Example sentences of "[vb pp] from the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , tactical considerations may dictate that some conditions and definition terms are omitted from the vendors ' draft of the heads . |
| 2 | The silent war between the United Company of Undertakers and the Worshipful Company of Upholders did not last long , for by 1748 the imprimatur had been dropped from the Upholders ' blank funeral invitations and we no longer hear from the United Company of Undertakers again . |
| 3 | It is natural for a person who has been working towards a survey for several months to overlook the fact that the respondent has never heard of this wonderful enquiry and may be utterly baffled by it ; but in this lies a great danger of asking poor questions , insufficiently considered from the respondents ' viewpoint . |
| 4 | Instead she was confined for twenty hours a day on a ward for the criminally insane , most of them doped and many of them bruised from the warders ' heavy handling . |
| 5 | On May 3 the remains of Enver Hoxha and 12 other " former leaders of the Party of Labour " ( the PLA — the former ruling party , later renamed the Socialist Party of Albania — SPA ) were discreetly transferred from the Martyrs ' Cemetery in Tirana to a public cemetery in the suburbs of the city . |
| 6 | The West Country was not neglected ; Minehead and Barnstaple both suffered from the brothers ' visits . |
| 7 | The Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , which exercises a supervisory capacity over the inferior courts and sits as a court to which an appeal ‘ by way of case stated ’ may be made from the Magistrates ' Court , is bound by the House of Lords , the Court of Appeal and its own previous decisions . |
| 8 | He often brought her scraps he had filched from the instructors ' table . |
| 9 | At the Hodge Holes it was " baggin time " ( a Northern word for lunch break ) and this was very fitting because Bill , who is a pedigree Bitzer ( bits'er this , bits'er that ) , rejoices in the name of Bilbo Baggins , a name given to him by my daughters on the day he was bought from the dogs ' home . |
| 10 | Dialogue is treated as an actual record of what happened , to be carefully distinguished from the observers ' reactions and speculations . |
| 11 | Maximum cash amounts are then withdrawn from the customers ' accounts . |
| 12 | It is not the same sort of task as that of the natural scientist in search of hidden causes , because the context of action can not be divorced from the actors ' understanding of the context . |
| 13 | Each of the bans was based on proscribed material , including propaganda literature , weapons and ammunition , seized from the groups ' headquarters . |
| 14 | The plough-witches often wore women 's clothing , which was derived from the mummers ' plays where an old woman called Bessy , accompanied by the fool , was the central character who carried the money box . |
| 15 | An individual firm 's demand for labour can be thought of as a derived demand — it is derived from the consumers ' demand for the firm 's product . |
| 16 | In fact , studies of colonial government have often involved a perspective which is derived from the colonialists ' own assessments of their impact on dependent territories . |
| 17 | As Angel One advanced in turn and returned the formal pre-combat courtesy , he was acutely aware of the fact that they were being observed from the spectators ' gallery above . |
| 18 | The basic bedrooms have been converted from the monks ' former cells and have telephone . |
| 19 | That 's because Tony has just emerged from the players ' tunnel . |
| 20 | The Liberal Democrats have finally emerged from the puppet-masters ' box , but the crowds in the streets may decide they have left it too left . |
| 21 | That is , the material presented is not some kind of post hoc analysis imposed upon the texts in the light of present-day concerns , removed from the ancients ' own understanding of the laws in their original context . |
| 22 | This improvement related to the Bristol team 's efforts to make parents more aware of four main factors for cot death , which are identified from the parents ' accounts of the death of their baby . |
| 23 | These payments must be made irrespective of whether or not tax has been deducted from the sub-contractors ' payments . |
| 24 | This new legislation would create , in particular : a right for users of public services to restrain unlawful industrial action ; the provision of a right for union members to obtain more information on their unions ' financial affairs , including union leaders ' salaries ; protection against the use of what are called ‘ check-off ’ arrangements under which subscriptions to the union are deducted from the workers ' pay ; and greater freedom for people to join the union of their choice . |
| 25 | What is questionable is whether they make the best use of this information , particularly of that which , if they were competent to extract it , could be deduced from the companies ' published accounts . |
| 26 | Jamie Pollock could be promoted from the substitutes ' bench tomorrow night . |
| 27 | ( Only one is allowed from the members ' evening . ) |
| 28 | Although , as shown in Figures 4–6 , above , the proportion of ‘ initial failures ’ was relatively small , with none recorded in the case of material issued from the Advocates ' Library , and with only 4% and 3% of all deliveries from the Main Building and the Annexe falling into this category , they nevertheless merit close attention , since delays in the provision of items which are in fact available on the shelves can be a considerable source of irritation for both readers and members of staff . |
| 29 | Olivia Parker : Still Lifes , taken from The Photographers ' Gallery Weighing the Planets series ( until 113 Mar ) |
| 30 | Olivia Parker : Still Lifes , taken from The Photographers ' Gallery Weighing the Planets series ( until 13 Mar ) . |