Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | My suggestion that some " metaphors ' in The Inheritors be treated as cases of underlexicalisation rather than metaphor , so splitting off underlexicalisation from metaphor proper , clarifies Golding 's procedure and permits an analysis which captures more precisely the nature of the fiction . |
| 2 | Although SDPJ leader Takako Doi had wanted to field more candidates she had been prevented from so doing by pressure from sitting socialist members of the Diet . |
| 3 | A piece of ecological history that remains to be fully researched was the decision by a number of individuals , many apparently working in isolation from each other , to establish , like Darwin , permanent plots within which the fate of individual plants could be recorded over time . |
| 4 | Preoccupied with her own thoughts , and her mind still whirling with confusion from everything that had happened last night , Jessamy did n't hear the car draw up outside ; did n't hear the front door open and then quietly close again . |
| 5 | At the moment it is still looking for funding from private and public sources ; the Netherlands has provided an initial grant of US$1.5 million . |
| 6 | Most traders , by the middle of this week , were still waiting for confirmation from maltsters on the accurate nitrogen tests . |
| 7 | Ynys Mn is still waiting for reaction from other organisations and individuals including the Wales Tourist Board , North Wales Tourism , Gwynedd County Council and even the Women 's Institute . |
| 8 | Abnormal sorting or textural inversion ( e.g. Fig. 5.8 ) are common in sediments and indicate unusual environmental conditions , possibly mixing of sediment from two different environments , storm mixing of material in a high energy environment or multiple sources of sediment supply . |
| 9 | And he 's still fighting for compensation from his former captors . |
| 10 | He then telephoned Ken Berry , to begin the task of urgently calling in money from abroad . |
| 11 | Books are also coming under pressure from Christians objecting to witches and magic , and Muslims objecting to the use of pigs as characters . |
| 12 | In overall terms , there was a net gain of 9 per cent in the population of rural districts between 1951 and 1961 , mainly owing to overspill from towns like Darlington and some growth in market towns such as Barnard Castle . |
| 13 | The Office is now waiting for approval from the European Community , which is partly funding the project : agreement by the EC is expected to help Hewlett-Packard in its aim of making the Hungarian system a reference point for other Eastern European state organisations . |
| 14 | Some farmers are now asking for help from higher powers . |
| 15 | In talking about USE and CHOICE in Chapter 1 we were implicitly looking at language from the author 's point of view . |
| 16 | particularly looking for work from that particular |
| 17 | In Georgia the Supreme Soviet , reportedly bowing to pressure from opposition groups , on March 20 decided to postpone the elections to that body due on March 25 until October or November , in order that other political parties would have time enough to organize themselves to take part . |
| 18 | Nobutoshi Akao takes office at a time when the country is increasingly coming under fire from environmentalists for ignoring global priorities . |
| 19 | PRIMARY schools are increasingly relying on money from parents for a decent stock of books , according to government inspectors . |
| 20 | Schools are increasingly relying on money from parents to provide decent stocks of books , government inspectors report today . |
| 21 | Then rising like dawn from the mist , the pain was utterly and entirely real . |
| 22 | Mich eventually resorted to placing a hook on tension , then continuing to tension from the hook to reach the first real crack line for ten pitches . |
| 23 | This was recently completed and three proposals for restoration were put forward ranging in cost from £8 million ( $12.8 million ) to £15 million ( $24 million ) , the difference between a cosmetic shoring-up and a full-scale renovation to include regilding of the statues and the construction of a visitor centre on the site . |
| 24 | Fighting continued into a second day , with the presidential palace again coming under fire from the air and from snipers , despite presidential assurances to the country that the situation was under control . |
| 25 | But also some really exciting projects like er we 've had people making sculptures out of scrap from the motorway , we 've had , er we 're going to have a music project working on , again working on scrap from the motorway . |