Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | So methods have been developed to dissuade you from wandering off to somebody else 's cash register . |
| 2 | Caught off guard , in a mellow mood , away-from the pressures that the stance has been developed to shield them from , they too will admit to being disappointed and confused , not as hard-bitten as they make out , and as having found only a very inadequate solution to what seems to be an insoluble problem : how to do a good enough job . |
| 3 | It is a difficult process , since it has to be directed against one 's mental processes , which are designed to protect us from an alien world . |
| 4 | They say that they 're going to move them from laybys , then have n't got lorries , etc . |
| 5 | ‘ They are attempting to drive us from the Highlands , but they can not . |
| 6 | As the Dwarfs advanced into the mouth of the pass they were attacked by a large army of Orcs and Goblins that had apparently been waiting to attack them from behind once they had moved south . |
| 7 | They are one of the first candidates for food irradiation , which will replace the chemicals that are used to protect them from pests during storage . |
| 8 | ‘ This situation has meant me not being able to get the sort of access to my daughter I want because the fact that the interdict is still in place has been used to prevent me from getting increased access . ’ |
| 9 | The mains inlet cable must be secured to prevent it from pulling out , and a cable gland or ‘ P ’ clip can be used as normal . |
| 10 | The varied menu of attractions at the centre means quick changes have to be made to convert it from jazz venue to theatre to dance hall . |
| 11 | Something must be done to free her from this grip . |
| 12 | Mainly , the first part provides examples of potential problems occurring in everyday living and what might be done to prevent them from becoming actual problems . |
| 13 | Where the defendant has innocently made a substantial investment on the basis of information innocently acquired it is most unlikely that an injunction would be granted to restrain him from making use of that information ( although the fact that an injunction might drive the defendant into liquidation is not relevant if the tests in American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon [ 1975 ] AC 396 have been satisfied ; per May LJ in Bullivant ( Roger ) Ltd v Ellis [ 1987 ] ICR 464 ) . |
| 14 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 15 | Well I 'm going to do it from a black point of view . ’ |
| 16 | To tell you the truth I was a bit miffed when I found out , but now I 'm beginning to see it from their point of view . |
| 17 | Reproductive structures should really be found to distinguish it from other , superficially fern-like plants . |
| 18 | Cut around the tile to be removed to separate it from its neighbours |
| 19 | I 'm up all night for nights and you do n't thank me , you act as if I 'm trying to exclude you from something . |
| 20 | Menem , who had accepted Yoma 's resignation only a few days before , had been forced to suspend her from her post in March when a report by a Spanish investigative judge , hearing evidence in the Spanish capital , Madrid , accused her of being part of an international drug laundering ring . |
| 21 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 22 | The life-style , the communes , the language , the dress , the hair-styles and blue-tinted glasses of the men ( and women ) of the 1860s were designed to distance them from what they saw as the hypocrisy of conventional society . |
| 23 | Nurses were instructed to prevent them from seeing Earl Spencer as he lay helpless in his private room . |
| 24 | When bad news was finally announced , dealers were instructed to conceal it from their clients for as long as possible . |
| 25 | After her marriage attempts were made to unseat her from the London School Board because of the alleged illegality of her name . |
| 26 | One consequence of this has been that further additions to the existing radio and television services would become deeply contested as efforts were made to detach them from the duopoly . |
| 27 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 28 | The recall instructions were specifically designed to make it difficult for subjects to use previous knowledge in the task and attempts were made to prevent them from mentally retracing the route , a strategy which several of them would otherwise have adopted . |
| 29 | Where the proceedings are in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) , it is a defence under s.94(4) to prove , on a balance of probabilities , ( the burden being on the defendant ) that the accumulation or deposit was necessary for the effectual carrying on of a business or manufacture , was not kept longer than necessary , and that best practicable means were used to prevent them from being prejudicial to health or a nuisance . |
| 30 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |