Example sentences of "be [adj] from the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
2 | Either condition is unsatisfactory from the banks ' point of view . |
3 | However , it is difficult to say if this is desirable from the residents ' point of view , or whether they would prefer to live in a mixed group of people with differing levels of disability ; when asked , most patients express a preference for being with others who do not have behavioural problems . |
4 | Under the influence of excessive risk aversion managers are thus liable to cause the firm to grow to an inefficient size and to engage in other forms of behaviour which are sub-optimal from the shareholders ' point of view , such as making low dividend payouts and an inadequate use of the company 's borrowing capacity . |
5 | Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals ' point of view , because it was n't helping them to win the war . |
6 | The Pahls in their study had quite a high rate of non-co-operation : twenty of the group of 113 managers whom they wanted to study did not complete the questionnaire ( although the response rate was higher from the wives ' postal questionnaire ) ; of the twenty-nine couples who were asked to give home interviews , six refused and six did not answer the letter . |