Example sentences of "[adv] from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Downes ' study of King Lear 's famous question to his daughters is a superb example of the level of depth and insight that stylistics can reach when it draws eclectically from a variety of areas within linguistics in order to relate the surface features of the text to the situational , historical and cultural contexts which are relevant to their effect and interpretation . |
| 2 | The essence of the association 's idea was to develop flats for sale and this would make it possible to bring in private institutional finance — eg from a building society which might then become involved in providing mortgages for the individual purchasers . |
| 3 | Show an increased awareness that a first draft is malleable , eg by changing the form in which the material is cast , eg from a story to a playscript , or by moving text around ( either on paper or on a computer screen ) , or by altering sentence structure or choice of vocabulary . |
| 4 | But even the Treasury was reluctant to blow a trumpet yesterday , because the upturn came entirely from a leap of 6.3 per cent in oil and gas output . |
| 5 | In drama schools , improvisation is about finding a way of expanding the imagination and liberating the senses , which can get too confined if students work entirely from a text all the time . |
| 6 | She carried on for another year and then died suddenly from a heart attack . |
| 7 | The ordinary , everyday behaviour of army and settlers flows quite naturally from a government and a public which hold such views . |
| 8 | A clause excluding liability for " consequential loss " has been held not to exclude liability for losses which arise directly and naturally from a breach of contract , under the first head of Hadley v Baxendale ( 1859 ) 9 Ex 341 . |
| 9 | As he says of himself at that juncture in his career , his quitting in Monaco was ‘ the climax to a situation which had existed all year , stemming … basically from a lack of interest and enthusiasm ’ . |
| 10 | Although his support for Darwinism was unusual , his concept of successive waves of migration radiating outwards from a centre of progressive evolution seems to have struck a chord in the minds of his contemporaries . |
| 11 | In the second painting , every irregularity in her figure had been emphasised so that the girl stretching outwards from a balcony to pick a ripe , hanging fruit appeared as misshapen as a fairy-tale goblin . |
| 12 | The parents of toddlers and preschool children were encouraged to give several servings daily from a variety of fibre rich foods such as whole grain breads and cereals , fruits and vegetables , and legumes . |
| 13 | The three-course dinner is served daily from a table d'hôte menu and is cooked by Judy Fawcett . |
| 14 | The case of the large organisation versus the tenant farmer is summarised below from a file of 63 letters , plus documents . |
| 15 | Martha , whose head was as strong as her sister 's , sometimes climbed up as well , and , clinging on about a foot lower down , read aloud from a horror comic . |
| 16 | Now and again , of course , you have to deal with the awkward moments , like someone reading aloud from a Sunday paper the ‘ sordid story of perverted vice ’ which has obviously been concocted over a few jars by a hack hounded by deadline . |
| 17 | As she felt the muscular ridges pulsing and throbbing she almost sobbed aloud from a mixture of fear , curiosity and excitement , but at least the thing was no longer between her legs . |
| 18 | In the opening shot I see Garfield at a lectern reading aloud from a Shakespeare first edition , bound in unborn calf . |
| 19 | Once every six months the Profitboss takes his team away to a hotel for a two- or three-day residential workshop , perhaps from a Thursday to Saturday . |
| 20 | The World of Antiques is produced quarterly from a cottage in Somerset by Duncan and Jacki Phillips and distributed to everyone who visits antiques fairs around the country — estimated at 50,000 people every three months . |
| 21 | Remember , even if you do not have any specific ailments you will still benefit greatly from a course of lessons , perhaps preventing much pain or discomfort later on in life . |
| 22 | Bernard therefore turned to Pippin II , not because of residual devotion to Pippin 's father , still less from a sense of Aquitanian identity , but because he needed a Carolingian alternative to Charles . |
| 23 | This alternative view , a member of a small family of related although differing views , follows on naturally enough from a consideration of Hume 's . |
| 24 | We could borrow one easily enough from a lifting vessel or salvage tug but the chances are high that he 'd know nothing about explosives . |
| 25 | And so from a choice of between X and Y we 're going to choose the opt option that we think maximizes the chances of a positive outcome , I E approval . |
| 26 | When the time came to act in Algeria , he could then do so from a position of strength rather than weakness . |
| 27 | The mast combines a tapered fishing rod at the top with an aluminium tube that costs a fiver or so from a metals stockist . |
| 28 | So from a total of 240 lipsticks , a customer can choose one , or combine any two to create almost unlimited variations . |
| 29 | If they borrow money , they are much more likely than early school-leavers to do so from a bank . |
| 30 | From 936/1530 to well beyond the limits of the present study the office was held continuously by Ottoman scholars , a survey of whose careers suggests that if the office was not a mevleviyet from 936/1530 it was so from a matter of a very few years thereafter . |