Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] from [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from businesses in the north-west concerning the effects of the recession in industry . |
| 2 | The share of UK demand accounted for by oil has fallen from 50% in 1973 to 37% in 1983 . |
| 3 | It has differed from science in that the solution has also been the problem . |
| 4 | Since the introduction of Medicare in 1984 the proportion of the population covered by private insurance has dropped from 62% in 1983 to 42% in 1992 , with a large decrease in coverage among young people . |
| 5 | The only really significant inroad into the dominance of English in recent years has come from Spanish in the southern states of the US . |
| 6 | Xorandor explains that he lives on radioactivity , that he has come from Mars in search of food , and that he has been stealing the waste to feed himself . |
| 7 | The improvement could allow some repayment of its long-term debt which has grown from £12.7m in 1986 to almost $69m at the end of last year . |
| 8 | The proportion of holidays of four nights and above between October and April has grown from 14% in 1976 to 22% last year , while August holidays have slipped from 24% to 20% and July from 25% to 18% . |
| 9 | The proportion of all adults living alone has risen from 9% in 1973 to 13% in 1988 ( General Household Survey 1988 ) . |
| 10 | The school funding debt has risen from £269,000 in 1989 to £1,896,000 this year . |
| 11 | As prosperity has grown — income per person has risen from $145 in 1951 to $10,215 in 1992 — the birth rate has fallen , from about 50 per 1,000 in 1951 to just over 15 per 1,000 in 1992 . |
| 12 | But subsequent protests by local farmers , whose land has suffered from drought in recent years , prompted it to reverse the decision . |
| 13 | Shylock describes the persecution he has suffered from Antonio in Act 1 , Scene 3 , lines 102–104 . |
| 14 | Mr. Martyn Jones : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has had from industries in Wales about the current economic situation . |
| 15 | The trendy York paving has disappeared from streets in Manchester and turned up in conservation areas in the South where it is in short supply . |
| 16 | To conclude this chapter , we will look at another observational technique which has benefited from developments in audio and video technology , in which again the role of the observer is to be a detached onlooker , and in which detailed analyses of social activity are made . |
| 17 | According to Verdict , a retail-industry analyst , the gross margin on fresh foods has increased from 21% in 1986 to 28% in 1990 . |
| 18 | Dividend per share has increased from 3.0p in 1980 to 15.8p in 1989 — a compound growth rate of 20% per annum . |
| 19 | The proportion of births jointly registered by both parents has increased from 46% in 1971 to 71% in 1989 . |
| 20 | The real net income of a married couple on average male earnings with two children has increased from £194 in 1978-79 to £262 in 1991-92 — a rise of 35 per cent . |
| 21 | Profit per employee has increased from £5,800 in 1989–90 to £11,800 in 1992–93 . |
| 22 | Overall prevalence among 13–15 year olds has declined from 17% in 1975 , the year the ban was introduced , to 10% in 1990 . |
| 23 | According to figures from the Census Bureau , among all households the share of traditional homes ( a married couple with one child younger than 18 living at home ) has declined from 40% in 1970 to 26% last year . |
| 24 | Preliminary data from a recent audit exercise have shown that uptake of immunisation has improved from 60% in 1986 to 90% in 1991 . |
| 25 | Only a few years after the war the arts became separated from ideology in a way that enabled both artistic practice and theory to gain so-called independence . |
| 26 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 27 | Messiahs appeared , as we all know , under the procuratorships of Cuspius Fadus and Antonius Felix , and Josephus decried them as men who deceived and deluded the people by their pretence of having received from God in the wilderness the signs of liberty ( Jos . |
| 28 | The EC Monitor Mission ( ECMM ) had decided to base itself in the RSK town of Knin , having withdrawn from Sarajevo in May . |
| 29 | On 8 April the British cruiser London arrived , having come from Gibraltar in twenty-four hours . |
| 30 | First , because there are still far more betrayed women than men around : the percentage of wives playing away may have risen from 26% in the 50s to around 40% now , but a conservative estimate suggests that 60% of husbands have cheated at least once — and one US survey puts the figure as high as 82% . |