Example sentences of "[adj] from the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | He was not supposed to know whether the dealer was buying or selling on his client 's behalf , but nonetheless he attempted to guess this from the runner 's facial expression and comments . |
2 | To distinguish this from the actor 's concern to communicate to non-participants , we have used the term ‘ presentation ’ . |
3 | But the tone of the report is quite different from the GATT 's previous review , published in 1991 , which was harshly critical . |
4 | Different from the time the Radiological Protection Unit had been out , and different from the Boilermakers ' stoppage . |
5 | Evidently Luke 's own assessment of the problem 's urgency was somewhat different from the caller 's own . |
6 | However , in 1938 the ‘ Britons fight for Britain only ’ and ‘ Mosley and Peace ’ campaigns , although based on assumptions different from the government 's appeasement policies and having no influence upon them , nevertheless harmonized quite well with the general drift of public opinion with regard to European intervention and the threat of war . |
7 | Our commitment is very different from the Government 's . |
8 | It was so different from the artist 's usual work that without the bold signature , the single surname , Dalgliesh might have wondered if it was , in fact , his work . |
9 | Under the presiding genius of Roger , bishop of Salisbury , Henry 's most brilliant administrator — said to have been first chosen as chaplain by Henry ( whose tastes were different from the Confessor 's ) for the speed with which he could finish his mass — the English financial departments were achieving something of the efficiency and maturity of their Sicilian counterparts . |
10 | it is rather like highlighting the lion 's view of captivity , it implies that this is demonstrably different from the tiger 's view , and this draws attention away from the significant fact of captivity . |
11 | Dyer 's doings are the same as but also different from those investigated by the fretful man he resembles , just as Hawksmoor 's investigative Scotland Yard is the same as but also different from the architects ' department of that name attended by Dyer . |
12 | They were so different from the dustman 's horses and those that pulled the water carts . |
13 | For Sue Poole , whose husband Nick is a Sergeant , living here is somewhat different from the family 's home town of Tewkesbury . |
14 | I think it was her smell that got me started … like the braided loaves fresh from the baker 's oven . |
15 | It remains inherently dependent from the client 's point of view . |
16 | It seems that it was a hasty decision to take away the armoured car , which had become inseparable from the city 's history . |
17 | The abundance of mobile living rooms is clear from the firm 's own client base . |
18 | It became clear from the Government 's autumn statement that pressure on public expenditure is likely to get worse rather than better for the foreseeable future , and that any developments must take place within such a framework . |
19 | It is clear from the man 's record that he was an ally of a man who escaped from Northern Ireland and who is wanted in Northern Ireland to pay part of the price for the crime that he committed . |
20 | It was clear from the sentencer 's observations that he had given careful consideration to these matters . |
21 | But it is not clear from the duke 's company accounts exactly how much of Mayfair he owns . |
22 | It seems clear from the overseers ' accounts for the late 18th century that two of the four adult Titford brothers were living as occupants of houses once held as leasehold properties by their better-off ancestors . |
23 | It was clear from the governor 's demeanour that his invitation did not extend beyond the Americans , and the elderly mandarin remained standing apart with his son and his son 's wife . |
24 | This is clear from the Attorney-General 's statement in Parliament that the practice in its widest form was lawful : a curious ( though not unprecedented ) anticipation of a judicial decision by the Government 's senior law officer and a member of the executive ( Adeney and Lloyd , 1986 : 104 ) . |
25 | The unit is powered direct from the computer 's 5V power line , which must be capable of supplying at least 80mA . |
26 | Evelyn Vane Eden , later Lady Auckland , took delivery of the 20/25hp limousine direct from the firm 's showroom in Conduit Street , London in October 1933 . |
27 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
28 | The waiter picked up a fork and tried a few from the man 's plate . |
29 | It is available free from the authority 's distribution centre at Hamilton House , Mabledon Place , London WC1 9TX . |
30 | If the buyer disposes of the goods within one of the exceptions to the nemo dat principle ( see Chapter 5 ) , the innocent sub-purchaser obtains title free from the seller 's lien . |