Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another possibility open to the government would be to increase exemptions from the charge for those on low pay , but this would only really operate ‘ at the margin' . |
| 2 | An alternative , and probably stronger , method would be to drill holes from the top through the underlying sleeper and drive in metal reinforcing bars ( see your local builders merchant ) . |
| 3 | The purpose of this study is to compare results from the Asthma Question Box with a conventional paper and pencil symptom diary to obtain information about missing records , retrospective completion ( from an analysis of electronic date records ) , and accuracy ( from comparison of data entry by the two methods ) . |
| 4 | A delegation of Soviet miners is to meet officers from the fraud squad tomorrow over Arthur Scargill 's alleged mishandling of funds donated during the year-long pit strike . |
| 5 | The best way to achieve VARIETY and BALANCE is to select foods from the main groups shown below , together with smaller amounts of oils and fats . |
| 6 | Here the concern is to understand decisions from the standpoint of the decision-makers by reconstructing their reasons . |
| 7 | To give directions is to project messages from the brain to the body 's mechanisms and conduct the energy necessary for the use of these mechanisms . |
| 8 | It is to protect non-smokers from the health risks of passive smoking — risks which all those concerned with the welfare of employees , or the public at large , are having to face up to . |
| 9 | Popular music has received very little assistance from the various Arts Councils whose job is to disburse monies from the state and local authorities . |
| 10 | By the time of Catherine 's Legislative Commission ( 1766–68 ) , the predominant concern among the nobility was to exclude commoners from the Table of Ranks . |
| 11 | The usual thing was to hire diamonds from the court jeweller for the coronation and then return them . |
| 12 | As one teacher put it : Oh , the aim of the Project initially from my point of view was to get pupils from the beginning of the first year to have the ability to actually look up information for themselves … |
| 13 | She was to bring samples from the parents and their offspring so that she and Dr Ann Chandley could analyse and discuss them together . |