Example sentences of "[to-vb] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hope to attract from a wide area . |
| 2 | Mom grabs a megaphone as Sly 's squad try to talk down a youth threatening to jump from a tall building , and regales everyone with her Joey 's boyhood stories , his bed-wetting and toilet-training . |
| 3 | In World War II American servicemen who parachuted out of aeroplanes screamed the name ‘ Geronimo ’ as a war cry , perhaps to give them added incentive to jump from a great height , and the karate kiai has something of this in it , too . |
| 4 | I mean , who in their right mind would want to jump from a great height with elastic tied round their ankles ? |
| 5 | Secure in your status at work , becoming a parent may cause confusion — a woman may have to adjust from a professional role to a maternal one , where her own needs become relegated ; a father may have to adjust to there being a new small person in the family who makes his role seem less significant . |
| 6 | Syllabus makers appear to suffer from a sad tendency to measure curriculum content by what is contained in the syllabus and textbooks rather than by what is , or what can be , absorbed by the learners . |
| 7 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 8 | Cats kept indoors a great deal , with every whim catered to and with plenty of food always available , eventually come to suffer from a special kind of deprivation . |
| 9 | But they 're the first people in the country to benefit from a revolutionary kind of wheelchair ; the Sapphire . |
| 10 | First I think it would run completely counter to our internationalist traditions to say that because we have a temporary difficulty , we do n't want the workers of the other er other eleven member states to benefit from a new Social Chapter . |
| 11 | John Talbot was born in the same year as the Catholic Relief Act was passed and as a result was one of the first sons of Catholic gentlemen able to benefit from a solid Catholic education in Britain . |
| 12 | DRIVERS in East Anglia are to benefit from a major increase in road maintenance investment in 1993/4 . |
| 13 | If you have a new or existing business located in a rural area and employ fewer than 20 people , you may be eligible to benefit from a Rural Businessloan . |
| 14 | Failure to benefit from a complete briefing in that respect can lead to a very rapid termination of your sport , so the onus is on you to ensure that you are fully aware of the exact boundaries . |
| 15 | The May 17 announcement that Egypt had signed a letter of intent with the IMF , securing it a US$372 million standby credit over the next 18 months , paved the way for a major concession on Egypt 's official debt ; 17 creditor countries meeting as members of the " Paris Club " in Paris on May 20-24 announced that Egypt was to benefit from a two-stage debt-reduction plan modelled on that offered to Poland in March [ see p. 38107 ] . |
| 16 | Finally , the use of money enabled societies and nations to benefit from a greater exchange of goods/services and a more specialised labour force , and both of these factors resulted in higher living standards . |
| 17 | After modernising and its network , BT is about to benefit from a rapid fall-off in investment and staffing costs . |
| 18 | Students in Darlington are set to benefit from a groundbreaking hi-tech mail link-up with France . |
| 19 | Who stands to benefit from a growing reservoir of divided unprotected workers ? |
| 20 | Meanwhile there was comment in the Sunday Times about Pearson 's standing to benefit from a large pension fund surplus at Thames TV , such surpluses being a controversial issue in company accounting and takeovers . |
| 21 | Often a family of bull , cow , and pup can be found quite close to the dunes and is most interesting to observe from a reasonable distance . |
| 22 | I learnt that people think it is very important to have money and to come from a good family . |
| 23 | That 's the message to come from a new book on Highgrove co-written by the Prince and environmental journalist , Charles Clover . |
| 24 | The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right . |
| 25 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 26 | The only serious threat appeared to come from a small group of exiles in Paris , chief amongst whom was Henry Beaumont , who had gathered together exiles from Lancaster s movement and some of the nobles who had lost lands in Scotland . |
| 27 | A Hampshire hotel hit on a clever country house compromise with gentle piano recordings that appeared to come from a live performer in the next room — creating a delightful backdrop to afternoon tea . |
| 28 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 29 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 30 | This was to come from a temporary one-year 7.5 per cent income and corporation tax surcharge from July 1 , 1991 , a 25 pfennig tax increase per litre of ordinary grade petrol ( plus similar increases in taxes on diesel , heating oil and gas ) and tax increases on tobacco and insurance premiums . |