Example sentences of "[pron] from [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | At Key Stages 1 and 2 , these might include someone from the local archaeological unit , the museum or archives or a local historian , especially someone used to speaking to young children . |
2 | So foolishly I married someone from an impeccable diplomatic background who knew about servants , flower arranging and how to address the third wife of an African monarch . ’ |
3 | She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his , as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia . |
4 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
5 | I 'm sure I 'm keeping you from a million other appointments . ’ |
6 | ‘ That is , of course , if I 'm not keeping you from a million other engagements . ’ |
7 | Not only will you be left standing in the cold , 596 gallons of specially prepared lumpy semolina garnished liberally with dead dogs and donkey droppings will cascade down on you from a secret overhead trapdoor . |
8 | The first ever personalised beauty programme written for you by experts , with cosmetics specially selected for you from an exclusive new range . |
9 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
10 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
11 | Among the smaller opposition parties the JCP fought a largely defensive campaign in which it attempted to dissociate itself from the discredited communist regimes of Eastern Europe . |
12 | For instance , the excavation of a British site might produce several coins of the second century AD , none from the early third century , and large quantities from the late third and mid to late fourth centuries AD . |
13 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
14 | This is the kind of frame from which Dorothy Heathcote often ( increasingly ) wants children to work , and this is why it often seems to be the case in her work that the pupils are not in role at all — they are merely required to look at something from a particular scientific perspective . |
15 | It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill , which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round . |
16 | One from a superb low free kick from Macca . |
17 | We , we thought the , perhaps a statement from the chairman of the Health and Housing Committee and another one from the Chief Environmental Health Officer might be useful . |
18 | They represented the spectrum of Christian conviction , East and West — though there was no one from the Eastern Orthodox Churches when it opened , and two Russian Orthodox clergy came shortly after the Council had got under way . |
19 | While Miles was influenced by the American Beats , and by a literary culture , Farren 's somewhat more street-based style was born of the rock culture , which took in everything from Brando and The Wild One from the mid 1950s through early Elvis to Dylan and the Rolling Stones . |
20 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
21 | For some of these rescues , he was awarded medals , including one from the Royal Humane Society . |
22 | Antall announced on May 16 the membership of his coalition Cabinet , dominated by HDF members but including four members of the Independent Smallholders ' Party , one from the Christian Democratic People 's Party ( CDPP ) , non-party academic experts to the Finance and International Economic Relations portfolios , and a non-party legal expert , Ferenc Madl , as Minister without portfolio charged with preparing Hungarian integration into European organizations . |
23 | Ministers were selected mainly from the ruling National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development ( MRND — until June 1991 the National Revolutionary Movement for Development ) , with one from the Christian Democratic Party ( PDC ) ; both parties had announced their working programmes and had listed members . |
24 | er third one from the top gingery er talks a lot you know , gingery hair , nice girl , but as I say er funny girl |
25 | United Motors had received two urgent requests for assistance ; one from the local Managing Director , who needed help to resolve his serious plant problems , and the other from the Turkish Prime Minister requesting UM investment support to reduce the country 's massive trade imbalance . |
26 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
27 | Alright , I , I borrowed this one from the Senior Common Room . |
28 | I did n't lack support ; the Spanish public knew me from the European Indoor . |
29 | For instance , if you are going to be discussing inner city problems , speaking about them from a beautiful stately home deep in the heart of the countryside lessens the impact somewhat ! |
30 | There was considerable pressure for actions against them from a sanctimonious middle class , some of whose members held extraordinary delusions . |