Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a friend 's studio she posed , head on one side and delicate long fingers hanging languidly from the enveloping sleeves of her home-made gown . |
| 2 | As Russians penetrated southwards from the forested zone ( taiga ) to the wooded steppe , and then the open grasslands , they built new fortresses . |
| 3 | These constraints lead decision-makers to deviate considerably from the comprehensive rationality model , but in six ways which add up to a positive theory of decision-making . |
| 4 | Down by the river the boys fish with rods cut straight from the surrounding forest and grill their catches on an open fire . |
| 5 | One of the planes , an enemy one she thought , suddenly blazed with a great yellow and red light from somewhere just behind its wings , and almost immediately , tiny bright fragments hurtled outwards from the burning plane , and it was gone . |
| 6 | Outboard interplane struts slanted outward from the lower wingtips , but a system of sturdy inverted V-struts and single struts supported the three 485hp Bristol Jupiter IX radial engines mounted on the upper wing . |
| 7 | Comparison of their chemistry with that of magmas erupted on oceanic islands demonstrates the plumes differ chemically from the upper mantle . |
| 8 | The grey eyes behind the spectacles wavered perplexedly from the denuded twigs to the caterpillar and hence to my face : ‘ But what can I do about it ? |
| 9 | In contrast , the expression level observed with the Short construct mice deviates markedly from the expected ratio and position effects are present above five copies/genome . |
| 10 | The Kingsley Club overlooked the wild and rugged Bathsheba beach , where huge boulders rose majestically from the thundering Atlantic surf . |
| 11 | Mirth being in decidedly short supply over the past few weeks amidst the myriad financial scandals and news of the ongoing long-gingering of the gay law reform bill , there was no doubt among the many disappointed punters turned away from the full house on opening night that they were still intent on partying on down at Cork 's new lesbian and gay centre , The Other Place . |
| 12 | It is hardly the same poem ; it seems to have meant more than slightly different things to three different people in different ages , if " meaning " involves something more than strict fidelity to content ( and even then the texts wander away from the original ) . |
| 13 | Over the following days between attacks he managed to pen his brilliant fifteen-page paper called " On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type " , and mailed it to Darwin , whom he had never met , with shy requests for his comments . |
| 14 | Yes , it was n't always very easy making ten-inch 78 r.p.m. records — four minutes each side — often with planes flying overhead from the nearby airport . |
| 15 | In contrast to the comments ( above ) on pavements with four pairs of interlaced squares , this mosaic can be considered one of the first examples of a distinctive saltire arrangement : an arrangement which has pelta-urns ( with bases facing away from the central roundel ) on each arm . |
| 16 | Local initiative and pluralism , growth of decision-making centres , and space for individual/group autonomy would promote an active citizenry as opposed to individuals set apart from the authoritative state which has grown under the Conservatives in the last twelve years . |
| 17 | Sterling opened at Dm2.3157 , just above the all-time low it touched on Wednesday , but picked up through the day as dealers switched away from the German currency . |
| 18 | The mill and brewery buildings date largely from the 18th and 19th centuries and are all in excellent condition . |
| 19 | Although it may be argued that a meaningful measure of comprehensive income can not be provided unless a full system of current value accounting is employed , the introduction of the SCFW is likely to encourage the preparers of financial statements to move away from the historical cost system and to value relevant assets at current values . |
| 20 | The notion that ideas come only from the professional specialists in the field must not be allowed to obtrude , nor the traditional ‘ we tried that and it did n't work ’ story . |
| 21 | The notion that ideas come only from the professional specialists in the field must not be allowed to obtrude , nor the traditional ‘ we tried that and it did n't work ’ story . |
| 22 | Then a distant trumpet blared a challenge , making Sharpe turn with astonishment to see black-coated horsemen streaming pell-mell from the fortress-like farm buildings . |
| 23 | Cole ( 1986 ) has investigated twelve high-use and twelve low-use campsites located away from the main tourist access routes in three desert vegetation types consisting of desert scrub , catclaw ( Acacia greggi ) and piñon-juniper ( Pinus edulie–Juniperus osteosperma ) communities . |
| 24 | Whilst TechDoc is certainly one of the older and more established of these compartments it is undergoing rapid change as the vendors break away from the dedicated hardware platforms of their recent past . |
| 25 | These were compared with similar figures derived previously from the orthopaedic departments of 17 district hospitals randomly situated throughout England . |
| 26 | All its problems arise directly from the political situation from which it springs , from the urgent need felt by the Government to distance themselves from the poll tax and the equal need to placate those internal supporters of the poll tax who will choke over any support for a property tax . |
| 27 | Some of those difficulties arise just from the general problem of applying biological models to a species which engages in intentional thought ; to that extent there is no special problem about altruism and morality . |
| 28 | In Priene some houses survive in part from the fourth to the second century B.C. , in Delos and Pompeii the structures date mainly from the second century B.C. Houses were inward-looking , few window and door openings breaking the blank exterior walls . |
| 29 | These inspired the Chinese people and within a few years , there had been major efforts to move away from the centralised , planned economic system which was typical of communist regimes . |
| 30 | Sandie 's true ambitions ran away from the desperate rat race and since then she had been content to dabble , treating her music as an entertaining sideline . |