Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least 114 wiretaps were requested for reasons ranging from suspected arms trading to terrorist links or presidential security , but it was not clear if all the taps were actually carried out , the left-wing daily said . |
| 2 | He also presumes that ‘ all pressure for change comes from one direction only ’ . |
| 3 | Sometimes it is manifested in an exaggeration of previous dependency when problems arise ; sometimes , with strangers , excessive expectations of and need for support arise from these earlier relationships ( 'My husband waited on me hand and foot . ' ) |
| 4 | The above effects are likely to be important only at or below the glass transition temperature but they do not seem to have been analysed to date , nor is there yet a molecular interpretation of the frictional forces between chains arising from these and other causes . |
| 5 | Thirdly , as mentioned above , because we know little about historical relationships between sign languages it is difficult to disentangle historical influences and similarities between signs arising from other causes . |
| 6 | The numbers accepted for settlement fell from 81,000 in 1976 to 70,000 in 1980 and 55,000 in 1985 . |
| 7 | [ For bloodshed resulting from ethnic power struggles in 1963 and 1973 see pp. 20085-86 ; 25814 ; for massacres in Burundi in 1988 , where the Tutsi-dominated government had since embarked on a power-sharing experiment with the Hutu , see pp. 36328-29 . ] |
| 8 | The London , Brighton and South Coast Company introduced special rates for milk sent from particular stations . |
| 9 | This approach allows in particular for bequests resulting from expected wage differences between parent and child . |
| 10 | No material was available for silver staining from this patient . |
| 11 | UNTIL READING THIS , I HAD NEVER REALIZED THAT MY UNQUESTIONED PICTURE OF NEANDERTHALS AS DARK AROSE FROM STANDARD RECONSTRUCTIONS … |
| 12 | The Council advises the Hong Kong Government , through the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee , on the research needs of the higher education institutions in Hong Kong and invites and receives applications for research grants from academic staff . |
| 13 | In that case the contractor sought to sue the engineer for losses arising from alleged under-certification of the amounts due to the contractor . |
| 14 | The dominance of the corporate publishing sector is such that for many writers the most available social relations are those of employment in this sense , with the ideas for books coming from new professional intermediaries ( publishers ' editors ) within the market structure , and authors being employed to execute them . |
| 15 | The most commonly prescribed drugs were hypnotics to make young children sleep and anti-depressants for treating bedwetting , plus tranquillizers for teenagers suffering from some kind of psychological disturbance . |
| 16 | Since much of the information available about crime comes from officially-generated sources , it is essential to understand the workings of the administration even when interpreting crime within a social and economic framework . |
| 17 | The final part of the book is concerned with the nutrition and ecology of the main grazing mammals of Australia , the kangaroos and wallabies , and the author draws detailed comparisons between data obtained from nutritional measurements made in captivity to the nutrition and performance of wild populations . |
| 18 | ATEST case aiming to set new standards of compensation for journalists suffering from repetitive strain injury may be launched against the Financial Times . |
| 19 | They had also lost an estimated 11,000 tons of munitions at Langson ; and it was said that almost everything that the Vietminh fired at the French in after years came from that remarkable prize . |
| 20 | It was as if , owing to the punishment I had received , all the close and companionable cells of my brain had been spaced round the frozen world , so that it took half an hour for intelligence to march from one department to the next . |
| 21 | Petrographic descriptions have been provided for core plugs from five wells . |
| 22 | Themes of international interest , presented through articles taken from leading business journals , eg The Economist , Marketing , New Law Journal . |
| 23 | This strategy has been recommended in a number of structure plans for areas ranging from accessible Hertfordshire and Surrey to remote Cumbria and the Peak Park , although the Secretary of State has later modified some of these policies ( D. Clark 1981 ; G. Clark 1982a ) . |
| 24 | ‘ We are worried about compensation claims from passive smokers whose health has been damaged by other people 's bad habits , ’ said councillor Frank Anderson . |
| 25 | ( i ) Expose whole embryos ( with or without their zonae ) , ICMs or other clusters of cells , to 0.9% sodium citrate for periods ranging from 1 to 10 min during which time the cells should swell and loosen their contacts . |
| 26 | Ten had taken an oral contraceptive ( oestrogen content unspecified ) for periods ranging from four months to 13 years . |
| 27 | Banks borrow and lend wholesale funds amongst themselves , dealing through money brokers , for periods ranging from overnight to five years . |
| 28 | Treatment had been given for periods ranging from two weeks to over 10 years . |
| 29 | They are issued for periods ranging from 3 months to 5 years at a rate of interest which can either be fixed or floating . |
| 30 | The term ‘ money market ’ refers to the process whereby financial institutions come together to borrow and lend wholesale funds for periods varying from one day to one year . |