Example sentences of "[noun] from [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around my bath sit biodegradable bottles of organic shampoo from pansies ' brains or the like . |
| 2 | The paintings combine fragments from children 's books , allusions to classical history , intimate feelings , and ironic reflections on the personality of the artist a cardboard hero like any other . |
| 3 | Sterling sight and time deposits : The above bank obtains approximately 60 per cent of its total funds from customers ' sterling deposits . |
| 4 | The possibility of establishing a veterinary college in London with government money was one way its promoters considered financing it , but this was unfortunately dismissed in favour of raising funds from students ' fees and subscribers ' contributions . |
| 5 | He had n't expected either that the Mess would be in a château , that the furniture would be impressively of its period — no worn armchairs or bits of junk in a state of collapse from subalterns ' games , as so often to be found in the messes of his experience , or indeed that his welcome would be so unaffectedly cordial . |
| 6 | The latest painting is a colourful mural in Ballybeen Estate , where artist Ken Parker has incorporated ideas and images from children 's paintings at Ballybeen Activity Centre . |
| 7 | Originally the family owned the whole island , which holds about four farms , but those have all been sold off now , and there 's no land except the stretch from Otters ' Bay to the other end of the machair . |
| 8 | The Interior Minister , Wu Po-hsiung , said that the government was considering demands from victims ' families and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party for an official apology and compensation . |
| 9 | The move was welcomed this week by Angela Courtney from Women 's Aid . |
| 10 | The floor of the north-facing harbour is a mass of mooring chains and , according to the Imray pilot , there 's at least one inhabitant with a glass-bottomed boat who makes a good living from visitors ' misfortunes . |
| 11 | These also dictate the systematic deletion from publishers ' catalogues of slow-selling items . |
| 12 | From Marlboro to Kellogg 's , big brands are under siege from supermarkets ' own-labels . |
| 13 | are made in Scotland from ewes ' milk and cows ' milk respectively . |
| 14 | Another doubt about the relevance of school work experience schemes springs from employers ' low valuations of such schemes for appraising applicants . |
| 15 | The main aim of this project is to examine the relationship between parents ' facial expressiveness ( ie how facially expressive they are when feeling emotional ) and their children 's skill in decoding non verbal information ( in this case , their ability to recognise emotions from others ' facial expressions ) . |
| 16 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 17 | Available from most libraries or bookshops , or by post from Consumers ' Association , Castlemead , Gasgoyne Way , Hertford , SG14 1LH . |
| 18 | Make Your Will : A practical guide to making your own will ( England and Wales ) — Available from bookshops or by post from Consumers ' Association , Castlemead , Gasgoyne Way , Hertford , SG14 1LH . |
| 19 | Price is £8.99 , available from bookshops or by post from Consumers ' Association , Castlemead , Gascoyne Way , Hertford X , SG14 1LH . |
| 20 | FEWER swans could be poisoned by lead from anglers ' lines if the fishing community adopts a new type of weight . |
| 21 | They include new specifications to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from ships ' engines and bans on the use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems and on halons in new fire extinguishing equipment . |
| 22 | 15.11.3 Appeals from experts ' decisions |
| 23 | One can gain a certain insight from manufacturers ' advertising and reports from other people , but finally it comes down to whether the machine is suitable for the individual 's needs and whether he can afford the price . |
| 24 | Two extracts from students ' responses will illustrate the sort of four-minute stories that were written : |
| 25 | Unlike some other boroughs , Thamesdown does n't ban dogs from children 's playgrounds , although some owners follow a voluntary code . |
| 26 | Reports published by the Japanese Fisheries Agency ( a government organisation ) between 1968 and 1971 blamed dolphins for damaging fishing gear , stealing hooked fish from fishermen 's lines , dispersing fish schools and causing fish to stop feeding . |
| 27 | In the primary school , drama is most successful when it emerges as a natural development from children 's play . |
| 28 | The IDA came in for attack the following day from residents ' associations in both Currabinny and Ringaskiddy . |
| 29 | In most of the ‘ new ’ universities , fine art courses will shortly become part of a modular system which , in name at least , will enable students to draw on a much wider range of studies from women 's writing to gender and psychology . |
| 30 | At that stage Stoddards was one of the largest laundries in the country , servicing the life jackets and blankets from ships ' convoys returning to the Clyde . |