Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also aims to increase its funding from the private sector . |
| 2 | ‘ Even during the days when he was critically ill , he was unable to distract his mind from the on-going reforms and economic development , ’ the obituary , issued through Xinhua news agency , said . |
| 3 | He writes in Our Lady : ‘ We are , after all , familiar enough with the tragedy of a certain feeling which is obliged to borrow its expression from the opposite feeling so as to escape from the myrmidons of the law . |
| 4 | During the late 1980s and early 1990s , investors thought they could successfully invest in ‘ growth ’ shares that were at once exciting and defensive — among them , the giant consumer-product and health-care companies whose pricing power was meant to guard their earnings from the cyclical downturns that the stockmarket was bound to suffer . |
| 5 | Marathon meeting MEMBERS of one of Britain 's most exclusive clubs are meeting at Land 's End to celebrate their marathons from the far north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall . |
| 6 | In the third part of his series on the agency , Nick Clark joined veteran newspaper photographer Monte Fresco as he attempted to pick his favourites from the huge Popperfoto collection . |
| 7 | The Keraing and his family came to wave us farewell from the cliff-top , and we sailed east into the gulf of Bone , and an empty blue sea . |
| 8 | A number of measures had been taken by the defendants to cover their tracks from the outside world . |
| 9 | Nicola Schreider would surely come to relish her freedom from the agonising uncertainty of loving Guy Sterne … |
| 10 | And so it had gone on , generation after generation , Dowd changing his face on occasion ( a simple trick , or feit ) so as to conceal his longevity from the withering human world . |
| 11 | Using his hands to steady himself , he managed to free his leg from the sucking morass . |
| 12 | His body was completely buried under a dirty rug , part of which Hurley held with one hand , ostensibly to cover his knees from the wintry air , but more particularly to hide his other hand in which was a gun pointed straight at his prisoner 's head . |
| 13 | Hamas was widely believed to draw its inspiration from the spiritual leaders of Mujama'a in the Gaza Strip . |
| 14 | He was so funny and entertaining — and made her laugh and smile so much — that by the time he led her from the dance-floor , to fill their plates from the groaning buffet table , she felt far more relaxed and at ease . |
| 15 | As long as the Soviet Union subscribed to this anti-fascist ethic , Nizan was willing to avert his gaze from the internal contradictions of the Soviet state itself . |
| 16 | DONALD Smith , Regional Manager , South of Scotland was presented with a farewell cheque to mark his retirement from the Royal Bank . |
| 17 | To detach his innovations from the metaphysical theology in which they were embedded would be a violation of his integrity as a thinker . |
| 18 | Bedmakers in Cambridge colleges were issued with stout gloves to protect their hands from the sharp sedge as they lit the fires in undergraduates ' rooms . |
| 19 | These were founded either by the late Saxon kings from Alfred onwards to protect their kingdom from the Scandinavian invaders or by the Scandinavians themselves , partly for defence , and partly tor the encouragement of trade . |
| 20 | The agreement required Iran to reduce its output from the current level estimated at around 3,800,000 bpd to 3,490,000 bpd , and Saudi Arabia to trim production slightly from 8,400,000 bpd to 8,390,000 bpd . |
| 21 | And it is photography which Messager uses to divert our attention from the sweet nostalgia of an imagined past . |
| 22 | Until then , we demand international forces to replace the occupation forces in order to protect our people from the oppressive measures which have become unbearable . ’ |
| 23 | I had to lift my gaze from the old dashboard that I had sat in front of for more than sixty years to a new one , and the only new one I knew of displayed the dials and instruments of what is called holistic medicine and which at that time I took to be something I knew virtually nothing about . |
| 24 | It was another stunningly hot , windless day , the sky an unclouded eggshell-blue , the temperature in the high seventies , so it was good to hang my head from the open window of Edward 's car and let the air come pelting at my face . |
| 25 | Newry Town are to withdraw their team from the Irish Youth League . |
| 26 | Kibaki and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , the veteran opposition leader , one-time Vice-President ( in 1964-66 ) and now leader of FORD-Kenya , were reported on Dec. 31 to have threatened to withdraw their parties from the electoral process , alleging widespread irregularities which they said in a statement were " fast pushing the nation to war " . |
| 27 | Both the July 24-25 meeting and the post-ministerial conference between ASEAN and its " dialogue partners " ( Australia , Canada , the European Communities ( EC ) , Japan , New Zealand and the United States ) held on July 27-29 were dominated by the question of Cambodia and in particular the recent US decision to withdraw its support from the Cambodian rebel government at the UN and to enter into talks with Vietnam [ see p. 37598 ] . |
| 28 | We did not reckon on greedy Labour authorities utilising the change to conceal vast increases in public expenditure that they forced on to thousands of unsuspecting electors in our communities , to try to persuade them to change their allegiance from the Conservative party to Labour . |
| 29 | He 'd encouraged her to look with his eyes — a planner 's eyes — at the scope of the whole thing ; to raise her sights from the individual plant in the bed , to the design of the whole park , and the needs and expectations it must fulfil . |
| 30 | I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start . |