Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only the natural caution of paleontologists that prevents them from jumping to startling conclusions . |
| 2 | My role as a lawyer within the company means that my work is directly linked to the development of the company 's activities and encompasses everything from handling acquisitions and disposals to advising on minor matters on an ad-hoc basis , and problem solving for the company . |
| 3 | But cruelty in intensifying awareness contracts and withdraws it from the pleasures , even from pains not inflicted by the sadist himself . |
| 4 | It is a body that simultaneously defines the continents and divides them from each other ; at the same time it knits together some of their distant and improbably linked civilizations , as well as their anthropologies and histories . |
| 5 | This radiation cuts through the dust in space that blocks off the light from distant objects and hides them from the gaze of optical telescopes . |
| 6 | This course lasts five weeks and covers everything from preparing and serving cocktails , to learning how to lay a table for everything from a simple breakfast to a royal banquet . |
| 7 | I am sure that one of the things that prevents us from accepting help is that we think other people wo n't do things the way we do them . |
| 8 | It was the first of a series of compounds which are known as the ‘ tricyclic antidepressants ’ , because their chemical structure contains three rings and distinguishes them from the monoamine oxidase inhibitors . |
| 9 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 10 | Each department takes a different number of outlooks and takes them from different sources . |
| 11 | Second , it can forge a ‘ pact ’ with one or more of the other parties , which entitles them to be consulted over policy decisions but excludes them from holding ministerial posts . |
| 12 | He argues that standards may be rendered more precise by ‘ criteria ’ , facts that are to be taken into accounts but that ‘ the feature of standards that distinguishes them from rules is their flexibility and susceptibility to change over time ’ . |
| 13 | Starting early , I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur , arriving late in the afternoon . |
| 14 | Others are more subtle , if not downright clever , like the frog-hopper or spittle-bug that , instead of spitting back the sap it does n't want — like greenfly — uses it to surround itself in a frothy mass that hides and protects it from predatory birds and also prevents the soft-skinned body from drying out . |