Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their exploitation of this recently opened path aroused jealousy among the knights , one of whom refused to answer a charge levelled against him by the Erembalds in the court of Charles the Good , on the ground that his accusers ' lowly social origins barred them from comital justice . |
| 2 | If British Naval Intelligence heard nothing from her , they 'd presume the Dane was hostile , and the raid would go ahead as planned . |
| 3 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 4 | Within the crowded streets and lively squares of the city lie a plethora of tiny open-air stalls selling everything from incense to caged pigeons , over six thousand restaurants serving the gamut of cuisine from Korean to French , and an array of gleaming hitech buildings housing progressive computer companies and financial whizzes . |
| 5 | The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again . |
| 6 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 7 | If that individual is not its mother but a human foster parent feeding it from a bottle , the lamb imprints on whoever held the bottle . |
| 8 | If you take that kind of view , then of course Russell 's persistent emotionality and his characterization of the world in these personal terms is a failure , erm something that he was never able to overcome , something for all his passionate moral convictions prevented him from really seeing himself at one with other people . |
| 9 | RUGBY SCHOOL 's ambitious Antipodean tour took them from the birthplace of the game in England to Nelson , where the first game of rugby was played in New Zealand between the Nelson club and Nelson College in 1870 . |
| 10 | The incredible red head distinguishes it from all of them except ‘ C. ’ fenestratum , and these too , are easily differentiated as fenestratum has horizontal bars on the head , a longitudinal band , and a series of vertical bars on the body . |
| 11 | Ireland is presented as a place whose feminine nature makes the country require a more powerful masculine presence to keep it from the savagery of the giant who is unmistakably a Roman Catholic monster . |
| 12 | Then came the Reverends Brown and Cope , and it was the latter who in 1877 witnessed the radical and excessive restoration of the ancient whitewashed church to produce what from a distance looks almost totally Victorian with its new little lead-covered spire and shingled bell turret . |
| 13 | No black on wings and no long trailing legs distinguish them from all other large white birds in flight . |
| 14 | Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean . |
| 15 | Why not make a visit to the International Motor Show , the British International Antiques Fair , or any of the numerous public exhibitions covering everything from photography to holidays and travel , and classic cars to boats and caravans . |
| 16 | These children had completed their preparatory year and were of normal intelligence but severe physical problems prohibited them from entering regular school . |
| 17 | This was in line with general Jordanian policy to distance itself from Iraq . |
| 18 | It is rather sad that due to the subsequent rather narrow defeat of the motion that we find that such a large complement of Northern Labour MPs absented themselves from such a vital environmental vote due to prior engagements and by doing so thus failed to support their Labour colleague Kevin McNamara , the sponsor of the Bill , and failed to contribute to ending once and forever this sickening , depraved social pastime . |
| 19 | A big young man uncurled himself from the driving seat , stretched to his full six feet two , and yawned . |
| 20 | The dictates of self-preservation often ensured that the respectable young working woman dissociated herself from the known prostitute , since association with prostitutes rendered a woman 's character suspect to the police and could lead to her name being placed on the registration list . |
| 21 | Resting gratefully on his pitchfork as they waited for a slow-moving loaded wagon to reach them from the far end of the field , Seb said , ‘ There 'll be another hundred acres to work by the spring . |
| 22 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |
| 23 | Business people can argue that the ‘ realities ’ of the new competitive marketplace prevent them from being burdened again with expensive labour contracts , health and safety regulations and pollution controls . |
| 24 | The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour . |
| 25 | The village hall is run by an energetic committee who have raised sufficient money over the past few years to convert it from a wooden building to a brick one , and to refurbish the interior . |
| 26 | Self-worth motivated children protect themselves from the risk of failure on a high status task ; they maintain that they could succeed , but see no point in making the effort . |
| 27 | Our handsome first edition covers everything from suits to casual wear . |
| 28 | Huge golden canopies shielded them from the 100-degree heat . |
| 29 | A short summary of what you regard as your strong points makes an excellent final paragraph to distinguish you from other candidates . |