Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first ballot on opting out at Southlands failed to attract a vote from the required 50 per cent of parents . |
| 2 | Something important was eluding her , and until she 'd worked out what it was she did n't want to demand an explanation from him . |
| 3 | Sandwich was better situated to meet a threat from Scandinavia ; Wight , where Harold 's ships awaited William the Conqueror long and unsuccessfully in the summer of 1066 , implies a connection with the south or west , and perhaps particularly Normandy . |
| 4 | HOUSEWIFE Alma Brownrigg , who emigrated from Chelmsford , Essex , to Malta has received a bill from Eastern Electricity for 1p . |
| 5 | He is putting his faith in an appeal to create an endowment fund , and recently he has received a grant from the new libraries programme of the EC , to exchange and coordinate information between the Witt , the Rijksbureau in The Hague , and Trinity College , Dublin . |
| 6 | Furthermore , it is open to a company to complain that a competitor has received a subsidy from a public authority which is incompatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 7 | Aerospatiale has received a follow-on-contract from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the United States for ten TB-9 Tampicos , with options for a further sixteen . |
| 8 | Boise , Idaho-based Morris Knudsen Corp says it has received a contract from IBM Corp to assume responsibility for much of the distribution function at the distribution centre in Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania ; IBM Mechanicsburg is the central distribution centre for all parts that IBM uses in maintenance . |
| 9 | Zenith Electronics Corp , Glenview , Illinois reports that it has received a commitment from two major institutional lenders for a new $90m revolving credit agreement that is good until December 31 next year . |
| 10 | Our Secretary has received a letter from Mr. Doug Baird , Press Officer for I.O.M. Tourism , to the effect that Saddle Mews has won the Island in Bloom award for the BEST VILLAGE — no mean achievement , and even better than last year when we were awarded 1st prize in the ESTATE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD section . |
| 11 | He has received a letter from one of the farmers which I sent him a few days ago . |
| 12 | He has yet to receive his cheque but has received a letter from BR 's legal department to say it is on its way . |
| 13 | But after her refusal , Carol has received a letter from the council saying it has ‘ discharged itself of the responsibility of rehousing her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 14 | She has received a letter from Liverpool Council threatening court action if she does not pay her arrears . |
| 15 | The Sultan of Brunei has received a doctorate from Oxford University . |
| 16 | Business in Scotland has received a boost from our creation of Scottish Enterprise and the Local Enterprise Companies . |
| 17 | The movement to elevate the professional status of nurses has received a boost from the new federal Minister for Health , Senator Graham Richardson . |
| 18 | The former Royal maid accused of stealing letters from Princess Anne has received an apology from the national newspaper which called her a thief . |
| 19 | A POLL-TAX payer has received an apology from Middlesbrough Council after an unexpected visit by the bailiffs . |
| 20 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 21 | Lindner , who was set to join Leeds until they swooped for Kiwi centre Kevin Iro last week , has claimed he has received an offer from another English First Division club . |
| 22 | Mrs Mandela will appear in court on the 24th of September ; the attorney general says he has received an undertaking from her lawyer that she will cooperate with the investigation and she will not be taken into custody . |
| 23 | With a medical expert who is not the treating doctor you will need to include an authority from your client that they can see the hospital notes and the general practitioner 's notes . |
| 24 | His clothes steaming as he bent to light a cigarette from a blazing splinter on the open hearth . |
| 25 | We have not discussed one particular aspect before but it has happened that a client has withdrawn a company from sale for reasons other than the lack of an acceptable ( to the client ) buyer . |
| 26 | Teaching and particularly a scheme of one-to-one tutoring and counselling has to encourage a response from each student which testifies to that student 's commitment to thorough enquiry , hard thinking , self-scrutiny and honesty of purpose , all set within a context of the daily practicalities of management . |
| 27 | Mr Nicholas tried to obtain an order from the court for the purchase of his shares in Magnetics or that the company be wound up . |
| 28 | The price reduction initially requested may be substantial and may be designed to provoke a reaction from the vendors to test their minimum price and their negotiating strength at this late stage ( i.e. whether they are irrevocably committed to the deal ) . |
| 29 | He also justified the £90,000 initial payment made to Mr Michels : ‘ When a plc — and one widely understood to have at least some problems — needs to attract a high-flier from a perfectly secure position with another plc , a joining fee of this sort is not in the least unusual . ’ |
| 30 | The Police Committee is expected to request a grant from the Government to cover the extra expense . |