Example sentences of "from a [adj] [noun] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And I mean whereas if I sort of came from a middle class background I think people would have thought differently of me . |
| 2 | From a cynical surface viewpoint it is all perms and pastel-shaded followers , tanktop tunes and cute anorak sentiments . |
| 3 | From a seduction-packed dessert trolley we were led by the chef towards his ‘ tarte aux peches avec un coulis de framboises ’ . |
| 4 | From a current vantage point I see my childhood as evidence that can be used . |
| 5 | Here , we report on the combined use of preparative pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ( PFGE ) and interspersed repetitive sequence ( IRS ) polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) amplification to isolate two DNA markers from a 660 kb Sfi I fragment that contains locus DXS14 and maps to a region between disease-specific incontinentia pigmenti type 1 ( IP1 ) chromosome translocation breakpoints ( 1 ) . |
| 6 | From a twentieth century perspective it is often difficult to admire either the management of plot and catastrophe or the sentiments of plays written in the mid-eighteenth century . |
| 7 | He obstinately remained there even when his anger had subsided , and read morning and evening prayers from a little shilling book he had with him , thinking at the same time ‘ with inward & gloomy satisfaction ’ how miserable his mother must be . |
| 8 | From a public phone booth he called Otto Kuhlmann who answered immediately . |
| 9 | Only two were against : the Ecumenical Center for Development in the Philippines ( ‘ such learning process becomes more profound and meaningful within the locus of people 's struggle or action ’ ) and the WCC ( ‘ from a Third World perspective we are not at all sure that your proposal in its present form meets the need ’ ) . |
| 10 | Rippling from a hidden mountain lake it runs eastward through the Tujetschtal , a beautiful and little-known valley . |
| 11 | The deference of his courtiers did nothing for this — that was a piece from a different jigsaw puzzle he had already solved . |
| 12 | On the other hand , from a different vantage point they might have seen the body without having to go right to the edge . |
| 13 | But Mr Bentine does have his good points — apart from a chuckling delivery style he did not learn by listening to voice-overs on Horizon . |