Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 2 | But it is still too early to be certain , and the jury must remain out until there is sufficient evidence of a true change of heart to distinguish it from the earnest gestures of political expediency . |
| 3 | Such an astigmatic view of course excludes them from the main focus of research . |
| 4 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 5 | LMS , appraisal systems and governing body involvements compound the demands of heads to remove themselves from the classrooms , and to dictate instructions down the line . |
| 6 | In 1911 , aged twenty-nine , the Crown Prince was sent off to Danzig to command a Hussar Regiment ( it was a fairly transparent form of exile to preserve him from the temptations of political and amorous indiscretion in Berlin ) , but he showed himself singularly adept at escaping from the tedium of regimental duties . |
| 7 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
| 8 | As a symbol of his undying affinity to Barnet , Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club . |
| 9 | Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club . |
| 10 | The day begins at sunrise and an army of engineers check everything from the fuselage to the fuel valve . |
| 11 | We go into a state of shock to protect us from the knowledge . |
| 12 | Ahead of us the tall pines that stretch out across the frozen plain of Estonia distinguished themselves from the snow-coated sky and earth . |
| 13 | Every day the brave and clever assistant takes over from the master , whose slackness and lack of seriousness demotes him from the rank which seemed to be permanently his . ’ |
| 14 | This is not surprising when one considers the ways in which the attitudes and structures of society condition us from the early years of life . |
| 15 | Apart from the fact that they have an arrest rate lower than that of some of the older generation , there seems nothing of substance to distinguish them from the founders of the DUP party . |
| 16 | On Aug. 14 the Council of State disassociated itself from the government , claiming that it was " corrupt and incompetent " and had failed to deal with " terrorists " . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman conceded that it was an idea worth considering , whereas the Secretary of State mocked it from the outset . |
| 18 | An Early Day Motion has now been tabled in the House of Commons attacking the report and calling the Department of Health to distance itself from the recommendations . |
| 19 | She was heart-stoppingly aware of Niall watching her from the doorway , a glimmer of something she could n't fathom in his blue eyes . |
| 20 | Now only another thirty yards of lawn separated them from the side wall of the house . |
| 21 | Now it was a pillar of darkness covering him from the eyes of the watch as he stepped out from the trees and walked steadily across the open space of grass . |
| 22 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 23 | The Kamchatkans , a people of eastern Siberia , used to employ the intestines of bears as face-masks to protect them from the glare of the sun ; and they used the sharpened shoulder-blade for cutting grass . |
| 24 | They had been draped with canvas to protect them from the rain , and a watchman in wet buckram saluted civilly , then stepped back in haste to avoid the splashes thrown up by the hooves of the passing st'lyan . |
| 25 | To give you some idea of the scope of the problem and how multi-faceted it is ; Kermit Weeks , his staff and volunteers are finding and sorting the aircraft pieces , drying out books , covering aircraft and items of every other sort with plastic to protect them from the weather and they are also spraying the collection of spare aircraft parts which filled a 50,000sq ft building . |
| 26 | Tying pillows to their heads with towels to protect themselves from the larger falling lumps , they set off . |
| 27 | Another former confidant , John Biffen , in effect removed himself from the government after coded criticism of the Prime Minister 's strident , dogmatic style . |
| 28 | Despite this , the new president of the CSIC , José Mato , decided in November to exclude me from the examination and to cancel the competition . |
| 29 | One problem with that is that the feminist movement in Europe distances itself from the mass movement . |
| 30 | If I wish to buy a manufactured object from a shopkeeper , the shopkeeper must first obtain it from a wholesaler , the wholesaler must then in turn obtain it from the manufacturer , who must in turn obtain components and raw materials from other suppliers further down the line . |