Example sentences of "to [pron] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ conversion ’ of the UK government has been briefly described earlier ; it is manifested in their July 1989 commitment to spend £10m. on climate change research in 1989/90 and the confident request to them from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) for an extra £11m. in 1990 and £13m. in the two succeeding years for additional environmental research . |
| 2 | Most degree courses have very flexible structures and allow students to include subjects of special interest to them from the large selection available in the University . |
| 3 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that some British companies have not received the compensation due to them from the Turkish authorities controlling northern Cyprus ? |
| 4 | Further funding will cover , in part at least , the shortfall between the amount allocated to them from the common fund and their total expenditure . |
| 5 | All Leslie 's letters to me from the sealed camp at Fairford bore ( as well as the R.A.F. censor 's stamp ) undated postmarks . |
| 6 | ‘ But Ken was making it very clear to me from the very beginning that I was not going to get away with anything , ’ Pertwee told me . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , there was a strong tendency in some constituencies for voters to " plump " for one candidate and waste their second vote , rather than give it to someone from the opposing party . |
| 8 | In the end , the dominance of the professionals can be seen by the fact that five of their number emerged with two wins out of two ( Alliss , Clark , Garner , Dawson and Guy Hunt ) compared to none from the amateur side . |
| 9 | Their abstract certitudes seemed far removed to him from the inherent contradictions in human nature . |
| 10 | He could not find Strawberry but after a time Cowslip came up to him from the other end of the hall . |
| 11 | Surely there could be no gain to him from the old lady 's death ? |
| 12 | He , too , suffered from an occasional enlightening vision which came to him from the dim past and which he must have suppressed at the time … |
| 13 | When Waterford Wedgwood Canada 's Gail Lilly volunteered to help out in a major international athletics event , she never dreamed she would find a pen-pal who would write to her from the other side of the world . |
| 14 | For the next few days Ruth spent most of her waking hours with Anna , reading to her from the small collection of books Mrs Carson had brought on board , playing games , making up stories . |
| 15 | ‘ Senior Valuer Peter Ferguson and I will be very happy to talk to anyone from the Finaghy area who is considering a move in the near future and , of course , we offer a free valuation service at a time to suit any potential vendor . |
| 16 | Indeed , some estimates have suggested that if the Exchequer received all the tax due to it from the black economy , the basic rate of income tax might be cut by 10 per cent . |
| 17 | No need to disturb the household , if we can come round to it from the other side . ’ |
| 18 | The annexe need not have been roofed , although there was access to it from the main part of the building . |
| 19 | An image copy of the Working-Set is taken whenever a new dictionary range is transferred to it from the Main Database . |
| 20 | Trudgill writes : speakers are not capable of acquiring the correct underlying phonological distinction unless they are exposed to it from the very beginning , before they themselves have even begun to speak . |
| 21 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
| 22 | It is the most potent poison known to us from the entire animal world . |
| 23 | But the world of chapter 26 is not only familiar to us from the preceding chapters of Genesis . |