Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] from [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Constables , for example , are n a different position from other chief officers by holding executive authority in their own right ( and not derived from councillors ) , an arrangement which lies at the heart of suggestions that the police are less accountable for their actions than other local-authority employees ( Oliver , 1987 ) . |
| 2 | It is possible that this may have been the result of overcommitment of advisory staff and thus arisen from difficulties in attending to this detail . |
| 3 | Nicol , one assumes , will be given the chance to prolong his celebrations by slotting immediately into the Scotland seven who are drawn in one of four pools with Western Samoa , Vanuatu and local Fijian district , Nadroga — selecting from more than 50 clubs and far removed from pushovers . |
| 4 | For pure nostalgia the Alternative Exhibition has displays of Cadbury memorabilia large and small donated from attics and cupboards all over the country . |
| 5 | He was a Venetian and therefore descended from men who had ruled and schemed and dominated the world for centuries . |
| 6 | Families in this category are normally without transport and therefore excluded from facilities outside . |
| 7 | Most deaths are caused not by catastrophic accidents but by fouling from oil that is illegally but routinely discharged from ships . |
| 8 | However , Mr Lewis 's engagingly informal manner , and his statement at dinner that the United States ‘ would always stand on the side of justice and did n't mind admitting mistakes had been made at Versailles ’ seemed to do much to win the confidence of his lordship 's ‘ home team' ; as dinner progressed , the conversation had slowly but surely turned from topics such as the merits of Mr Lewis 's native Pennsylvania back to the conference ahead , and by the time the gentlemen were lighting their cigars , some of the speculations being offered appeared to be as intimate as those exchanged prior to Mr Lewis 's arrival . |