Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The open day at the centre at St Catherine 's Hospital , Birkenhead , between 10am and 4pm , is aimed at people who have had a heart attack , are waiting for or recovering from surgery , or have a family history of heart disease . |
| 2 | William 's accession to the English throne marked a return to the attitude of hostility to France , and for almost all of the following 125 years England was either at war with France or preparing for war with France or recovering from war with France . |
| 3 | A saving is one way of looking at it or profiting from education is another way , apparently what the Conservatives would wish to do , they wish to make people pay for education and there is no other way of looking at it . |
| 4 | In the UK , lakes in Snowdonia National Park , most of mid Wales , the Lake District , Cairngorms , Pennines and even on the Surrey heaths , are dead or dying from acidity . |
| 5 | In the case of the spontaneous goals from which the ends are chosen , the same neutrality would be theoretically conceivable ; it is possible to imagine a being immune from pleasure and pain , who is moved towards or away without either welcoming or shrinking from awareness . |
| 6 | First , whether you are investing a lump sum or saving from income , you can never start too soon . |
| 7 | Whether you are investing a lump sum or saving from income , most financial advisers would agree that the vehicle with the lowest charges and the highest potential investment return is either a PEP or a unit trust regular savings scheme . |
| 8 | Left with no one with whom he could discuss the farm-work and stock when the day 's toil was over , Jonadab became more and more morose , spending most evenings staring into the fire or wandering from building to building , checking his animals . |
| 9 | Special lighting effects , such as spotlighting one performer , or moving from group to group leaving part of the floor in darkness , all helps to add atmosphere , but , of course , is only possible with a large number and in a suitably equipped arena or hall . |
| 10 | o Damage to or resulting from movement of solid floor slabs unless the foundations beneath the exterior walls of the dwelling are damaged at the same time . |
| 11 | I want first to focus on the latter meaning , and to describe in some detail what teachers are talking about when they say they are stressed , or suffering from stress . |
| 12 | McLeish was reasonably satisfied that Angela Morgan was not lying unidentified in any morgue , nor in any hospital , unconscious or suffering from loss of memory . |
| 13 | Dr David Horrobin , whose Efamol company specialises in evening primrose oil , says this natural product is approved by the National Health Service for the treatment of breast pain and certain forms of eczema and may soon be used as a way of preventing diabetics going blind or suffering from kidney disorders . |
| 14 | Successful business has an inbuilt ability to change rapidly , whether it be in terms of identifying new markets and expectations or diversifying from customer bases . |
| 15 | ‘ My friend , if you 'd spent two years burning up with sulphur injections , or shaking from haloperidol , you too might develop certain uncanny abilities . |
| 16 | pedestrians who are crossing the road in which you are turning when entering or emerging from property bordering on a road , give way to pedestrians as well as the traffic on the road , remember pavements are for people , not for motor cycles motor vehicles |
| 17 | It will all depend on the choice to be made by the national legislatures , and in the case of countries which make the third choice the employee 's option not to transfer may give the worker no more than he or she already has under the Mikkelsen doctrine i.e. the option of going over or resigning from employment with the transferor . |
| 18 | The neighbourhood effect apart , contemporary urban sociology ( especially that deriving from Marxism ) envisages local variations in politics and forms of state intervention as straightforwardly the product of the particular balance of class relations constituting a particular locality . |
| 19 | I know we 're pissed off with him over certain things , but even if we 're unhappy about his recent decisions , no-one can deny that going from bottom of Div 2 to League champs in 3.5 years was remarkable . |
| 20 | Yeah page seven er er I think that speaking from memory we did want that made clear that that er was the recognition of the achievements of the groundsman handyman , particularly in relation to the high standards of upkeep in the park . |
| 21 | The Commission argues that switching from zero-rating to tax-paid exports would provide the only way of scrapping checks on traders at borders without inviting fraud on a massive scale . |
| 22 | On arrival in the kitchens they found that the domestic superintendent had followed the correct first-aid procedure for scalds and burns and the two ladies , although suffering from shock , had already had ice packs administered to their injuries . |
| 23 | We all walk a certain amount every day of our lives , even if we are sedentary , and that is easier than starting from scratch for the first time jogging or cycling . |
| 24 | Recruiting a specialist practitioner is often a less time-consuming and more successful exercise than starting from scratch with your existing staff . |
| 25 | They were idling uncomfortably behind him , neither reinforcing his fury , nor retreating from support altogether . |
| 26 | Nor that Carlton Palmer 's running became more in context with the team pattern , rather than springing from maverick impatience . |
| 27 | Accountants are not professionally qualified to distinguish between the lack of cost effectiveness arising from legitimate political decisions of councillors and that arising from management failures ( The Times 5.4.83 ) . |
| 28 | This states that in respect of loss or damage other than arising from death or personal injury ‘ a person can not so exclude or restrict liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness ’ . |
| 29 | Although retiring from office this year , warden Frank Wood will be carrying on responsibility for the general overseeing of the buildings and the Church Centre . |
| 30 | I could n't look as I stood helplessly at the top of stairs listening to him bumping and thudding from step to step until he reached the bottom . |