Example sentences of "from the [noun sg] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some MEPs want ultimately to take over from the council the main responsibility for passing EC laws , while others want to concentrate on the right to appoint the European Commission . |
| 2 | It also deducted from the sentence the three years which Bao had spent in detention since 1989 . |
| 3 | The army said 60 sheep had been stolen from the settlement the previous night . |
| 4 | From the distance the eerie blast of a horn strikes sudden terror . |
| 5 | From the river the disembodied voice said : ‘ Let the girl go . |
| 6 | When they were only fifty yards from the herd the French boy came back to Joseph and raised a mischievous eyebrow . |
| 7 | From the north the Dark Elves swept through Ulthuan looting , burning and pillaging . |
| 8 | It was obvious from the way the odious man had spoken to Travis that there was a bond of family caring there , but that in no way excused his manner to her . |
| 9 | It was obvious from the way the staring eyes blinked , both Pairs together , that they had not been expecting an answer . |
| 10 | We are not told this but it is easy to say that the plot opens up in the Deep American South between the two world wars , from the way the coloured people are treated , the fashions , and the descriptive backgrounds . |
| 11 | He said he felt no pain , apart from injections which he has never been fond of , and when he came round from the operation the first thing he asked for was the Ipswich football scores and a drink . |
| 12 | On his behalf , Great Burkill made one more assault on the establishment , only to receive from the university the final brush off . |
| 13 | Please could you let me know i ) if the council has set any time limit on these protracted negotiations and if so what it is and ii ) when planning consent is given will it apply from the date the original application was approved or the date the conditions were approved . |
| 14 | There is also a time bar : the Commissioners may only investigate a complaint if it is made within 12 months from the date the aggrieved person first had notice of the matter complained or , but a Commissioner has power to accept a complaint outside the time limit if he considers that there are special circumstances which make it proper to do so . |
| 15 | From the verandah the only sign of human habitation was the tower of St Hilary church rising out of the trees half a mile away . |
| 16 | Apart from the architecture the other arts which flourished so prodigiously were those of luxury objects : in the exhibition itself were jewel caskets , lustre ware , marble capitals , window screens , carpets , arms and armour and books . |
| 17 | From the air the sheer scale of the invasion of the common can be seen , achieving the dubious record of being Britain 's largest ever illegal rave party . |
| 18 | From the sitting-room the royal party proceeds to the concourse , where an Ascot landau waits , its postilion in highland dress . |
| 19 | That 's a note he got from the Editor the other day , giving him the sack . ’ |
| 20 | The receptionist should learn how to extract from the caller the exact nature of the information required in order to classify the enquiry . |
| 21 | Henderson resigned from the Government the next day . |
| 22 | From the outset the wide impact of the ban was and anticipate , the experiment has given me opportunity for it to be tested on the ground so that future decision can be taken objectively . |
| 23 | In 1937 Fenner Brockway wrote that " from the outset the Left Book Club has been recognisable as an instrument of Communist Party policy " . |
| 24 | From the outset the whole team here at the hospital was instinctively pally and collegial . |
| 25 | From the gallery the main staircase leads up to a first-floor open-plan living/dining-room/kitchen area , the hefty roof timbers of the old barn being exposed overhead . |
| 26 | Any competitor who wins three consecutive races retains the cup , and in 1986 Terry was one race away from gaining his second cup when he was beaten by a local lad whose legs had given way just twenty yards from the finish the previous year . |
| 27 | Economic value — as this is based on future cash flows from the asset the economic value is likely to be reduced . |
| 28 | Kerrey 's withdrawal was seen as particularly good news for Clinton as it offered the prospect of removing from the campaign the rancorous legacy of the Vietnam war . |
| 29 | Could you get me from the shelf the black felt pen ? |
| 30 | Erm so you can see actually from this fact find , from the planning the future document , there are , there was , there is a particular interest to you erm are you , are you quite happy with the figures er sorry was it erm was it that you were more or less interested in ? |