Example sentences of "[v-ing] from [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere national language maps are exceptionally complex , ranging from large and clearly educationally viable groups like Hausa or Luganda through progressively smaller units to situations where numbers speaking the mother tongue are very small or very scattered . |
| 2 | It is simply due to the fact that these little hotels have remained faithful to habits dating from 1840 or so . |
| 3 | Just how far the market has declined in the last two years can be gauged by the performance of Henry Moore 's ‘ Reclining Figure No. 6 ’ ( lot 89 , est. $50,000–70,000 ) , an important bronze maquette dating from 1954 and closely related to the great elmwood reclining figure of 1959–64 . |
| 4 | There were no bids for a large postcard piece by Gilbert and George ( lot 360 , est. £9,000–12,000 ) , nor for Tony Cragg 's ‘ Yard ’ ( lot 378 , est. £18,000–25,000 ) , an important granite sculpture dating from 1988 and formerly owned by the late Sebastian Walker . |
| 5 | Under previous legislation dating from 1969 and rarely implemented , companies faced maximum fines of only $3,000 . |
| 6 | They 're putting parts into used cars but there 's also been a slight upturn in the vehicle market and they 're benefitting from that as well |
| 7 | With that strength of support coming from far and near , the South Ronaldsay Parents Action Committee launched itself into the mammoth task it faced . |
| 8 | As many rafters are also canoeists , paddling techniques vary from team to team with blade strokes varying from short and fast to long and deep with each team striving to achieve perfect stroke timing . |
| 9 | When at last they sat down to eat , a small crowd of children had gathered in the doorway , drawn from their own homes by the smell of puris frying , knowing from this that today was a special occasion . |
| 10 | The widespread acceptance of floating exchange rates has been associated with a period of less favourable economic developments , such as massive payments imbalances arising from large but often irregular oil prices increases , declining commodity prices ( which seriously affect less developed economies ) , high interest rates during the 1980s ( which worsened the debt position of many countries ) , and lower average economic growth compared with the Bretton Woods era . |