Example sentences of "[to-vb] from [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing discreditable in a bailiff appropriating to his lord 's use his own products , e.g. to brew from his own barley , to make cloth and linen from his own wool and flax , feed his horses from his own produce . |
| 2 | Whatever the outcome , banks are sure to suffer from their ill-judged business with Federconsorzi . |
| 3 | It was nice to know she was n't the only one to suffer from his outrageous behaviour . |
| 4 | We mean to work out ways of using new course structures , perhaps with part-time study , new ways of teaching and an innovative approach to university admission which could enable more people from Birmingham and the West Midlands to benefit from their local university . |
| 5 | The best way , however , is to benefit from your own experience . |
| 6 | … For that purpose it makes no difference whether the illegality is raised in the plaintiff 's claim or by way of reply to a ground of defence … ( ii ) Where the grant of relief to the plaintiff would enable him to benefit from his criminal conduct : … ( iii ) Where , even though neither ( i ) nor ( ii ) is applicable to the plaintiff 's claim , the situation is nevertheless residually covered by the general principle summarised in ( i ) above . |
| 7 | Moreover , where a woman dares not register her non-consent because of a man 's violent or frightening behaviour , the law is permitting him to benefit from his own wrong if it grants him a defence on the basis of an honest but unreasonable belief in consent . |
| 8 | So , I mean these are the supporters that they , they 've got to sort of focus on erm even i he does say that some of the erm er leaders of the associations are n't actually up to scratch but he says eighty five percent of them are and it would be wrong to attack or to arrest , you know , the other fifteen percent and it 's got to come from their own discipline of the association , you let the movement grow together , do n't try and er become er , you know , resisting forces because er these are the people who we 've got to erm s stay with and to look after , to harness erm to work for and er so that 's basically , is his conclusion . |
| 9 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 10 | Combined with changes introduced earlier in the decade , the 1986 Social Security Act has worked to increase the financial responsibilities of parents on benefit and reduce their access to additional sources of financial support for expenses that they are unable to meet from their regular benefit . |
| 11 | The Social Fund — You may also be able to get a loan or a grant from the social fund to help you with expenses which are difficult to meet from your regular income . |
| 12 | Newspaper correspondents and representatives of the Ministry of Information were frequent visitors to Burma , and we did our best to give them what news we had , to tell them about government hopes and plans , and to extract from them any news and wisdom they had to give us . |
| 13 | When bidding farewell to Porua , I tried to extract from him some word of praise for my activities on behalf of his paper . |
| 14 | Executives who could fly to work from their front door , would pay at least £250,000 for a home on the estate , the first of its kind in Britain . |
| 15 | Crime — Computer misuse — Unauthorised access — Person using one computer to obtain from it unauthorised benefit — Whether unauthorised use of single computer within statute — ‘ Access to any program or data held in any computer ’ — Computer Misuse Act 1990 ( c. 18 ) , ss. 1(1) , 2(1) |
| 16 | The first female is then shot a second time , and as the confused baby attempts to suckle from its dying mother , it too is despatched with a single bullet . ’ |
| 17 | Isis persisted in her demand to know his true name and such was Re 's pain that he allowed the terrible name to pass from his own body into that of Isis . |
| 18 | With a gesture almost roguish , as if she slapped a hand away , she tossed the frills back before lifting the lid off the biscuit box ( velvet-covered and braided ) that stood on her bedside table , to choose from its varied collection the biscuits most suitable for breakfast two crackers and two water biscuits . |
| 19 | But which to choose from his marvellous output ? |
| 20 | I hope er that you will be able to choose from our wide range of crackers and favours , just what you want to enhance your special day . |
| 21 | The actual state of the economy should not , except in quite exceptional circumstances , induce the government to depart from its announced strategy , its x per cent rule . |
| 22 | Verily , the game has moved on from the days when Bobby Locke could , for instance , win seven tournaments in his baptismal year on the US circuit , and four Open Championships on this side of the Atlantic , and yet virtually never feel the need to depart from his habitual draw . |
| 23 | What he wanted in its place was put more colourfully , but very succinctly , when he said , also in 1965 , ‘ However , big the glass which is proffered from outside , we prefer to drink from our own glass ; while at the same time clinking glasses with those around us ’ . |
| 24 | At least one assumed he had been watching the sky , there being little else to view from his small window other than roof-tiles and guttering . |
| 25 | The door was starting to split from its merciless battering . |
| 26 | Polytechnic directors were invited to defect from their ruling body , the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics , to the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals , the universities ' ruling body . |
| 27 | This led to the development of widespread commuting , the importance of improving public transport , and increased isolation for the housewife unable to escape from her suburban house . |
| 28 | After viewing Ibbeth peril , visitors who are subject to claustrophobia , and possibly others who are not , will be relieved to escape from its gloomy shroud of trees and continue their journey up the valley in a more open environment with the Dee now alongside the road , its limestone bed bleached a pristine white where the water elects to flow beneath the surface . |
| 29 | Nine were more powerfully motivated by a wish to escape from their present job , and expressed relief over leaving it . |
| 30 | Could this be the secret passageway to the Litani , groined by the forces of Christendom to escape from their ancient predicament ? |