Example sentences of "is [v-ing] from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I also regret to say that our chairman , Mrs Dorothea Garnons Williams , who would I am sure have liked to attend , is recovering from a serious operation .
2 And three-times 1930s champion Perry , in a letter from the American hospital bed where he is recovering from a triple heart bypass operation , added : ‘ To the youngsters who will use this centre , I say , use it with pride .
3 The chough , the rarest member of the crow family in Britain and Ireland , is recovering from a severe decline in numbers .
4 Paul Dodge , once the hard centre amongst England 's backs , is recovering from a pulled hamstring and expects to make the Orrell trip , but there are still doubts about the fitness of John Wells , the England B flanker whose hamstring problems may keep him out for two more weeks .
5 And for the biggest test of the season Town are missing three regulars Micky Hazard … is recovering from a minor knee ooperation … and with Craig Maskell still out Steve White has the task of leading the goal hunt
6 Whether we take the retail prices index minus mortgage interest payments or producer prices , the rate of inflation has declined sharply in the past year and I suspect that the underlying measures of inflation will continue to decline in the next year — I can tell the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , who is interrupting from a sedentary position , that the underlying rate of inflation compares extremely well with the position under the Labour Government of which he was a member .
7 Natalie is dying from a rare form of cancer that has attacked her nervous system and is spreading to her bones .
8 Student numbers are escalating in this sector too , and the country is moving from a selective system of further and higher education in the direction of mass expectation of such benefits .
9 For HP 9000 Unix workstations and business servers , system-oriented software is moving from a seven-tier model to a three-tier structure based on expandability , not processor power so that in both cases , customers can increase processing power without incurring software-upgrade fees — eat your heart out , IBM AS/400 users .
10 We inspect the drains via three manhole covers and establish that the oil is coming from a certain area in which there are a number of cam-cutting machines .
11 It is coming from a third-party source that Data General declines to identify , and is already used in high-end sites .
12 Admission under these sections , in brief , may be made when a person is suffering from a mental disorder , and such admission is in the interests of the person 's ( defined as patient ) own health or safety or for the protection of other persons .
13 The fact that a person is suffering from a mental disorder within the Mental Health Act 1983 does not preclude a legally effective consent ( ss. 57 and 58 ) The question in each case is whether the person was capable of understanding .
14 While we ca n't say that we are in complete agreement with Barry Graham 's ‘ with one bound , IBM was free ’ analysis of the company 's manifold problems and its prospects , written up in today 's page two , there is no doubt that IBM Corp is suffering from a deep crisis of confidence , and his messianic defence of the mainframe makes it quite clear that the man who should be running IBM in succession to John Akers is — Barry Graham .
15 Betty 's mother is suffering from a mild form of senile dementia , and the family has decided residential care will be best for her .
16 Your Blue Ring Angel is suffering from a viral infection called Lymphocystis .
17 If , on the other hand , your elderly parent shows a quite uncharacteristic withdrawal from her normal concern for you and for others and is totally obsessed in an agitated fashion with herself and her own troubles , over a long period , you should begin to wonder if , in fact , she is suffering from a true depressive illness and may be in need of medical help .
18 or industry ) is starting from a weak base .
19 Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest .
20 And if we can learn more about their sensitivity to ultrasonic sounds , we may finally grasp how they can ‘ know ’ that someone is approaching from a great distance .
21 The one with the golden curly hair is handing from a little finger hold on an impending wall .
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