Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critical for hooking Alphas and VAXes , DEC said the platform would be protocol-independent , capable of handling everything from multi-vendor PC LANs to multi-vendor mainframes . |
| 2 | Senior expects Delta 's haemoglobin to cost around 50 pence per gram , ten times less than the cost of purifying it from red blood cells , the main existing source . |
| 3 | This is reflected in Mustill LJ 's approach in Rogers v Parish ( Scarborough ) Ltd [ 1987 ] 1 QB 933 where his Lordship maintained that the purpose of buying a car was : … not merely the purpose of driving it from one place to another but of doing so with the appropriate degree of comfort , ease of handling , reliability and … pride in the vehicle 's outward and interior appearance . |
| 4 | Many hon. Members believe that the Secretary of State should immediately instruct the Director General of Fair Trading to review the position urgently and in detail , so that we can discover whether there is still some possibility of saving something from this awful mess . |
| 5 | In which case it would make more sense to elect proven adulterers instead of discouraging them from public life . |
| 6 | The term conversation is widely used , in a non-technical sense , and people seem capable of distinguishing it from other kinds of talk . |
| 7 | We could n't argue , for Thistle 's chance of taking anything from this game lasted all of 58 seconds . |
| 8 | But one can also think of style as manner irrespective of such external connections , by identifying distinctive patterns of language use in a text simply as a means of differentiating it from other texts , on the general assumption that such distinctive patterns must be a part of the text 's overall effect . |
| 9 | Else he 'd of took it from that way . |
| 10 | The human alphabet simply can not cope , and unless you know the sounds already ( in which case there is no point in writing them down ) there is no hope of learning them from these strange strings of letters . |
| 11 | That way , your 30 days terms will mean 30 days instead of meaning anything from 30 to 60 days ( which averages out at 45 days or 50 per cent more days than 30 days ) . |
| 12 | Some Slovenian bankers pointed out that it would have made better sense to have carried out a ‘ consolidation ’ , which would have preserved more of the assets of the firm than the policy of attacking it from all sides ( Politika , 1 October 1987 ) . |
| 13 | She meant that , once she had talked him into releasing her from this crazy engagement , she would be free to take up her own life once more . |
| 14 | He 's very conscious of the fact that he 's indebted to him , not just for rescuing him from those awful guardians but for getting him into Grafton Abbey and then arranging for him to work for Mr Harvey . |
| 15 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 16 | In fact even if one succeeds in dissociating oneself from some of the more romantic claims that are made on its behalf it 's easy to get the discouraging impression that communication without words is after all a residual topic and that once orthodox language has been subtracted all that is left is a rubbish heap of nudges , shrugs , pouts , sighs , winks and glances — or to put it another way that non-verbal communication is simply the behavioural exhaust thrown out of the rear end of an extremely high-tech linguistic machine . |
| 17 | They are responsible for the complete replication of the extreme ends of chromosomal molecules and contribute to chromosome stability in protecting them from exonucleolytic degradation and end to end fusion events ( 2 ) . |
| 18 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 19 | ‘ Let me not tire of thanking you , ’ he wrote , ‘ for your mercy in rescuing me from all my wicked ways . ’ |
| 20 | However , I would suggest that we have a conversation with these four people before eradicating them from first round discussions . |
| 21 | If the advantages of the relative detachment of non-executives are to be maximised , there is merit in distancing them from non-contractual issues involving directly managed units . |
| 22 | In freeing themselves from this burden they may need to make their escape into another language or culture , even by establishing geographical distance over thousands of miles of ocean . |
| 23 | He had good taste and was most helpful in extricating one from awkward situations . |
| 24 | Hodkinson , who has successfully defended the crown three times since taking it from another Mexican , Marcos Villasana , in November 1991 , added : ‘ That belt means so much to me . |
| 25 | Without shyness , without hiding ourselves from each other , we undressed . |
| 26 | And I think you can see that the , the word transference here is , is in the sense that transference erm , alludes to transferring something from one place to another , as if the feeling , which were originally experienced , for example , in the family , were being transferred to the , to the analytic situation , to the , to the analysis . |
| 27 | Well perhaps you or somebody on the other side might care to tell us how you 're gon na take it from three to three and half , cos I 'll quite happily tell you then how we 'll take it from three and half to four percent , so we welcome that as a step in the right direction . |
| 28 | for delivering it from one part of his premises to another part of his premises , or for delivering it from his premises to the premises of , or between parts of premises of , another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles or removing it from the premises of another manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in mechanically propelled vehicles direct to his own premises ; |
| 29 | And even Scottish law , where pension rights are taken into account on divorce , has no mechanism for transferring them from one person to another . |
| 30 | He was an expert at extracting himself from emotional entanglements … the bitter voices were mocking her … |