Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together , most of the bodies lost ground in the fifteenth century , and were often forced to ‘ appropriate ’ neighbouring parish churches in order to swell their incomes from the tithes due from the laity ; this frequently became a source of bitter dispute locally , and lay patronage shifted away to the parish churches in the fifteenth century . |
| 2 | The value of A 2 is a measure of solvent-polymer compatibility , as the parameter reflects the tendency of a polymer segment to exclude its neighbours from the volume it occupies . |
| 3 | The NSFU found it necessary to escort its men from the vessel through the BSU pickets , with their branch secretary French at their head , while the BSU men , led by Shinwell , were determined not to let them pass . |
| 4 | She saw the hotel porter preparing to carry her bags from the post chaise . |
| 5 | It took several journeys to unload her provisions from the boot . |
| 6 | Equally , if the developer acted unreasonably , the council and third parties may be able to claim their costs from the developer . |
| 7 | The alteration in 1983 in DHSS benefit rules that enabled older people living in private residential care to claim their fees from the DHSS brought dramatic increases in the number of private residential homes , and in the number of older people living in them . |
| 8 | During the late 1980s and early 1990s , investors thought they could successfully invest in ‘ growth ’ shares that were at once exciting and defensive — among them , the giant consumer-product and health-care companies whose pricing power was meant to guard their earnings from the cyclical downturns that the stockmarket was bound to suffer . |
| 9 | The NL had managed successfully to screen its activities from the attention of historians and political commentators to this day , but it was not so lucky with the relevant authorities . |
| 10 | Marathon meeting MEMBERS of one of Britain 's most exclusive clubs are meeting at Land 's End to celebrate their marathons from the far north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall . |
| 11 | In the third part of his series on the agency , Nick Clark joined veteran newspaper photographer Monte Fresco as he attempted to pick his favourites from the huge Popperfoto collection . |
| 12 | While they paused on Once Hill , Mr Blakey approached in the Wolseley , on his way to Dynmouth Junction to fetch their parents from the station . |
| 13 | Pryce noted that Cornish miners were forced to buy their candles from the mine , and although he did not , in 1778 , suggest overcharging , nineteenth-century account books reveal substantial profits being taken . |
| 14 | A number of measures had been taken by the defendants to cover their tracks from the outside world . |
| 15 | It welcomed the reform process begun in Eastern Europe , and pledged support for all those who wanted to free their countries from the " structures , rigidities and follies of socialism " . |
| 16 | Influenced by considerations such as these , successive leaderships had attempted since almost the beginning of the war to extricate their forces from the conflict . |
| 17 | His body was completely buried under a dirty rug , part of which Hurley held with one hand , ostensibly to cover his knees from the wintry air , but more particularly to hide his other hand in which was a gun pointed straight at his prisoner 's head . |
| 18 | And Napoleon started a useful trend in planting poplars along French roadsides to shade his soldiers from the midday heat . |
| 19 | He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath . |
| 20 | He was so funny and entertaining — and made her laugh and smile so much — that by the time he led her from the dance-floor , to fill their plates from the groaning buffet table , she felt far more relaxed and at ease . |
| 21 | To detach his innovations from the metaphysical theology in which they were embedded would be a violation of his integrity as a thinker . |
| 22 | The only losers if McEnroe fails to overcome his perennial distrust of the media will be the charities to which he has promised to give his winnings from the $6 million tournament he has described as ‘ obscene ’ . |
| 23 | So it 's crucial to insure your belongings from the outset . |
| 24 | To protect my heaterstats from the Oscar and the Perruno , I use a 2″ diameter tube drilled with 6mm holes . |
| 25 | Researchers who were interested in the way of life of what were regarded as primitive peoples went to live among them to study their societies from the inside . |
| 26 | Bedmakers in Cambridge colleges were issued with stout gloves to protect their hands from the sharp sedge as they lit the fires in undergraduates ' rooms . |
| 27 | They wore large cotton hats to keep off the sun , and gloves to protect their hands from the corn . |
| 28 | Greenpeace yesterday urged parents to protect their children from the sun during the hottest part of the day to avoid the damaging effects of the depleted ozone layer . |
| 29 | ‘ Look , there 's the house , ’ he said quickly in an attempt to divert his thoughts from the effect she was having on him . |
| 30 | IN THE MENDIPS , A SHEEP FARMER IS STRUGGLING TO PROTECT HIS LAMBS FROM THE FOXES THAT WATCH AND PREY . |