Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] from [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | State law could not provide discipline because it met resistance from consciences . |
| 2 | ‘ When our case was originally rejected we got calls from authorities all over the country saying ‘ What 's going on ? ’ . ’ |
| 3 | He dismissed protests from Friends of the Earth as ‘ scaremongering ’ . |
| 4 | This drew protests from residents of the Awlad Amira oases , which were indeed more populous but which were within easier reach of the hospital in Zawiya . |
| 5 | More generally , the cooperatively financed Electrical Development Association ( EDA ) ran joint industry advertising campaigns and provided advice from specialists in particular areas such as commercial or industrial sales . |
| 6 | In the case of tampons , apart from the still-present dangers of Toxic Shock Syndrome , doctors have found that many women suffer from drying and ulceration of the vaginal membranes , which itself can allow toxins to enter , and in the United States researchers found fibres from tampons embedded in the vaginal wall . |
| 7 | Rummaging through , Loretta found receipts from restaurants , postcards from friends , the stubs of several used cheque books . |
| 8 | The competition involved pupils from schools throughout the area competing in darts , dominoes , draughts , chess and table tennis . |
| 9 | National insurance was , as Lloyd George recognized , a most convenient device for a government short of revenue since it drew finance from workers and employers without the politically unpopular necessity to increase income tax . |
| 10 | I 'd be interested to know the lady who mentioned that , er she got help from friends , what sort of help did she get from her friends ? |
| 11 | In 1456 Coventry negotiated freedom from tolls in Southampton , as it had already done with another port which served it , namely Bristol . |
| 12 | The main authority is Hall [ 1973 ] QB 126 ( CA ) : The accused , a travel agent , received money from clients . |
| 13 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 14 | It seems likely that they received support from parties within the Uí Néill territory in Ireland , even from among the Dalriadic Scots and perhaps the Picts , anxious to have the bellicose Ecgfrith replaced by a more pacific figure . |
| 15 | In the past the ward received funding from charities . |
| 16 | But the Supreme Soviet deputies rejected calls from hardliners to try to remove the 62-year-old president from office immediately and observers said Mr Yeltsin appeared to have won this round in his battle with the conservative-dominated parliament . |
| 17 | The magazine — redesigned last year — received a certificate of merit in the competition which attracted entries from companies throughout the north of England . |
| 18 | Last season , Leeds received £100,000 from sponsors Barclays for winning the First Division . |
| 19 | Most of them ( 76 per cent ) received help from relatives , friends , and neighbours . |
| 20 | Indeed , even a trader who withheld credit from women simply because they are women could be within the law if he could show that women were unreliable payers . |
| 21 | Three fire appliances brought the blaze under control as police diverted traffic from roads near the scene . |
| 22 | He photographed details from advertisements for watches and pens . |
| 23 | The 24 hour child protection line received referrals from members of the public in Rochdale , Bury , and Oldham . |
| 24 | The ballot initiative , which limited State Assembly members to three two-year terms and state senators and most statewide elected officials to two four-year terms from 1991 onwards , was ruled a valid protection " against an entrenched dynastic legislative bureaucracy " ; the court rejected arguments from attorneys representing the legislature 's Democratic leadership that a legislator 's right to run for office and a voter 's right to choose a candidate would be unconstitutionally restricted . |
| 25 | However , I received comments from members of our Executive and Branch Committees which helped in drafting our response . |
| 26 | Altogether the Crown received £38,667 from landowners who compounded for their estates within the forests of Dean , Essex and Northamptonshire . |
| 27 | Group 1 comprised biopsies from patients with untreated coeliac disease ( n=19 ) . |
| 28 | Group 2 comprised biopsies from patients previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease . |
| 29 | Group 3 comprised biopsies from patients previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease who admitted not adhering to a gluten free diet . |
| 30 | The council received letters from traders complaining of infringements of the Sunday trading legislation by other shops and intimating that the complainants would themselves feel obliged to open on Sundays in order to preserve their trade unless the Act was generally observed . |