Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] from [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The music was played by two musicians , Rolande and Ydrys , sitting cross-legged under the cart with a hurdy-gurdy , a reed-pipe , a drum and a shawm , all hidden from sight by a straw bale . |
| 2 | Unlikely as that seems now , it must be remembered that in the early 1970s the private market was in a very bad condition and many developer builders were only rescued from bankruptcy by ‘ package deals ’ under which the DOE gave local authorities special loan sanctions in order to buy in whole estates of unsold private dwellings . |
| 3 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |
| 4 | Most are malnourished , only saved from starvation by water and food provided en route by the Red Cross . |
| 5 | It took them five overs to score their first run and they were only saved from disaster by captain Allan Lamb . |
| 6 | His first , 11 weeks after the crash took place on December 20 when he was gently transferred from hospital by ambulance , strapped to a stretcher . |
| 7 | It is thus precipitated from milk by any weak acid , in the nursery notably by rhubarb juice , in industry usually by weak hydrochloric acid . |
| 8 | It is usually protected from damage by being run inside a drain pipe , and rises slightly to avoid air bubbles . |
| 9 | The Repeater Hand Gun is also used from horseback by gallant Imperial Engineers who find it a devastating if temperamental device . |
| 10 | It has also benefited from protection by the Mexican government of its calving and winter grounds in Baja California . |
| 11 | This is evident not only from the fact that the jurisdiction of the Legal Services Ombudsman under sections 21 to 26 of the Act stops at the moment when a complaint enters into the jurisdiction of a disciplinary tribunal : section 22(7) , but also from the fact that in section 27(3) Parliament refers to the process by which a barrister may be disbarred or temporarily suspended from practice by order of an Inn of Court without any hint that it disapproves or wishes to alter in any way the manner in which for centuries the Inns have made orders for disbarment subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
| 12 | Of the previous four presidents one , Johnson , had been effectively driven from office by the failure of his Vietnam policy ; one , Nixon , had resigned in disgrace and neither Ford nor Carter had been able to cope with the limits on presidential power . |
| 13 | Dolomite is often distinguished from calcite by its failure to stain with solutions which react with calcite ( see below ) . |
| 14 | The massive stone structure has acquired a mature and acceptable appearance in these days of so much brick and concrete , and it is one of the ironies of the philosophy of conservation that the blessed bridge which Ruskin regarded as a monstrous intrusion into a beautiful natural scene should , a hundred years later , have been noisily protected from demolition by the very people who would presumably have sided with Ruskin in wishing to preserve the landscape . |
| 15 | She peered out of the window again , hoping that she might perhaps have imagined the scene below , but Miss Hardbroom had not moved and was now almost hidden from view by the smoke . |
| 16 | It was parked next to the wall and almost hidden from view by the red Studebaker beside it . |
| 17 | My fear of a remote danger may be almost driven from mind by current emotions ; but to decide to take precautions I need no more than the faint tremor as I glimpse what the consequences of neglect would be like , I do not have to maintain the stimulus to action by living in constant terror until the danger has passed . |
| 18 | His wrists up to his elbows were closely covered with coral bangles , so were his ankles … his breast was completely hidden from view by the coral beads encircling his neck . |
| 19 | And if that were not enough , the paper 's critic went on : ‘ His performance is continually kept from affectation by underlying cockney savagery ; he releases in us all the longing to put out tongues , chalk on walls and pull faces behind the back of authority . ’ |