Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would eliminate the insiders ' opportunity to profit from insider news , which would have already made its impact on the market . |
| 2 | However , he also concludes that the precise relationship between these influences upon the decision to retire from work early probably varies between different sectors of the economy . |
| 3 | In their broadest terms they refer to the whole issue of the supply of labour : do taxes affect the choice of occupation , the individual 's drive for promotion , the number of hours worked , the rate of productivity , labour mobility , the decision to retire from work , to emigrate , and so on ? |
| 4 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 5 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 6 | The previous President , Manuel Pinto da Costa , did not contest the election , having announced on Feb. 2 his decision to retire from politics , following the unexpected defeat of his Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tomé and Príncipe — Social Democratic Party ( MLSTP-PSD ) in the country 's first multiparty elections , held on Jan. 20 [ see p. 37949 ] . |
| 7 | The election of Sir Michael followed Namaliu 's decision to retire from politics in order to spend more time with his wife who was seriously ill . |
| 8 | From there it is less than one Cessna hour to see from air the Bay of Islands , the Waitangi Treaty House ( where the historic treaty between Maori and British was signed ) , Cape Brett ( with its remarkable rocky island that has a hole in it you can sail ships right through ) , and thousands of acres of primeval forests of kauri trees . |
| 9 | It had taken Sabrina forty minutes to drive from Lausanne to Fribourg and another fifteen minutes to find the isolated goods yard where Teufel , the porter at Lausanne , had said she would find the freight cars . |
| 10 | but it skims across the surface of the water and it 's very quick , it only takes half an hour to go from Ramsgate to Dover . |
| 11 | The outcome of the discussions is a decision to proceed from phase 2 of the pilot programme into the new system without the need for a third pilot phase . |
| 12 | ‘ proceed to a particular point ’ means e.g. to signal the driver to go from A to B or start a particular line of traffic etc . |
| 13 | There were coaches to arrange from Dover to bring over the English contingent , there was breakfast and lunch the following day , there were marquees to order and decorate with flowers , most of which Ari undertook . |
| 14 | Furthermore , most of the work to date has been a drive to demonstrate the technology rather than a response to demand from users . |
| 15 | Are there disadvantages in sharing income to benefit from allowance , rather than for a wife to claim a refund of tax paid on interest or dividends when her income is insufficient to take advantage of the allowances in full ? |
| 16 | These antigens correlate with the IgG and IgM response to HEV from strains as divergent as the Mexico and Burma isolates . |
| 17 | He had before him the example of the barons of the kingdom who had taken the opportunity to extract from Henry far-reaching legal and financial concessions at the time of his coronation . |
| 18 | We now have an opportunity to benefit from lessons learned , as , during the past year , we have undertaken a pilot scheme to integrate life preparation students with Sports and Leisure students who are following a City and Guilds course . |
| 19 | Nu had indicated his intention to retire from office six months after independence , but events made that impossible . |
| 20 | The appointment was subject to the university statutes , which , inter alia , required the applicant to retire from office at the age of 67 . |
| 21 | Personally , I do n't even eat chicken ; I prefer my protein to come from eggs , fish and cheese — but that is a personal choice based on my own unhappiness at the way we raise animals for slaughter . |
| 22 | Many others would not allow their animals to suffer from lack of feed or , in the case of cows , the cessation of milking . |
| 23 | He describes the neo-Darwinian approach taken by ethologists , concentrates on the behavioural ecology of Old World monkeys and apes in an attempt to extrapolate from animals to man , and examines the political objections to sociobiology . |
| 24 | That much was true , she acknowledged reluctantly , taking a gulp of tea to hide from Lucy 's probing eyes . |
| 25 | This year Moss expects less than 20% of turnover to come from sales of framework technologies — he hopes end user products will make up 80% — and only 5% or 10% during 1994 . |
| 26 | Poverty is the recognition that we possess nothing to buy privilege with God , and prosperity results from our readiness to receive from God . |
| 27 | In its early days , the ERM allowed weak currencies to devalue from time to time . |
| 28 | Andrew Pickett , Zammo Collings , Helen Pawsey and Spencer Windebank get to the prom on time , thanks to help from parent Peter Windebank . |
| 29 | The Local Plan inquiry had been taking place and the village had made a large input thanks to help from Rear Admiral Charles Weston and Christine Darter , who had devoted time and effort in presenting the parish point of view on many matters . |
| 30 | The arrival of the ‘ Extremities , Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions ’ album seemed to provide an apt moment to compile the required discography and , thanks to help from readers John Elliot of Hawick and Mark from Sheffield along with Frank O'Donnell and his valiant cohorts at PolyGram , I 've managed to piece together what would seem to be a complete run-down . |