Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of establishing a veterinary college in London with government money was one way its promoters considered financing it , but this was unfortunately dismissed in favour of raising funds from students ' fees and subscribers ' contributions . |
| 2 | The Interior Minister , Wu Po-hsiung , said that the government was considering demands from victims ' families and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party for an official apology and compensation . |
| 3 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 4 | They include new specifications to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from ships ' engines and bans on the use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems and on halons in new fire extinguishing equipment . |
| 5 | 15.11.3 Appeals from experts ' decisions |
| 6 | Two extracts from students ' responses will illustrate the sort of four-minute stories that were written : |
| 7 | At that stage Stoddards was one of the largest laundries in the country , servicing the life jackets and blankets from ships ' convoys returning to the Clyde . |
| 8 | It was also felt that consequent uncertainty in the bookselling trade would lead booksellers to place smaller initial orders for new titles , and that rising prices and the axing of valuable but commercially marginal titles from publishers ' lists would ensue ( both of the latter effects have , in fact , to some extent ensued , in spite of the judgement ) . |
| 9 | Copper pipe is sold in lengths , typically of 2m or 3m , though you can buy shorter or longer ( up to 6m ) lengths from plumbers ' merchants . |
| 10 | Make your own plants , take cuttings or divisions from neighbours ' plants , rather than buying them from nurseries . |
| 11 | A rising yield curve results from investors ' preferences to stay liquid . |
| 12 | Guild members took in children from strikers ' families , gave clothing , helped on relief committees and distributed flour tickets . |
| 13 | The project makes use of surplus medical supplies and medicines from doctors ' surgeries , pharmacists , hospitals and medical supply firms . |
| 14 | " Or you could have champagne-tasting competitions from ladies ' slippers , " she said , laughing . |
| 15 | But the tobacco industry is unrivalled at making silk purses from sows ' ears . |
| 16 | Also present at these meetings in various London clubs and restaurants were representatives from employers ' organizations , who recognized that to influence the Policy Unit was to influence the Prime Minister : if a minister proved unavailable , unsympathetic or intractable , they could outmanoeuvre him by enlisting Policy Unit support . |