Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 2 | In the hypothetical case of his son and daughter Gandhi would consider that he was acting out of moral considerations in taking his son 's life in order to save him from unnecessary suffering , and his daughter 's life in order to save her from the threat of violation . |
| 3 | Vélez was on a list of judges ( jueces sin rostro ) whose identity had been kept hidden in order to protect them from such attacks and to encourage their independence . |
| 4 | If , for many years , tears have been frozen in order to protect us from intense pain , the process of thawing out may require great delicacy and sensitivity . |
| 5 | We will call inferences of this type bridging inferences in order to distinguish them from all the possible inferences which could be drawn from a particular sentence . |
| 6 | It became customary to refer to all bovines as ‘ black cattle ’ in order to distinguish them from other ‘ cattle ’ such as horses , sheep and pigs . |
| 7 | It , too , must now be separately assessed in order to distinguish it from that part of general damages that bears interest — namely , damages for pain and suffering and loss of amenities ( Pickett v British Rail Engineering Limited [ 1980 ] AC 136 ) . |
| 8 | In fact , the term ‘ interest ’ is applied to a claim in order to distinguish it from other claims , usually with the implication that the claim labelled an interest deserves a remedy . |
| 9 | To this end it announced that the electoral commission was to be reconstituted in order to free it from political influence and manipulation . |
| 10 | He published Directions for Bringing over Seeds and Plants from the East Indies and other Distant Countries in a State of Vegetation ( 1770 ) and one method he favoured was to coat seeds in wax to protect them from extreme temperatures . |