Example sentences of "some [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pitch at Devonport was of more interest to bowlers than batsmen , and only a steady 76 from Broad , with some support from Lamb , gave England a reasonable total of 177 . |
| 2 | She is popular on both sides of the Commons , and has some support from Conservative MPs who would like to see a woman Speaker . |
| 3 | James II was also at this time seeking to win some support from the Nonconformists . |
| 4 | This received some support from the statistics , as far as Conservatives are concerned ; the total number of ministerial appearances on regional news and weekly programmes in the period analysed by Blumler was 124 , while Conservative back-benchers appeared 104 times . |
| 5 | The Slovenes were given some support from Croatia , but the majority of the republics and provinces were unwilling to return to the old system . |
| 6 | Fighting back tears , his 50-year-old widow Sam said : ‘ He gave his life to British Airways and could have expected some support from them . |
| 7 | Though he got some support from Board members Hilary Wainwright and Vella Pillay of the Bank of China ( who changed his mind and agreed that Sutton had to go as soon as he saw Pilger 's pages ) , there was no real point . |
| 8 | This theory does indeed get some support from the way in which Eadmer concentrates his attention on the Investiture dispute during these years . |
| 9 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 10 | Provost John Cuningham , as leader of his party in the council of Inverkeithing , was well aware of political realities and accordingly pressed strongly for some support from his patrons , particularly in the case of the well-known John Main . |
| 11 | Every county his received some support from All Wales Strategy sources varying from core funding for a coordinator and placement costs for children with mental handicap to one-off grants or payment of incidental expenses . |
| 12 | Robertson expects some software vendors — the Oracles and Informixes of the world — to licence the relevant ANDF producer and generate ANDF versions of applications themselves , with some support from Praxis or OSF . |
| 13 | This reading of events gains some support from what little is known of the council 's role during April , before Gloucester and the prince reached London . |
| 14 | My hypothesis is that there is a space for a socialist argument in favour of investment planning ; that such an argument could be presented in such a way as to appeal to organised labour and even to broader strata of the population concerned about employment prospects and their standard of living in retirement ; that if organised workers were to support the proposal they could use their union organisation to press for social accountability of their savings funds ; and that if the proposals were not linked to a ‘ dogmatic ’ pursuit of nationalisation they would stand a chance of recruiting some support from the more progressive elements of the state and corporate salariat — those whose technical expertise would be required in any such project , even if it is overlaid with oppressive ‘ professional ’ and ‘ managerial ’ ideologies — helping to isolate , so far as possible , reactionary financier elements . |
| 15 | Before his association with William Smith and other Lollards of Leicester he had acted as a preacher and for a time as a hermit , with varied reception but some support from the Augustinian canons at Leicester Abbey . |
| 16 | The implication which follows , that the glacial erosional forms produced by arctic and by temperate glaciers differ in size and geometry , receives some support from the glacial geomorphology literature . |
| 17 | Should existing organic enterprises receive some support from the scheme ? |
| 18 | The Hellenic ideal — or ideals — that German intellectuals and writers hoped to live by could hardly command full allegiance without some support from the professionals in the field and perhaps some modification from their new ideas . |
| 19 | Although both these revolts secured some support from fairly widespread areas , this was not strong , and they were easily suppressed . |
| 20 | This reading of events gains some support from what little is known of the council 's role during April , before Gloucester and the prince reached London . |
| 21 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 22 | He was also confronted by continuing obstruction and hostility from Roosevelt , the US State Department , and Churchill ( though by this stage he could at least count on some support from the Foreign Office ) . |
| 23 | There was some support from respondents from all types of practice for applying the requirement to every firm , whilst others argued it should be limited to smaller firms and/or those in breach of the rules . |
| 24 | He may derive some support from the statement of Templeman LJ in Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd : I think it is a great pity that any landlord should require , or that any tenant should accept , a provision making time of the essence when the consequences are so onerous . |
| 25 | The British Youth Peace Assembly , a largely Communist gathering , was held in March 1936 , and attracted some support from branches of the Labour League of Youth and from the University Labour Federation . |
| 26 | Middleton said : ‘ We have had some encouraging words from the Scottish Secretary and we believe will get some support from Michael Heseltine at the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 27 | In that it has some support from the International Monetary Fund , whose managing director has urged the G7 to come up with at least $5 billion or $6 billion in special funding for Russia this year for such projects , as well as for Russian companies restructuring their operations and for further reform in such key areas as energy . |
| 28 | The European Commission has decided that the state aid offered to Digital Equipment Corp at its Scottish plant in Ayr conforms with Community rules , the Irish Department of Enterprise & Employment has had to admit : in a letter to the department , Brussels said ‘ The Commission , with regard to information provided by the UK authorities , considers the regional aid granted to the Ayr plant is in conformity with Community rules and the aid received is within the limits approved by the Commission for this region ’ ; the Irish government had asked for a review of state aid to DEC after it decided to transfer some operations from Galway to Ayr . |
| 29 | Ginny bought some milk from Mr Ahmet 's Corner Emporium & Newsagent 's on the corner . |
| 30 | To move to a rural area and to move away in some measure from traditional routine assembly techniques was seen as a partial answer to these problems . |