Example sentences of "save from [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet they are saved from sentimentality by the wry humour of both text and pictures . |
| 2 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |
| 3 | Haig was saved from dismissal by defenders on the Unionist side , but Robertson 's removal caused a small stir , and Unionists voted in force to save Lloyd George 's face in the Maurice debate . |
| 4 | The ad hoc collection of topics is saved from nonentity by the stature of the contributors ; especially Daniel C. Dennett , who both contributes the interesting paper ‘ Making sense of ourselves ’ and whose important ideas on intentionality are well described and discussed by Stephen Stich , and by Paul and Patricia Churchland and Colin McGinn . |
| 5 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 6 | Pravda , formerly the newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party , announced its intention to increase publication from three to five times weekly from Sept. 1 , having been saved from bankruptcy by establishing a joint venture with a Greek businessman who retained a controlling share . |
| 7 | Oxleas Wood was saved from development by public subscription in the 1920s . |
| 8 | The composition is saved from monotony by the subtle characterisation of these figures , and united by the concentration on them effected by the inward-facing chariot-teams and the looks of some of the seated figures and of the two reclining in the angles who frame the design . |
| 9 | Most are malnourished , only saved from starvation by water and food provided en route by the Red Cross . |
| 10 | The classic case is that of the American bison , reduced from millions to a handful of individuals , and saved from extinction by a hair 's breadth . |
| 11 | St George 's Market ( 1896 ) handsome redbrick buildings — may now be saved from ruin by proposals for restoration |
| 12 | BRIDE Sarah Mustoe 's big day was saved from disaster by something borrowed and something blue — a police car with a flashing light . |
| 13 | WORLD-FAMOUS former Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro was saved from disaster by a sharp-eyed West Somerset Railway Signals and Telegraph Engineer . |
| 14 | It took them five overs to score their first run and they were only saved from disaster by captain Allan Lamb . |
| 15 | The style of the place was very much mid-seventies , a long open-plan corridor of painted brick which was saved from cheapness by the rich texture of the veneered doors and woodwork of the offices down its length . |
| 16 | After the desertion of Gilbert de Clare and the escape of Edward , the king 's son [ q.v. ] , from captivity , Fitzjohn was with Montfort on his final campaign and was captured at the battle of Evesham ( 4 August 1265 ) , being saved from death by the royalist Roger de Clifford [ q.v. ] , who had married his niece . |
| 17 | After a meeting with him Clwyd North West Tory MP Rod Richards declared : ‘ The Point of Ayr colliery can be saved from closure by British Coal . ’ |
| 18 | The true story of a major league baseball star who went from the street corner to stardom and then to armed robbery but is saved from destruction by a one in a million chance . |
| 19 | No one will explain why he should have had a turtle-shell to lie in instead of some more orthodox cradle , but during the anti-monarchical excesses of the French Revolution this venerable carapace is said to have been saved from destruction by a naturalist of Pau , who was able to switch it for one without any such incriminatory associations from his own collection . |
| 20 | The plot has an almost geometric neatness , but is saved from aridity by Yorke 's sense of humour and excellent use of detail . |
| 21 | His two children , aged 18 months and seven months , were sleeping eight feet from the explosion , but were saved from injury by the bomb-proofing and reinforced glass that all VIPs in the province get in their homes . |
| 22 | She had worked for the Underground movement , involved in forging passports and papers for people trying to escape across the Channel ; had been discovered but saved from death by a German , who had raped her and kept her as his own prisoner . |