Example sentences of "[adj] from [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court has held that the certificates remain final , even though the inspector has been negligent , on the basis that they are no different from experts ' decisions : Alfred C Toepfer v Continental Grain Co [ 1974 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 11 . |
| 2 | Methods of curriculum planning are inseparable from teachers ' thinking about what has to be planned , and the arrival of the National Curriculum is dictating a much more considered and long-term approach than was adopted in at least some of the classrooms we visited ( NCC 1989 , 1991 ; Alexander et al . |
| 3 | A complicity indistinguishable from lovers ' happiness ran through the two of them , not localized but suffused through their frames , like alcohol after exercise . |
| 4 | Mr B 's altered appetite — for improvements as distinct from ladies ' maids — is proof of his moral reformation , for the villainy of Lovelace in Clarissa ( 1748–9 ) is signified by his neglect of his country seat ; while the excellence of Sir Charles Grandison , Richardson 's pattern hero , is indicated by his obsession with mortar , creating a little heaven on the earth of his estate . |
| 5 | Local authorities ' waste disposal operations will be set up as ‘ competitive arm 's length ’ companies to be separate from councils ' responsibilities for policing environmental standards . |
| 6 | It was supposed to keep retirement benefits safe from politicians ' tinkering . |
| 7 | Doors with wood or aluminium frames are widely available from builders ' merchants and timber yards , and you can either do the work yourself or call in a local builder to do it for you . |
| 8 | Flexible alkathene hoops , available from builders ' merchants , secured to each side of a bed with a cover of heavy-duty polythene , make a simple cold frame for protecting frost-sensitive shrubs and newly raised annuals . |
| 9 | I therefore decided that I would use one of the 4′ water tanks available from builders ' merchants as the vat , and add a smaller 18″ water tank to this for the filtration |
| 10 | Many students find difficulty in preparing adequate answers to such questions , as is apparent from examiners ' comments . |
| 11 | Solicitors regularly appear as advocates in the lower courts and , by special hat of the Lord Chancellor , in some Crown Courts which are geographically remote from barristers ' chambers . |
| 12 | But inquest necessitated a professionalism long absent from castellans ' courts . |