Example sentences of "[verb] by [indef pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew why , they had the queer sensation that they were being addressed by someone from a bygone age . |
| 2 | More than a dozen firms turn out look-alike Cobras , powered by anything from a reconditioned Ford Sierra engine to a massive Chevrolet V8 capable of over 130mph . |
| 3 | Data files included punched cards ( as data files , not just for input ) ; the computer was dated , overloaded and likely to be replaced by one from a different manufacturer ; there was little real-time access to data ; management information was scarce ; there was little in the way of computerized records for Polytechnic students on non-modular courses , and that little was unintegrated with the modular system ; there were no benefits or access to data for offices besides the registry ; the file structures could no longer cope with the then size of the course ( 1,100 students ) ; and the data structures were arcane ( for example , over-zealous use of bit-packing ) . |
| 4 | The minimum wage policy has been condemned by everyone from The Guardian to Goldman Sachs . |
| 5 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's still working on the theory that they were killed by someone from the neighbourhood who resented them and their prosperity . ’ |
| 7 | In practice it means that the keynote lecture will be given by someone from the New World . |
| 8 | They met again in February to hear an address given by someone from the Scottish Temperance League , and in Ballygrant in March when the Chairman gave an address in the Gaelic ; seven more joined . |
| 9 | They met again in February to hear an address given by someone from the Scottish Temperance League , and in Ballygrant in March when the Chairman gave an address in the Gaelic ; seven more joined . |