Example sentences of "to [adj] [verb] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that the palaeomagnetism of young rocks tended to be close to that expected from the present magnetic field , but older rocks showed marked deviations . |
| 2 | ’ … beyond them , ’ she went on imperturbably , ’ I can speculate that someone may have overlooked the Quarley 's university , when removing from all data banks material akin to that gained from the Ichaelan agent . ’ |
| 3 | Testimony to this comes from the common agreement of many of the world 's proverbs : ‘ Who knows nothing doubts nothing ’ ( French ) , ‘ The wise are prone to doubt ’ ( Greek ) , or ‘ With great doubts come great understanding ; with little doubts come little understanding ’ ( Chinese ) . |
| 4 | The primary and secondary pair of rails are parallel to each other , gradually deviating to equal extends from the normal plane of the incline , but displaced a distance equal to the distance between the leading and trailing wheels . |
| 5 | The techniques used with normal subjects give estimates that do not closely correspond to those derived from the clinical literature . |
| 6 | Wigg 's hostility to both arose from the same cause . |