Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A commitment to East European art seems to be prominent ; so too African and broadly Third-World developments , with an implied attempt to transcend the barriers which isolate them from a self-defining ‘ First World ’ ; historical figures whose critical recuperation is overdue ; promising younger artists , whom the remainder of the British art world traditionally shun . |
| 2 | Based in the UK , MAP is an ecumenical organisation that aims to increase media awareness , to encourage critical dialogue with media practitioners and to recognise the underlying values in the media and evaluate them from a Christian viewpoint . |
| 3 | Fool one from a Belgian port |
| 4 | Things can appear to have a different significance if you view them from a different vantage-point . |
| 5 | They drop them from a light plane into snowdrifts . ’ |
| 6 | Pop in and enjoy everything from a fine à la carte meal to a chat over a drink . |
| 7 | Like most LIFESPAN activities , CREFDL will inform you of its progress as it works , so it is recommended that you run it from a hard copy terminal , or log the session to a file . |
| 8 | ‘ You said that if you drop a clock into a black hole , and you watch it from a long way off , the hands appear to go round slower the closer it gets to the hole . |
| 9 | My conviction is that as we take action , and show that we mean business , we will find that it is at that point precisely that the Holy Spirit comes to help us in our weakness and change everything from a mechanical discipline to an encounter with the living God . |
| 10 | Unless I hear something from a Labour spokesman to suggest they have reasonable plans for single householders , I think many people will be deserting and voting Conservative . |
| 11 | ‘ I remember him from a long time ago . |
| 12 | You know , if you 're gon na get help from anybody , get it from a rich person ! |
| 13 | ‘ Now we 'll begin again , ’ said the CEO , ‘ and we will bury all the thinking we were doing in the last meeting and approach everything from a new angle . |
| 14 | We approach it from a humble Christian perspective ’ . |
| 15 | That respect has been earned over the space of a 39- year career with the firm which has seen Grants take its Glenfiddich brand and turn it from a regional tipple in the north-east of Scotland into Britain 's and the world 's leading single malt . |
| 16 | It is intensely personal , but again one can detect in it mechanisms used to control the feeling and turn it from a mere discharge of personal feeling into a genuine expression of emotion . |
| 17 | I collect it from a dusty shop in Hackney run by tall Italian twins . |
| 18 | They value their architects more for their business demeanours than for their designs , and choose them from a limited number of established companies , more valued for reliability than originality . |
| 19 | The exhibition also provides a boon for ‘ resting ’ actors , who play everything from a sausage-machine operator to the discoverer of quick freezing , Clarence ( Captain ? ) |
| 20 | Simply expressed , in a situation in which voters detach themselves from a close identification with parties then issues come to assume a greater significance in voting behaviour and electoral choice . |
| 21 | If you are not sure about identifying rocks , buy them from a knowledgeable dealer , or garden centre , who may also stock safe artificial rocks . |