Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [adv] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend , who has been courteous and kind in meeting delegations led by me and by other hon. Members to discuss the problem , has pointed out from time to time that the scheme is the responsibility of the county council . |
| 2 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 3 | The number of credit cards has shot up from 9.8m in 1979 to 28.4m now . |
| 4 | After just two days on the market , the software group has shot up from 70p to 113p — great news for the institutions who got in on the ground floor . |
| 5 | The southern Swedish Red Polled variety is similar to Norway 's Red Polled Østland and the West Finnish and has suffered badly from competition from the SRB and the SLB . |
| 6 | This strategic reorientation has progressed furthest in RX , which has moved away from copiers as its core business to customer-specified integrated office systems . |
| 7 | The economic recession of the late 1970s has meant not only that government funds have become even more scarce for such policies but also that government and public concern has shifted away from issues of inequality to concentrate on the problems of productivity and economic growth . |
| 8 | The evening sun has burst out from cloud over London and flooded the fronts of the houses in the lane with a mature and contented light . |
| 9 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 10 | Citrus fruit consumption has gone up from 2.70oz per person per week in 1982 for oranges to 2.99oz , and for other citrus fruits from 1.72oz to 2.19oz . |
| 11 | Salad consumption has gone up from 1.44oz to 1.89oz per week . |
| 12 | Over the last 20 years a pint of milk has increased five-fold from 5p to 26p today , and a loaf of bread has gone up from 10p to 47p . |
| 13 | VETERAN film star Glenn Ford has gone home from hospital after two months of fighting for his life . |
| 14 | The pendulum has swung away from safety to economics . |
| 15 | It seems Spain has taken over from Italy as chief innovator on the modern scene : ‘ The 1990s will see Spain firmly positioned at the top of the international market , ’ declares Robert Smith . |
| 16 | ‘ This , ’ Woods was saying several minutes later , ‘ I suspect has taken over from Hell as the most famous bunker in the world . ’ |
| 17 | This creeping destruction of workers ' rights has spread rapidly from journalists to printers , from tanker drivers to docks , telecom managers to mines , and lecturers to insurance staff . |
| 18 | That added to the bitterness which has lived on from generation to generation . |
| 19 | The share of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has edged up from 9% to 11% . |
| 20 | To return to the example , the non-distressed parent may choose to make explicit to the friend her own thinking , such as ‘ well , the children do usually obey us and every parent gets wound up from time to time with their child ’ . |
| 21 | Sometimes a trait gets passed on from generation to generation , and sometimes it can be missed out altogether . |
| 22 | So this is how one chance question at evening classes gets passed on from machine to machine . |