Example sentences of "[to-vb] from [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A simple scatterplot of one variable against the other will show the true relation , but is surprisingly difficult to request from some programs . |
| 2 | Sex Roles ’ and Psychology of Women Quarterly 's occasional articles and special issues on lesbianism repeat the ‘ just like us ’ parallelism of conventional psychology by dealing predominantly with areas where lesbians are commonly expected to differ from heterosexual women , like gender role , relationships , work role , and parenthood . |
| 3 | I believe , therefore , that it is not implausible to infer from these findings that a substantial fraction of Labour voters reckoned merely that the party would be able to form a more competent and moderate government , and would be better able to defuse the crisis , although one should not discount the continued existence of a ‘ class reflex ’ vote owing little to any elaborate political calculation . |
| 4 | It is possible to infer from these passages and others in The State of the Prisons that Howard believed in both the good man theory , and in control by the courts . |
| 5 | Futurologists however continue as confidently as ever to predict what we shall soon be doing , and it has been very easy for them to extrapolate from contemporary trends , possibilities and experimentation into an even more thoroughly machine-using future . |
| 6 | At no time is it sufficient simply to extrapolate from current costs and patterns of use to the future . |
| 7 | Therefore , it is inadvisable to extrapolate from those studies to disadvantaged populations . |
| 8 | If the visitor was unsuccessful , influences were brought to bear from other quarters , such as the clergy , the district visitor , or some other agency with knowledge of the family . |
| 9 | Of course we also have to recognize that in the kind of world in which we live , it is possible to have inward peace and security and yet to suffer from various problems with our bodies . |
| 10 | Where you are likely to suffer from regular assaults , it may well be worth considering cladding part or all of you greenhouse with polycarbonate sheeting . |
| 11 | All horses are likely to suffer from internal parasites or ‘ worms ’ and should be regularly treated for them . |
| 12 | Similarly , desecrated shrines or graves are doomed to suffer from continued hauntings , and the ghosts of murdered lovers or deserted children assail the living in their quest for post-mortem justice . |
| 13 | A large majority of secondary school pupils have been shown to suffer from such misconceptions . |
| 14 | The main findings of this study can be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) patients with adenomatous colorectal polyps generally showed a significant increase in the cytoproliferative activity of the most superficial portions of the rectal crypts compared with controls ; ( b ) this difference was primarily the result of an appreciable upward shift of replicating cells in patients destined to suffer from recurrent polyps ; the proliferative pattern of patients whose polyps did not recur after initial polypectomies were essentially similar to those of controls ; ( c ) the proliferative pattern of flat rectal mucosa did not change appreciably during the follow up period regardless of whether polyps recurred or not . |
| 15 | Older women are also more likely than older men to suffer from psychological problems such as loneliness and anxiety and to have lower levels of morale or life satisfaction ( Atchley , 1976 ; Abrams , 1978 ) . |
| 16 | He was either very lucky or very skilful , because although his techniques were primitive no one ever seemed to suffer from any complications . |
| 17 | To increase from three weeks to six weeks , and I believe it 's important to respond to district and borough councils when we 're trying to co-operate with them . |
| 18 | Thus , although trade with the Soviet Union would enable Latin Americans to benefit from lower prices and improved credit terms , to conserve scarce foreign exchange and , according to opinions recently expressed in Latin America , to receive better guarantees and local servicing , it is still generally the case that both public and private sector companies prefer to deal with the West . |
| 19 | Pupils with special needs also stand to benefit from other developments in mainstream education . |
| 20 | Analysts were mildly bullish following Storage Technology Corp 's first quarter report — figures , page five — and after an order imbalance on the New York Stock Exchange , the shares were up $1.125 or 4.7% at $25.125 in early trading on Friday : the numbers beat Wall Street expectations , and the company said that operating performance exceeded its expectations , largely as a result of the strengthening in the US enterprise-related business ; Europe remained slow as a result of weak economies , but the mid-range business has begun to benefit from new products ; cash grew to $325m from $118m at the end of 1992 ; it studiously avoided saying anything about the late Iceberg disk array . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be inconceivable , in the opinion of the Court , that Article 6(1) should describe in detail the procedural guarantees afforded to parties in a pending law suit and should not first protect that which alone makes it in fact possible to benefit from such guarantees , that is access to a court . |
| 22 | Elderly couple households fare much the same as all households , but elderly persons living alone are much less likely to benefit from such goods . |
| 23 | They are very costly and they are likely to be resisted by various sections of the community , including some of those who stand to benefit from such policies . |
| 24 | Too often , where land ownership was fragmented , development was slow to occur : statutory bodies were reluctant to sell unwanted land , and small , private owners did not often have the expertise and resources to benefit from financial incentives . |
| 25 | Policyholders were able to benefit from higher levels of retirement benefits for the same premium because the death provision was limited . |
| 26 | ’ With this in mind , we believe conditions are now right to make a second issue of preference shares to raise a further $110m , which will again enable us to repay some short term debt and provide the flexibility we need to benefit from available opportunities . |
| 27 | The worker was eventually to benefit from better conditions of work ; for the moment , electricity probably affected him most by providing transport for travel to his work from greater distances . |
| 28 | There are other interest hedging products , such as interest rate options , which allow you , at a price , to benefit from favourable movements in interest rates without locking yourself into future rates should these prove unfavourable . |
| 29 | The propensity of the government to benefit from inflationary surprises is the unknown parameter in the government 's preferences . |
| 30 | In apparent agreement with this idea , some subjects appeared to benefit from continual advances of their sleep/wake rhythm ( as though they were continually flying eastward ) or by being woken temporarily at about four o'clock in the morning to receive a burst of bright light for about an hour . |