Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , a claim by an employer based on breach of confidence has failed as it was perceived to be an attempt to prevent the employee from working in the same field by offering his skill to another employer . |
| 2 | The plaintiffs made an application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendant from disclosing to the regulatory body or to the revenue its confidential information or documents . |
| 3 | Sadi Carnot came to the second law of thermodynamics from pondering on the efficiency of an abstract and idealized engine ; and Helmholtz came to the first from considering simple mechanical devices such as trip-hammers driven by water-wheels . |
| 4 | Like Roquefort ( see p96 ) , most blue cheeses are wrapped in foil to prevent any skin or crust from forming on the cheese . |
| 5 | That might be a necessary protection in order , e.g. , to prevent a cheque obtained by fraud from getting into the hands of an innocent holder , who would be in better position than the original party to the fraud . |
| 6 | Dr Morris writes : Spots and threads in our visual field are very common after the age of 30 , the result from ageing of the vitreous gel — the ‘ jelly ’ which fills nearly all of the eyeball . |
| 7 | According to Dr D.W.F. James , the then Director of the Polytechnic of Wales , the government 's decision was a reflection of its desire not to rock the boat and was connected with arguments about the Welsh language , arguments which had already saved Bangor Normal College from merging with the University College of North Wales so that it could develop as a Welsh medium teacher-training college . |
| 8 | Now at this point I want to sort of take a break from looking at the development of the Communist Party to looking briefly at the peasantry because although the peasantry have been in the background for much of the time , we have n't actually looked in any detail , so far , at the condition of the peasantry in China . |
| 9 | RADIOHEAD , manic depressive Oxford rockers , who recently released their highly-praised ‘ Creep ’ single , take a break from guesting on the current Kingmaker tour to play their own headline show at |
| 10 | In fact , they are so contaminated with PCBs alone that , under Canadian law , their corpses must be treated as toxic waste to keep the poisonous chemical from returning to the environment . |
| 11 | To lay a path or drive simply excavate the area to a depth of about 6in ( 150mm ) , or 8in ( 200mm ) on soft clay soils , and ram in a 6in thick layer of hardcore or hoggin , covered with a thin layer of sand to prevent the gravel from sinking into the sub-base . |
| 12 | The early skills were brought by French exiles , lured by high rates of pay or driven out by religious persecution ; labour was provided by the considerable fund of casual workers who dragged a living from squatting in the woods and heaths . |
| 13 | In 1980 , three ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shops opened in Atlanta , Georgia , Baltimore , Maryland and Costa Mesa , California , and Laura derived great pleasure from travelling to the West Coast to attend the opening of this shop . |
| 14 | The latter part of the village stops your mouth from fraying round the edge ! |
| 15 | Section 1(5) prohibits an individual who has contemplated or who is contemplating making a take-over offer for a company in one capacity from dealing in the shares of the offeree in another capacity if he knows that the information relating to the fact that the offer is contemplated or is no longer contemplated is unpublished price sensitive information . |
| 16 | The misrepresentation , albeit an innocent one , ‘ was a sufficient misrepresentation to disentitle the cleaner from relying on the exemption , except in regard to beads and sequins . ’ |
| 17 | Schools are prevented by law from charging for the curriculum , including charging pupils and their parents directly for school trips and visits , yet on the other hand schools are encouraged to generate as much revenue as they possibly can . |
| 18 | There was little benefit from carping about the organizational source of the disciplinary impedimenta . |
| 19 | It was the hon. Gentleman 's casting vote as Chairman of the Select Committee on Employment which last week prevented that Committee from looking into the truth of these matters . |
| 20 | In 1984 Kahane was elected to the Knesset as his party 's sole representative , but in October 1988 the Israeli Supreme Court upheld a decision taken by the central elections committee to ban Kach from competing in the forthcoming elections because of its " Nazi-like , un-democratic and racist " stance [ see p. 36947 ] . |
| 21 | ‘ Consequently , the measures which the member states may adopt when exercising the power conferred on them by article 5(2) of Regulation ( E.E.C. ) No. 170/82 with a view to excluding certain of the vessels flying their flag from sharing in the utilisation of their national quota are justified only if they are suitable and necessary for attaining the aim of the quotas … |
| 22 | And somehow she could n't stop her gaze from straying to the triangle of naked chest where his shirt buttons were open . |
| 23 | Mr Foulkes is seeking Government safeguards to prevent Rayo from falling into the wrong hands . |
| 24 | In the UK , financial deregulation from freeing of the building societies to Big Bang in the City were handled more sensibly . |
| 25 | And now that I 'm up here the problem is keeping my eyes on this page and stopping my mind from wandering and my pen from straying to the edge of the paper and doodling , something I am sure to give in to before long . |
| 26 | The most that can be achieved by the summit is to keep the Community from toppling over the edge . |
| 27 | It 's like that wire-mesh barrier thing — the one he told me about — the one that stops boats at the last moment from going over the weir . |
| 28 | Susan raised her cheek from resting against the soft furriness of the baby 's head . |
| 29 | It was made by the furious last sweep of his indestructible sword Durandal , when he struck it against the rock in a vain effort to break it and so stop this epic weapon from falling into the hands of the Saracens : |
| 30 | I stopped this young lad from cycling into the factory and — ‘ |