Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 2 | Both Parties appear to wish to maintain the current level of spending in relation to other government expenditure and possibly to sever Education from the Ministry of Culture . |
| 3 | Subsequent subsections empower the bank to take copies of documents obtained , and also to require information from directors and other officers . |
| 4 | I mean I think Mr Maxwell 's on the end of a very nasty hook at the moment with these houses and he 's wriggling off that and he 's offered these houses to us to avoid public embarrassment to his company and also to gain co-operation from us and the City Council in other areas . |
| 5 | It could reach both upwards and downwards to pluck vegetation from all directions on a vast scale , and so lost little time ( or energy ) moving about . |
| 6 | In the water , it breathes with its gills like any normal fish , but like the bichir it uses its lungs too , rising every now and then to gulp air from the surface , a talent which is particularly valuable when the water in the pools becomes tepid and foul and loses most of its oxygen . |
| 7 | The orphanage 's overriding function was not only to care for the destitute but also to protect society from dangerous children as there was a fear that roaming , unsupervised youngsters posed a threat to social order . |