Example sentences of "[subord] [v-ing] [pron] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the cost of buying and converting a barn is higher than building something from scratch , ’ says Wood . |
| 2 | The company may already have a mainframe computer with a data processing department and the manager might suggest that some potentially suitable software packages be evaluated and that obtaining a ready-made package should be considerably less expensive than writing one from scratch . |
| 3 | Make your own plants , take cuttings or divisions from neighbours ' plants , rather than buying them from nurseries . |
| 4 | It 's far more likely that you will get the spells you are looking for if you select them from say the Amethyst or the Jade college rather than choosing one from Jade , one from Bright , one from Amethyst etc . |
| 5 | More and more plants are sold in pots , because growing them from seed takes too long . |
| 6 | The promise is to achieve economic growth of over 3% this year while fighting everything from hunger and homelessness to tax dodgers and financial speculators . |
| 7 | Mr Peter the consultant orthopaedic surgeon who tended her first immediately after the accident at Hinchinbrook and thereafter in the year from April nineteen eighteen eight as well as seeing her from time to time since , had this to say about her parent 's efforts quote I think that without their constant support and stimulation and their determination that Anna Jane would function again as a rational human being . |