Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that this stack is merely structured from stone , the result of a well understood physical sequence , does nothing to detract from the Old Man 's personal aura . |
| 2 | This mixture of sizes did nothing to detract from the overall beauty of the place ; rather they gave interest , drawing the eye to different shapes and heights . |
| 3 | The slight pallor beneath his tan and the white bandage high on his left arm did nothing to detract from the air of menace about him . |
| 4 | In particular , as the discount houses were obliged to take up the whole of the weekly offering of Treasury bills by the Bank , the Bank could , by deliberately overissuing Treasury bills , leave the discount houses short of cash balances and force them to borrow from the Bank . |
| 5 | But because these interests in land were protected by personal and not by the real actions , they developed a set of legal characteristics which caused them to differ from the interests classed as real property . |
| 6 | they 'd like , like them to come from the floor and not from another from a committee member says , yeah I sponsor Billy , and another committee member says I |
| 7 | We must allow them to benefit from the presence of the reserves and , where feasible , to give them the use of the products of the wilderness areas without reducing its natural capital . |
| 8 | Increased identification and understanding between an organisation , its workers , neighbours and the public or allowing them to benefit from the activity , increases the understanding and acceptance of risk . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've nothing to hide from the police , ’ Windeler said . |
| 10 | I have made it abundantly clear that the licences of the regional electricity companies require them to purchase from the cheapest suppliers . |
| 11 | At the end of this necessarily lengthy examination of the decided cases I have found nothing which causes me to depart from the view I expressed before embarking on that examination as to the appropriate procedure to be followed under section 7(3) and section 8(2) considered simply on the basis of the statutory language . |
| 12 | I do not think that that is a question for me to answer from the Dispatch Box . |
| 13 | Nor is it uncommon for there to be such poor recording of achievement ( as well as diagnosis of weaknesses ) that a teacher has relatively little on which to build from the child 's teacher of the previous year . |
| 14 | The Pátio is an interesting oasis in which to rest from the hustle and bustle of Funchal . |
| 15 | Membership enables you to benefit from the Thomas Cook expertise in obtaining the best value for money deals . |
| 16 | This will entitle you to benefit from the Reciprocal Health Agreements which exist between Common Market countries . |
| 17 | This will enable you to practise from the moment when you are called . |
| 18 | There are no nationally agreed guidelines for the appointment of police surgeons : this matter rests entirely on the discretion of the local Chief Constable who has to decide who to appoint from the applicants for the particular post , which is advertised by the police . |
| 19 | Are we to infer from the texts that the pupils do not understand the differences between inborn and conditioned reflexes ? |
| 20 | but the cup does n't run like that … and with fifteen minutes to go Bath sub Paul Batty who wortks in a swindon sportshop during the week hit the headlines and the back of the net with the winner … so he 's the only local player with something to celebrate from the weekend … |
| 21 | In an extract from a journal ( the only one to survive from the trip ) , which Eliza kept during that September , she describes this brief outing at the command of her restless husband : |
| 22 | The numerous victims of their rapacity and greed had no reason to risk their necks for the king and his favourites ; nobles such as the king 's half-brother the Earl of Norfolk , who might have expected to enjoy some influence at court , hated the Despensers for their monopoly of the king 's presence ; and the heirs of the victims of 1322 had everything to gain from the overthrow of Edward 's regime . |
| 23 | " There 's nothing to hope from the Council , " said Alice , and seeing a sneer , or snarl , of Well , of course not ! persisted , " But I 've thought of something else . " |
| 24 | In contrast , the few policies aimed at older workers have been positively intended to encourage them to withdraw from the labour market . |
| 25 | As a result Mrs Pankhurst asked them to withdraw from the WSPU , and the militant suffragette movement split off into the ‘ Peths ’ and the ‘ Panks ’ , with Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence helping to found the non-violent Votes for Women Fellowship and the Women 's Freedom League . |
| 26 | He felt that the Eastern District , serving a widely-scattered , largely-rural population , working generally in co-operation rather than competition with Cambridge University Extra-Mural Board , and always seeking to maintain high standards , had nothing to fear from the amendment of grant regulations proposed in Recommendation 6 , an amendment which took into account quality of work , the needs of the region as a whole and the provision made by other interested bodies . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've nothing to fear from the Gardai here , ’ she said . |
| 28 | The hon. Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) has nothing to fear from the provisions . |
| 29 | At a brief opening ceremony , Mandela , speaking partly in Afrikaans , assured the white minority of the population that they " had nothing to fear from the ANC " , expressing the hope that the talks would begin a process of resolving conflicts between the races " through discussion among equals " . |
| 30 | ‘ The vast majority of social security customers are honest , with genuine entitlement to benefit , and as such they have nothing to fear from the agency 's anti-fraud efforts . |