Example sentences of "and [vb -s] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are now several benefits — family credit , free school meals , housing benefit and grants from the Social Fund , for example — that can help families in financial need , but the processes of application and appeal for these are complex enough to warrant the assistance of social workers in many instances . |
| 2 | Usually they cleared underbrush and weeds from the rubber groves from one o'clock until sunset , but the new quotas ordered by Duclos that morning meant they had to tap and collect from more than a hundred extra trees through the hot afternoon although their energies were largely spent . |
| 3 | Crawford returned to repertory work to be there for the first three months , appearing alongside stars such as Leo McKern , who had turned down two films and offers from the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company to go to Nottingham , and classical actor John Neville , who had just starred in Alfie on the London stage and was giving up 200-a-week West End rates for the 20 to 50 Playhouse level . |
| 4 | Many illustrations described as woodcuts are not , strictly speaking , woodcuts at all since , from about 1830 , it became common to make stereotypes and electrotypes from the original wood blocks , which would stand up to only comparatively small editions . |
| 5 | ″ ) is light , stiff and benefits from the straight throat beam ( STB ) design which helps to prevent the racket twisting after off centre hits . |
| 6 | A similar greeting evoked a series of grunts and groans from the neighbouring tent . |
| 7 | When results began to come in from the field researchers , Highlander served as the collection , organisation and computation centre , and held workshops to allow participants to draw some very marked comparisons and contrasts from the raw data . |
| 8 | In another work , a lesbian , Marga Gomez , ‘ rewrites the Bible , battles extortionists , and reads from the lost journals of Anais Nin , on the eve of her appearance on a television talk show as an ‘ adult female homosexual ’ ’ ’ . |
| 9 | For the special Christmas episode , ‘ The Feast of Steven ’ , an episode never screened abroad , Camfield wanted to use the main actors and sets from the popular Z Cars series ( including Brian Blessed , Colin Welland and James Ellis ) in cameo appearances . |
| 10 | The oral shield has an irregular shape , although it may sometimes be hourglass shaped , and extends from the oral frame on to the interradial area . |
| 11 | He also hopes the new format will attract new readers , both those who do not regularly read a daily newspaper and converts from the rival Liberation - which has won an extraordinary success among younger readers with its mix of lively writing , news features and bold use of photography and design . |
| 12 | Yet here they have found that the newcomers are also opposed to the construction of further council housing in the village on the grounds that it is ‘ detrimental to the character of the village ’ and detracts from the rural environment . |
| 13 | The most effective method that I can recommend is to remove carefully all your pressed flowers and leaves from the blotting paper with a pair of tweezers , and store them in small , clear-fronted cellophane bags . |
| 14 | The entries will be opened on Friday July 31st and proceeds from the successful bid will be donated to the Parkinson 's Disease Society . |
| 15 | It is about eight inches in length and runs from the urinary bladder , through the prostate gland , under the front of the pelvis , and , passing through the corpus spongiosum , it ends at the tip of the glans penis in an opening called the urethral meatus . |