Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] from [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked so dignified , so calm , so thankful to be gone from this world and from his troublesome son . |
| 2 | " We do n't want to be separated from each other . " |
| 3 | Herbert who were concerned to protect civil liberties , outweighed any advantages to be gained from such legislation . |
| 4 | In my opinion it would be better to let sleeping dogs lie as there would be no mileage to be gained from such move . |
| 5 | If there 's any possibility of anything to be gained from this operation — and in the absence of the kind of labour you 'd prefer to have on a job like this — I thought an extra pair of hands might be welcome . ’ |
| 6 | There is clearly mutual benefit to be gained from this acquisition , for both our UK and US companies , and we look forward to this area of our business competing effectively on an international basis . ’ |
| 7 | The conscious wish of every parent is to launch their children as competent , independent adults , and much satisfaction and pride is to be gained from this process . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , there is some inspiration to be garnered from this book . |
| 9 | In fact , a heavy Russian attack was shortly to be mounted from this direction . |
| 10 | Thus the system of exogamy prevailed , according to which a bride had to be obtained from another clan , ‘ bride-price ’ and dowry being given according to an agreement between the parents . |
| 11 | The case needs to be handled from that point of view too . |
| 12 | One of the design 's eccentricities is that the gear never retracts fully , leaving a stub of tyre to be seen from each wheel . |
| 13 | ‘ The show needs to be seen from this height ! ’ he shouted as a rivet gun started battering the iron frame of the tower behind them , ‘ but it 's not a domestic environment , not at all . ’ |
| 14 | The use of a tunable laser may be helpful , as excitation profiles , which show the intensity of resonance-enhancement as a function of exciting frequency , may allow overlapping electronic bands to be distinguished from each other . |
| 15 | This step prolonged the localisation of PCNA immunoreactivity in time , which is especially useful in multicentre studies , where biopsy specimens have to be sent from several endoscopy units to a central laboratory . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't want us to be parted from each other again , ’ he told her . |
| 17 | The rustlers must arm themselves well , however , to be protected from this cactus 's fierce spines . |
| 18 | To use the jargon , federalism means extending the competence of the Euro-institutions to defence , foreign , immigration and asylum , social , and economic policies — the bread and butter issues of our politics are to be removed from this Parliament and transferred to Brussels . |
| 19 | No , I simply wish them to be removed from this place . |
| 20 | There was D J Taylor fulminating away in the Sunday Times : If there is any consolation to be derived from this tide of literary lives written with questionable aims and based on questionable motives , it is that even the very best biography has no longevity . |
| 21 | Family holidays worth £2,000 , to be chosen from any Page & Moy catalogue |
| 22 | Whatever knowledge there is to be gleaned from this year 's batch of accidents will not be of an academic nature , but will be used to teach and to train for the future . |
| 23 | Jessop , however , has argued that while there are important insights to be gleaned from this approach , the instrumental reappraisal falls somewhat short of giving an adequate theoretical account of the state in capitalism . |
| 24 | Thus little transformation is to be expected from that direction . |
| 25 | I recognise that at present this advice is given in confidence but , like Glidewell L.J. , I would foresee little difficulty in the Secretary of State asking to be released from that confidence in pending cases . |
| 26 | She closed her eyes and bit her lip and said a silent prayer to be released from this hell . |
| 27 | I mean what we would do is , is very rigorously look at er more of whatever was going to be discharged from any company who , who came into our region . |
| 28 | Fox hunting is to be banned from all county council-owned land in Northamptonshire . |
| 29 | It , therefore , follows that if a claim is destined for settlement , the fact that a Summons or Initial Writ is served should not allow the insurer to be deflected from that intention . |
| 30 | The two have an agreement under which Computer Associates will provide RS/6000 users with CA-Unicenter for Unix , becoming , so it claims , the only systems software vendor to provide enterprise-wide systems management connecting MVS , VM and VSE-based mainframes with OS/2 , AIX and other Unix systems , enabling data to be managed from any workstation on the network . |