Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] from [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The pilot survey should be the crucial stage at which the surveyor is forced to come down from the ivory tower and communicate with the respondents .
2 I rather think the Liberals , who stand to benefit greatly from the SNP initiative , should have supported it .
3 What is it that motivates painters to work directly from the landscape motif ?
4 At the same time , two other research programmes that stood to benefit handsomely from the stimulus plan — the $103 million proposed for the Advanced Technology Program ( ATP ) within the Department of Commerce and $47 million sought for cooperative research agreements between industry and the national laboratories in the Department of Energy — are expected to remain important priorities for the Clinton administration and to enjoy rising budgets in 1994 despite the temporary setback in Congress .
5 Over the years the first edition ( 1954 ) of this work has acquired something of the aura of a ‘ classic ’ text , and one or other of the editions is never likely to stray far from the student petrographer 's microscope .
6 Alan Hepple ( Cairns Angling ) , at the next peg upstream , clinched runner-up spot taking 8–5–0 as the main shoal refused to wander far from the wear top .
7 Er the home office really did n't know what they were talking about they gave these two models of the unpaid volunteer er no uniform , no training , no powers , to come out from the community work with the community under the eyes and ears of the police .
8 Well , I am quite willing to find out from the City Council Officers after this programme what the numbers are , if that 's the issue you want explored , and we 'll come back to you with the precise details .
9 Satellites and cellular telephones allow us to converse instantaneously from a London street to the Australian outback .
10 The calculated , dictated fairness that the ration book represented went on into the new decade , and when we moved from Hammersmith to Streatham Hill in 1951 there were medicine bottles of orange juice and jars of Virol to pick up from the baby clinic for my sister .
11 Widely regarded as a principal rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhaven , Chaovalit had given little indication of his likely response to the Cabinet invitation which had been made after he announced his intention to retire early from the Army command [ see also p. 37188 ] .
12 In terms of short-term economic measures , the main thrust of government policy was to drain off from the economy excess money which was fuelling inflation , contributing to constant shortages and frustrating efforts at economic control .
13 He began to walk away from the burial ground , his heart surging with excitement .
14 We are entitled to expect more from a Lord Chancellor .
15 He also has to be a front runner for the captaincy of Scotland and indeed , if so chosen , would become only the eighth to do so from the fullback position , following W.D .
16 If you have a lot of sanding to do away from a power source , the Bosch is a well made , quiet sander that is just the job .
17 Variations include larger reservoirs of 1 litre or more and a heavier version with a longer range fitted with a separate pistol grip and a flexible feed tube that can be used to draw directly from a bulk container .
18 However , it was also unable to run away from the peace process since the dangers of doing nothing were even greater .
19 The Iraqi government on Sept. 1 reinforced its orders directing the air force to keep away from the air exclusion zone enforced by the Western allies south of the 32nd parallel [ see p. 39069 ] , and instructed ground forces not to fire at Western aircraft .
20 ‘ Thank goodness we 've always warned the servants who have charge of the children , to keep away from the river bank . ’
21 It is for this reason that we decided not to input existing historical information to our CPIS ( though historical information would begin to build up from the launch date of the system , so providing an accurate historical background to an individual employee record ) .
22 Such people should be able to fight well from a lagging position .
23 Motoring : Miles of smiles as the diesel comes of age : Brett Fraser on the Citroen AX , which offers fuel economy without much sacrifice in performance to drivers willing to turn away from the petrol engine
24 I want to turn now from the research library in its university information context to developments at national level relevant to the seminar discussion .
25 It is now necessary to turn briefly from the banking system to the financial system of an economy as a whole .
26 When he has good selective movements in his hemiplegic leg , he may be able to get down from the bath seat into the bath tub .
27 In 1918 , a majority of the county 's miners voted for its replacement by a day-rate system , but there were differences within the workforce over its implementation and the colliery companies were reluctant to change away from the butty system ( Griffin , 1962 , pp. 53–4 ) .
28 That was when she started using her mother 's name , Linnarz , to get away from the Eismark stig-ma .
29 Unlike the creatures pursued by film-makers , which usually ca n't wait to get away from the camera crew , this lot ca n't wait to get close .
30 It is a defeat for the regime to have to warn an entire city population to stay away from the Tiananmen Square
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