Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | STUDENT Chris Smith was given £1,000 from a pools company — and then told : ‘ Sorry , we 've made a mistake . ’ |
| 2 | SINEAD O'CONNOR has received support from a group which tore up photos of the Pope outside New York 's St Patrick 's Cathedral . |
| 3 | Have you ever received money from a drug company ? |
| 4 | What do you mean yes of course I have , you have received money from a drug company . |
| 5 | He was eating sweetmeats from a silver dish and , whilst Benjamin and I knelt before him , he kept popping them into his mouth , watching us impassively . |
| 6 | Low tide is the best time to see birds from a boat — and low tide , especially the very low tide of early spring , is the best time to get stuck on a sandbank ! |
| 7 | Power and influence stem from a central source , perhaps the owner-directors . |
| 8 | There is a branch in your local area , reflecting programmes from a satellite . |
| 9 | Inexperienced in the ways of the world , the boy is tricked into accepting money from a plausible and ( to Thomas ) impressive midshipman , a year younger than he but already well instructed in ways of avoiding the various laws against press-ganging . |
| 10 | I even got stick from a manager at work about that believe it or not , albeit friendly stick . |
| 11 | He still seemed so real , so close that she could feel his disapproval , and somehow she felt he was using will-power from a long way off . |
| 12 | And never borrow money from a moneylender ( or specialist finance or credit company , as they are usually called ) who charges interest way above the odds , otherwise you will be paying off the debt over two years rather than fourteen months . |
| 13 | If you borrow money from a bank and it becomes insolvent you do not have a problem . |
| 14 | I have received requests from a number of parties to extend the guideline for indicative offers . |
| 15 | He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output . |
| 16 | The Lucas ( 1973 ) paper tests one of the major predictions of the rational expectations model developed in chapter 4 and summarized in equation ( 6.1 ) by using cross-country data ; the Barro studies test the other major prediction of that model using data from a single country . |
| 17 | In United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers v. ACAS ( 1980 ) the Association sought recognition from a company already well supplied with trade unions . |
| 18 | BRAC currently receives funds from a number of organisations , including Oxfam , UNICEF and the Swiss Development Cooperation . |
| 19 | Using funds from a variety of sources — notably Scottish Homes , Historic Scotland , Edinburgh District Council and Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Ltd — the Lister Co-operative has created 50 flats at affordable rents out of former dereliction . |
| 20 | We have examined data from a survey conducted by one of us in which timed overnight urinary albumin excretion was measured in 976 European and 789 south Asian men aged 40–69 in west London . |
| 21 | It was the last straw for teachers at Faringdon School this morning , when contractors began lopping branches from a row of beech trees . |
| 22 | Simple , quick and satisfying , self-massage prepares you for the day ahead , restoring energy and easing tension from a weary body . |
| 23 | In preparation for the anticipated tough hearings before the Democrat-controlled judiciary committee , Thomas , whose nomination had aroused opposition from a range of black , feminist , and liberal organizations [ see p. 38328 ] , received intensive coaching from members of administration . |
| 24 | Large leaves may need support from a cane or , in the case of ficus , can be gently rolled up with an elastic band . |
| 25 | You will need support from a trained counsellor at either a voluntary organisation like The Terrence Higgins Trust or a sexually transmitted disease clinic , in order to make a good informed decision . |
| 26 | The price of coffee , which rose 50% from a 20-year low between August and the end of 1992 , has fallen by 7% this week , to an average of 60 cents a lb . |
| 27 | Exhaust emissions from a correctly-maintained diesel engine contain 20% less CC ( the ‘ greenhouse ’ gas ) than a catalyst-equipped petrol engine . |
| 28 | In fairness it has to be said that Levin tries to isolate Debord from a purely formal Modernism , and from naive realism ( the politics of the signified ) . |
| 29 | It is truly — and intellectually — heart-warming that music as hook-free and unfeathered as Spiritualized 's could elicit such a sporting , involved response from a bunch of lumber tops and nose-pin rebels . |
| 30 | CAMPAIGNERS fighting road plans which threaten the remains of a historic railway line have won support from a second sister town in America . |