Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s while UK exports of manufactures levelled off from the late 1970s , making the UK a net importer of manufactured goods for the first time in the long history we have described ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 2 | Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care |
| 3 | The lines of the images stand out from the high quality Montval paper and are accompanied by a braille text . |
| 4 | Despite the opportunities opened out from the late eighteenth century by an expanding grain trade , a marked increase in the land available , and a steady rise in labour and money dues extracted from the peasantry , the nobility found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 5 | Koreans flooded in from the new colony in search of work and livelihood . |
| 6 | Bush Vark 's First Day Out by Charles Fuge ( MacMillan , £6.95 ) Winner of The Mother Goose Award and the MacMillan Prize 1988 Three pairs of creaturely eyes stare out from the deep black inside covers of Bush Vark 's First Day Out , whetting young appetites for nocturnal mystery and the pleasurable horrors encountered by Charles Fuge 's cheery little vark , with his slippery passivity and plain good fortune . |
| 7 | Bigwig 's eyes were closed and his lips pulled back from the long front teeth in a fixed snarl . |
| 8 | When Kit , informed by his scout that the enemy was present , gave the first order to fire , the soft promise of the light burst into flame ; the vanguard of the islanders fell back from the English muskets . |
| 9 | The VPE , headed by Solange Fernex , also wants the funds left over from the Presidential campaign of Bruce Lalonde , one of the AT 's leading lights , to go into a common kitty , rather than being set aside for a future bid for power by Lalonde — perhaps in the European parliament elections in 1984 . |
| 10 | Every now and then , one of the tall waves thundering in from the open ocean carries within it a dark sinister presence . |
| 11 | Only his bright red lips and large blue eyes stood out from the general blackness . |
| 12 | The East Anglians stood out from the local people , both by reason of their speech and their dress . |
| 13 | She could tell she was going to get no response from Coffin , although he was being polite , when a crowd of youngsters swarmed in from the local youth club . |
| 14 | The warm wind blew her hair from her face and she gazed out across the sea where craggy pitons struggled up from the blue sea . |
| 15 | The institutes which began to open in London in the late 1850s appear to have recruited from among the lower-middle class , though Waldo McGillicuddy Eagar , a young Edwardian club worker ( later to be a leading figure in the National Association of Boys ' Clubs ) claimed that ‘ as anxiety about the working classes was intensified , some Youths ’ Institutes reached down from the middle classes to the poor , and increasingly diluted their formal educational programmes with recreational activities . |
| 16 | Winters are cold , with biting winds sweeping in from the Hungarian plain . |
| 17 | ‘ What does this mean for those millions in Britain who live their lives shut out from the Conservative view of how society should be ? |
| 18 | Fenella remembered the houses on Renascia and how they had nearly always had sculleries and washing houses jutting out from the main rooms . |
| 19 | Her insistence on setting up lone stations cut off from the central missionary settlement led her into conflict with the authorities , who often thwarted her persistent applications to go further ‘ up-country ’ . |
| 20 | On the one hand we can see it as a master stroke of the Devil : Christians and humans everywhere have been forced into private enclaves cut off from the public world and each other . |
| 21 | When nuclear family segments break off from the joint family for one reason or another , the values of the joint family nevertheless continue to plague them . |
| 22 | Modern skilifts run up from the alpine terrace to the Fronalpstock . |
| 23 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |
| 24 | However , it became established at Woodford and through Warner 's generosity offshoots were distributed , as were many other rarities raised by him from seeds brought in from the Far East . |
| 25 | The echo of the twin motors crackled back from the nearby buildings like the sound of a battle-tank firing up for action . |
| 26 | There are so many historical sights to take in from the ancient temples , the Valley of the Kings on the West Bank to the High Dam at Aswan . |
| 27 | Those with warm indoor quarters sought out their warmest nooks , while others , like the eagles , did their best to find refuge in their open shelters looking out from the frozen draughty shadows on to a bitter world . |
| 28 | How are things going on from the other point of view ? |
| 29 | As she walked across it , Cleo gazed at the blaze of lights shining out from the imposing architectural piles that dominated the hills ahead . |
| 30 | For the bridge Encore have used rosewood , with the strings fixed through from the rear edge . |