Example sentences of "[to-vb] from [noun] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crohn 's disease patients and their relatives are more likely to suffer from disorders with a known or suspected autoimmune origin than members of the general population . |
| 2 | It is well known that the plastic used on original Fenders used to fade from white to a sort of greenish grey , and this type of scratchplate has been on offer as a cosmetic retro-fit for some time . |
| 3 | The Group , which intends to operate nationally , does not set an upper limit on the size of customer , but expects 80 per cent of its work to come from companies with a turnover of between £0.5M to £5M . |
| 4 | Experience seems to evolve from youth in a way not measured by the calendar : more like a river than a canal — which is what we knew but never saw so clearly as in these photographs . |
| 5 | Det Chief Insp Alan Snelling said they were particularly keen to hear from people in a car park at the rear of the cottage , which could have been used by the murderers . |
| 6 | Lord Haldane was forced to resign from government as a result of coalition , and eminent businessmen such as Sir Ernest Cassel and Sir Edgar Speyer withdrew from public life for the duration of the war . |
| 7 | Suppose it wants to go from A to a point E that it can not see . |
| 8 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 9 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 10 | This would render fruitless two and a half years ' negotiations between LAG and BP Coal leaving LAG to start from scratch with a new company . |
| 11 | Faced with seemingly insurmountable technical problems , which could have consumed at least as much cash again without any guarantee of success , the decision was taken to start from scratch with a far less ambitious system to keep London , if not ahead of , at least on par with , its competitors . |
| 12 | We also have to provide support for the A N C for thirty years a banned organization having to start from scratch in a country where the majority is supported but having no party officers or structures in place because if we suspend support to them or reduce it it will be like having no support of them all this time and just when the bird is about to fly you clip its wings . |
| 13 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 14 | At appropriate stocking rates there is a natural tendency for oxygen to move from the atmosphere where the concentration is high , to the water where it is low and conversely for carbon dioxide to move from water with a higher concentration to the atmosphere where it is lower . |
| 15 | With some difficulty I managed to get a permit to travel from Parma in a bus which went up into the hills to Lagrimone ; once there , I would walk to the house of a Signor Ugolotti , some distance from the village . |
| 16 | The sciences were at one time supposed to generalize from observations by a logical operation called induction , claimed to free them from dependence on the merely analogical thinking which prevailed in the mediaeval proto-sciences , and which regrettably remain for the time being indispensable in dealing with everyday problems . |