Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Coleridge soon discovered the shortcomings of Clevedon , and especially the inconvenient distance separating it from his literary friends in Bristol , and from the indispensable Bristol City Library . |
| 2 | Why not make a visit to the International Motor Show , the British International Antiques Fair , or any of the numerous public exhibitions covering everything from photography to holidays and travel , and classic cars to boats and caravans . |
| 3 | It stands on the slight and indefinite watershed at the head of Glen Shiel and has its own group of Munros in the high country dividing it from Glen Affric to the north . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , on becoming prime minister after Craigavon 's death in 1940 , Andrews was also at sea , his loyalty to old colleagues preventing him from bringing in new men . |
| 5 | If that individual is not its mother but a human foster parent feeding it from a bottle , the lamb imprints on whoever held the bottle . |
| 6 | His glance had never left her as she 'd tapped towards him across the mirror-like floor , dark eyes sweeping her from head to toe to take in her black high-heeled shoes , black stockings and the stark simplicity of the black wool dress skimming her knees , with a sardonic half-smile . |
| 7 | Theda blanched even paler , a wicked flash and an ominous rumble preventing her from hearing the curse that issued from Mr Beckenham 's lips . |
| 8 | They shared a deep marble bath , with warm water showering them from above , and as the oil was washed from their bodies so he fucked her again . |
| 9 | While that particular strain of thinking was busy degenerating into New Pop , scholars , as they will , peeled back this pop cartoon to find the real thing feeding it from beneath … torch singers . |
| 10 | One of the two largest owls of the region , an enormous , almost eagle-sized bird , the prominent ear-tufts and facial disc distinguishing it from all diurnal birds of prey . |
| 11 | It 's just one example of where the British Red Cross training can be integrated into the national curriculum teaching everything from first aid to hazards in the home . |
| 12 | Of the Enlightenment as Kant or Voltaire saw it ( see pp. 411ff below ) , as the human mind liberating itself from the self-imposed tutelage of centuries , a new birth of intellectual adventure , they had no inkling . |
| 13 | Children , especially boys , will construct a fake gun using anything from sticks to a piece of toast . |
| 14 | It is not concerned with the merits of the instruments but rather with whether the special attention of the House should be drawn to the legislation in that it : ( a ) imposes a tax or fee on the public or a charge on the public revenue ; ( b ) is made pursuant of an enactment containing specific provisions excluding it from challenge in the courts ; ( c ) purports to have retrospective effect when there is no express authority in the enabling statute ; ( d ) has been unduly delayed in publication or laying before Parliament ; ( e ) has come into operation before being laid before Parliament and there has been unjustifiable delay in informing the Speaker ; ( f ) is of doubtful vires or makes some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the enabling statute ; ( g ) calls for any special reason of form or content , for elucidation ; ( h ) is defective in its drafting . |
| 15 | Within the crowded streets and lively squares of the city lie a plethora of tiny open-air stalls selling everything from incense to caged pigeons , over six thousand restaurants serving the gamut of cuisine from Korean to French , and an array of gleaming hitech buildings housing progressive computer companies and financial whizzes . |
| 16 | Suddenly it takes over — uncontrollably , they lash out and then flee in panic , their ancient memory switching them from Jekyll to Hyde . |
| 17 | There was a banality colouring all visual material reaching us from New York , and the way we were experiencing that banality through the mass-media was regarded as an essential aspect of it . |
| 18 | More recently we have learnt that the functioning of the immune system , that exquisitely coordinated mechanism protecting us from disease , is intimately tied in to levels of stress . |
| 19 | Psychobiology , the study of the biological bases of behaviour , is a broad area covering everything from the evolution of mating systems in the toad to the functions of subregions of the human cerebral cortex . |
| 20 | The southern border of Austria at this point is the Alpine chain dividing it from Italy and Yugoslavia . |
| 21 | But those who participate have to sign a non-competition deal preventing them from leaving to work with a rival consortium . |
| 22 | Having said that er we would prefer a quota system for er Stansted because without it , we could have a large number of noisey flights into Stansted and , and also that er in terms of er both this and further consultations we would expect to see full information providing us from er , a to enable us to make a sensible conclusion . |
| 23 | She was aware of those sapphire-hued eyes following her from time to time , resting on her , evaluating her . |
| 24 | The only person gaining anything from this is the chairman of BT . |
| 25 | Caroline paced her bedroom , her furious steps taking her from one end of the handsome room to the other . |
| 26 | The former is published quarterly in the United Kingdom by the Library Association and its coverage includes not only most of the main social science journals but also serious weekly magazines , such as The Economist and New Society , and also The Times , the Guardian and other such popular publications ; the latter is an American publication covering everything from books to articles and reports on all sorts of economic and social affairs published worldwide in the English language . |
| 27 | Resembles a broader-winged longer-tailed Peregrine ( p. 93 ) , with upperparts mid-brown like a Buzzard ( p. 77 ) , its pale head distinguishing it from both Peregrine and Lanner , though this not always clearly visible ; moustachial streak barely perceptible . |
| 28 | The development of this part of the plot is swift , Lear 's impatient anger leading him from one self-imposed crisis to another . |
| 29 | For a second she stood alone , livid weals striping her from head to foot . |
| 30 | ISO will follow an elliptical orbit taking it from 1000 to 39 000 km above the Earth 's surface and will complete one orbit every 12 hours . |