meat dishes cooking . |
| 13 | Corbett , aching , soaking wet and nauseous from his rough ride was pulled off his horse and bundled along the side of the donjon keep . |
| 14 | And from the last , another Australian distance runner , we want letters three and four from her married surname . |
| 15 | Looking at the fossil animal itself , the first necessity is to reconstruct it as accurately as possible from its fragmentary remains . |
| 16 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 17 | The definition of empowerment most commonly cited , however , has focused on changing only the subjective nature of powerlessness , with individuals treated as separate from their social context . |
| 18 | Entrepreneurial strategies — as distinct from their managerial implementation — centre on investment , marketing and the form of company organisation . |
| 19 | They were part of a society of determined hierarchies , impregnated with religious values and defended by conservatives for their social as distinct from their economic functions . |
| 20 | This logic is set out in a manner that illustrates in an exemplary way the structuralist intention to map out all the possibilities of literature as distinct from its actual manifestations . |
| 21 | In so far as top businessmen play a decisive role in company strategy — as distinct from its public presentation — the talents they need will vary from one situation to another . |