Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seventy-two per cent of those who had previously worked were currently unemployed as a direct result of their heroin use : 17 were dismissed for continual lateness and/or absenteeism ; two were dismissed for theft from work to finance their habit ; two lost their jobs when they were imprisoned for burglary or possession of heroin ; one was dismissed after two years of illness related to his drug use ; and one went bankrupt trying to support his habit . |
| 2 | Moreover , even at common law a lease which ought to be made by deed but is not will not completely fail of effect , if possession is taken and rent paid under it ; the tenant will be treated as tenant from year to year upon the terms of the lease so far as they are applicable to such a tenancy . |
| 3 | These data will then be supplemented with material from sources in order to examine the movements of and employment opportunities available to women at different stages in the life-cycle . |
| 4 | It followed that the periods varied in length from season to season and hence the duration of the hours fluctuated . |
| 5 | She had come to England from Berlin in the 1930s and had begun her studies at Central School of Arts and Crafts . |
| 6 | Of even greater interest was the flat statement that the BKA , working with German intelligence , had established that the bomb had been carried to Frankfurt from Damascus via Cyprus . |
| 7 | The invasion never came and the tower was left to decay until 1850 when it was renovated by the Royal Engineers and occupied by artillerymen from Leith until 1869 . |
| 8 | Deaf people are effectively discouraged by regulations from training as teachers of the deaf . |
| 9 | Since — outside the public sector , or some industry-wide schemes — only Britain offers ‘ portable ’ pensions , carried by employees from job to job , British pension funds can expect to win recruits from other countries . |
| 10 | Zilog accounts for another 40 per cent of sales and the rest is made up of Z80s manufactured under licence from Zilog by companies like Mostek , SGS and Sharp . |
| 11 | The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission , now headed by that great Canadian , Mr Hector Charlesworth , was beset with complaints from Quebec about English being spoken on national network stations in their province , while listeners in the prairies , maritimes and west coast regions cursed the CRBC when the French-Canadian announcers said ‘ Ici Radio Canada … ’ and went on to announce the programme in French . |
| 12 | But steam-distillation suffered from interference from products of the fire . |
| 13 | Despite the recession , the market for solicitors ' advice on business affairs has grown in value from £1,400m. in 1989 to an estimated £1,700m. [ excluding property work ] . |
| 14 | The Government of India had only moved to Delhi from Calcutta in 1911 , and the magnificent Lutyens buildings which today dominate New Delhi were still being built . |
| 15 | Following the death , on 29 June 1523 , of Thomas Spring of Lavenham , ‘ the rich clothier ’ , his commercial empire had been dismantled , and his immense fortune , £3,200 net , dispersed among his heirs , most of it to his widow and daughter ; his son had already chosen to live as a gentleman and was duly taxed on £20 from lands in 1524 , and the firm ceased trading . |
| 16 | Rising expectations of a successful conclusion of peace talks between the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) government and the United States-backed National Union for Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) were realized on May 1 , when a ceasefire was agreed and a peace agreement initialled [ see also page 38133 ] to end a civil war which had raged since independence from Portugal in 1975 . |
| 17 | The sand — housed in what was claimed to be a mock-up of a nuclear flask [ two old oil drums sporting radiation stickers and lined with plastic bags ] — had been collected by Greenpeace from beaches near Sellafield . |
| 18 | This process is slow in unmyelinated fibres but quicker in myelinated ones , when the action potential is transmitted by jumps from node to node . |
| 19 | Duddingston village owes its existence to a church built by monks from Kelso in 1143 . |
| 20 | The monopolist would have to adjust output to Q1 and the gap in satisfying market demand in the UK at this price would be met by imports from Germany of Q1 — Q3 . |
| 21 | Article 1 of the 1896 Convention provided for service at the request of officers of the ministère public or of the courts of a Contracting State addressed to the competent authority in the state of destination ; the diplomatic channel was to be used for communication from country to country unless direct communication between the relevant authorities of the two states was allowed by bilateral agreement . |
| 22 | This is arranged in encyclopaedic form , in loose-leaf binders , some statutes being reprinted with amendments from time to time . |
| 23 | ‘ It is evident then that to prevent explosions in coal mines , it is only necessary to use air-tight lanterns supplied with air from tubes of small diameter or from openings covered with wire gauze … |
| 24 | The government was said also to have acted under pressure from hard-liners in the ruling Congress ( I ) who favoured the blanket dismissal of all BJP ministries . |
| 25 | ( Since UN sanctions against Iraq were imposed , over 4,300 people have died in Iraq from lack of medicines . ) |
| 26 | Over 15,000 piglets have died in transit from Germany at the Spanish border , after officials delayed their passage through concern that they might be carrying a newly discerned pig illness . |
| 27 | Next year 's exhibition schedule at The Royal Academy includes a survey of eighteenth-century Venetian art which will be shown in London from September to December before moving to the National Gallery of Art , Washington , from January to April 1995 . |
| 28 | Throughout this book , however , we have drawn on examples from research in other sign languages and found parallel or identical structures . |
| 29 | Of the 21 attacks attributed to Iran from January to May 1986 , over half occurred in this area and many involved helicopters . |
| 30 | In the face of continued violence by armed bands the Army commander , Lt.-Col. Desi Bouterse , agreed to requests from Brunswijk for direct talks and a meeting between the two was held in Paramaribo on Dec. 19 . |