Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , in that desolate chamber at Sheen I removed soft buskins from the corpse 's feet , carefully pushing back the blue robe and the white cotton shift beneath . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe that is true , but I ca n't see how it will deter a side which has superior scrummaging from trying to use it in such a situation ’ , said Ken Rowlands , the WRU director of refereeing . |
| 3 | The words in square brackets have now been repealed by the Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1982 , removing the anomaly which prevented local authorities from taking legal action under this section , in respect of odours affecting employees and others who were not inhabitants of the neighbourhood , despite being of the opinion that the odour was sufficiently obnoxious to amount to a nuisance . |
| 4 | The Yasukuni shrine issue had sparked fierce controversy in 1985 when Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first post-war Prime Minister to make an official visit [ see p. 34559 ] , an action which drew fierce criticism from neighbouring countries which had suffered during the Pacific War . |
| 5 | The Brian Whitmee Singers ' Competition has been established in memory of the former organiser of Richmond Folk Club who died last year from cancer , aged 44 . |
| 6 | The Brian Whitmee Singers ' Competition has been established in memory of the former organiser of Richmond Folk Club who died last year from cancer , aged 44 . |
| 7 | Before the study we obtained informed consent from all subjects . |
| 8 | To convert the principle into practice he needed detailed instructions from the centre . |
| 9 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 10 | However , there is a simple algorithm which invents intensional descriptions from raw clusters : |
| 11 | Were a similar case to arise today , it is almost certain that a strenuous argument would be mounted on the basis of Commonwealth precedents concerning the limited powers of central legislatures established by a ‘ superior ’ Act of the imperial Parliament which withheld certain matters from their purview . |
| 12 | But he certainly was n't the only one , on a composite course which comprised 15 holes from the Old course and three from the New . |
| 13 | The gas central heating system is built around a highly efficient condensing boiler which removes extra heat from flue gases and converts this otherwise wasted energy into usable warmth . |
| 14 | ‘ As a young child I pinched some prunings from my dad 's forsythia and planted them , ’ explains Ric of his beginnings . |
| 15 | He was appreciated there as a university teacher , latterly on the West Coast , but sometimes regarded as an exemplar of the type of European influence which discouraged American composers from coming to terms with their own background on their own terms . |
| 16 | While the inquiry into the crash which killed nine airmen from RAF Lyneham continues , low-level flying missions from the base carry on as before . |
| 17 | My favourite is deep water running — you know , the exercise which gets odd looks from lifeguards . |
| 18 | Harris still needed character , hard work and some spectacular court coverage to get him home by 1-9 , 6-9 , 9-4 , 9-2 , 9-3 against the local hero who got good support from the crowd to the bitter end . |
| 19 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 20 | A three year old girl who fell twenty feet from a window and survived is back at home . |
| 21 | When she became queen she encouraged English refugees from William the Conqueror 's tyranny to settle in her husband 's country , though in due course he was forced to reach an agreement with the Norman invader . |
| 22 | They had to take many economic decisions in the course of each annual cycle , and according to their status and wealth they made different decisions from one another in various places and over the year . |
| 23 | On his return he received consular office from the eastern emperor ; he subsequently chose Paris as his capital ; his last years were spent eliminating rival Frankish leaders . |
| 24 | The Church of England is expected to discipline a vicar who removed wooden crosses from a grave , despite the distress of the family involved . |
| 25 | President , Congress , already for former communist countries of Eastern Europe are attracting invest investment from multi-national companies from the West who see rich pickings from the those foot-in-the-door investments . |
| 26 | A pensioner who pulled two people from a burning car has received an award for heroism . |
| 27 | The little deer was seen staggering in a distressed and bloated condition , captured with difficulty and taken to a vet who pumped fermented corn from the stomach — presumably the fawn had gorged herself on pheasant feed . |
| 28 | The , my eye I got some drops from the chemist cos my eye was bad . |
| 29 | A Wave washed ashore and within its rushing sound I heard some hope from periodical land — that most finicky home to all media junkies everywhere.Rather than offer up another fascinating glimpse of some consumable , this Wave challenged me to look into myself and wonder whether organic intelligence is what we should be seeking.This story , Inner Space Outer Space has all the trappings of a mystery thriller , except the mystery is ancient and it is us . |
| 30 | But after a 7-month-long public inquiry which saw vigourous opposition from green groups to the plan , the Government has backed a recommendation by its Inspector that the bypass should not be built to the east of the city . |