Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] from a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The February index shows the increase in total earnings at management level down from an annual rate of 8.3 p.c. in December to 7 p.c. , from 7 p.c. to 5.6 p.c. at clerical level and from 7.4 p.c. to 6.8 p.c. among operatives . |
| 2 | If he wanted to keep his horse away from a certain mare he had only to rub some of the liquid on the stallion 's bridle or on the mare to ensure that the horse would not go near her . |
| 3 | Blinded in one eye and losing blood rapidly from a punctured artery in her neck , she dropped back unnoticed by the others . |
| 4 | For those people who can sever their own feet and lurch away , they got it round the neck later from a special breed of Tightness that lives in the baskets of flowers up lamp posts . |
| 5 | Roland drew his breath in minor shock : Maud said , ‘ Oh , the dolls ’ — and Sir George brought his light back from a blank mirror entwined with gilded roses and focused it on the three rigid figures , semi-recumbent under a dusty counterpane , in a substantial if miniature four-poster bed . |
| 6 | That which sets a limited partnership apart from an ordinary partnership is the fact that provided certain requirements are met ‘ limited partners ’ may escape full liability for partnership debts ; thus their liability is limited to the extent of their investment in the partnership . |
| 7 | The Polish replica moved the breaking of Enigma on from a theoretical exercise to a practical one and Knox always gave the Poles credit for the part they played . |
| 8 | You may be receiving help soon from an unexpected source . ’ |
| 9 | He had sought and received asylum in the Senegalese embassy in Conakry only a month after his return home from a long period of exile [ see p. 38181 ] . |
| 10 | The British squad members may not be fully rested after their return yesterday from a 2½-week training trip to the United States , but their presence will serve as a psychological boost to their teams . |
| 11 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 12 | If we are to see evolutionary processes in action in plant communities and the proximal events determining their character we must focus our attention away from an anthropomorphic scale of acres or square metres and onto a scale appropriate to the organisms with which we are concerned . |
| 13 | Some people find a change of soap powder can help , especially a move away from a biological powder . |
| 14 | Nabb made its first move away from a manual system about eight years ago when the UK office installed a single-user version of Omicron PowerSystems . |
| 15 | So , all in all , Uzzell said he felt quite reassured by the results — ‘ with the shift away from a hardware-oriented industry towards an emphasis on software , services and global networking , integrators who understand business issues have a vital role to play in the industry ’ . |
| 16 | It seems likely , however , that there was some relative shift away from a traditional leisure preference over the eighteenth century . |
| 17 | Cranston 's wife Maude rejoined him , still behaving as if Athelstan had brought her husband home from a heroic field of battle rather than half drunk , his doublet stained with vomit . |
| 18 | Darren bought a 72,000-mile Sierra Sapphire 16 months ago and has now run the mileage up to an incredible 112,500 miles with no attention apart from a new exhaust , replacement rev-counter and three services . |
| 19 | The rustling of Spittals ' hands , one across the other , backwards and forwards , was the only sound in the room apart from a demented fly . |
| 20 | They drank red wine too from a small earthenware jug , toasting each other , savouring the delectable flavours of the food and their new-found joy . |
| 21 | Do you need to give some free line because the chub are sucking the bait in from a considerable distance ? |
| 22 | Another man who was unknown to Carson put his head through from a connecting office . |
| 23 | To draw emphasis away from a square jawline , hair was permed and left to dry naturally . |
| 24 | Have you ever tried to take a bone away from a strange dog ? |
| 25 | Cartographic logic suggests it was in fact an isolated hill that stands above the headwaters of the Rio Congo — an unspectacular 1,800 ft-high hillock , somewhat denuded of trees , a short distance away from a rudimentary track ( made by wild pigs , or cattle , or perhaps by people long ago ) which can still be discerned in the jungle . |
| 26 | A promotion-chasing football team has taken the day off from a hectic training schedule to record a pop song . |
| 27 | THE Bank of England came under strong criticism yesterday from a cross-party committee of MPs over its role in the collapse of the Bank of Credit & Commerce International . |
| 28 | I tried to ring the emergency telephone lines all day yesterday from a public phone box , but could never get through . |
| 29 | That means we were inclined to expect such behaviour even from a sane Stavrogin . ’ |
| 30 | The existing libertarian order in the West is no longer rooted in a consensus that drains its inspiration ultimately from a common set of unquestioned beliefs . |