Example sentences of "[to-vb] from a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea is to jump from a height of four and a half thousand feet to a tiny disc in the jump zone . |
| 2 | For all forms of tenure , black families are more likely to be in property that is older , more crowded and in areas that are likely to suffer from a variety of disadvantages in relation to environmental and other conditions ( Brown , 1984 , pp. 66–127 ) . |
| 3 | Single older people are more prone to suffer from a lack of amenities and occupy unfit dwellings than larger elderly households . |
| 4 | The secondary market tends to suffer from a lack of liquidity relative to domestic markets ; often even the lead manager of an issue is unwilling to quote two way prices . |
| 5 | Both of them appear to suffer from a form of mental myopia in imagining the consequences of such proposals , and I am not here referring only to Mill-type consequences of harm brought about by unwise decisions . |
| 6 | But there are exceptions which have specialised needs — while all fish seem to benefit from a bit of variety now and then . |
| 7 | Even in Britain it seemed almost a law of politics under George II and George III that the Prince of Wales should act as a rallying-point for all those who hoped to benefit from a change of ruler . |
| 8 | Further , the parties had agreed not to allow a non-party to benefit from a waiver of immunity made in favour of the parties unless there was reciprocity . |
| 9 | We are , however , well prepared to benefit from a restoration of consumer confidence which is expected to follow resolution of the new administration 's policies . |
| 10 | BCP was one of the companies to benefit from a surge of interest in the equity market alongside increases in the foreign exchange market last week following the ERM move . |
| 11 | With pressure from the market , the consultants and the manufacturers all weakened , then , any change in BEA policy would have to come from a change of heart at central headquarters . |
| 12 | With so few black professionals in post , most pressure for anti-racist reforms has to come from a variety of sources , from white politicians or administrators or black pressure groups working in particular localities in conjunction with anti-racist teachers . |
| 13 | Its legs — if it had legs — were covered in what looked like a large brown sheet , and the light seemed to come from a kind of lamp attached to the back of what could , or could not , be its head . |
| 14 | They were both hugging me and I was crying the kind of tears which seem to come from a part of you which you never knew you had . |
| 15 | The sound seemed to come from a heap of stones that lay well back among the trees . |
| 16 | Another train was due and , listening through headphones , he was puzzled by inexplicably eerie sounds which seemed to come from a group of trees nearby , above the cutting . |
| 17 | You see , you said the girl would have to come from a family of rank . |
| 18 | Well , in simple terms , erm we have to find from a range of measures two million pounds , which will then be ploughed back in to improving other aspects of services , and the big things on this list , and some of the most controversial , are the following . |
| 19 | So strong was the filmmakers ' infatuation with Hollywood that they were unable to work from an understanding of the situation that faced them , and develop British cinema according to its own economic and cultural realities . |
| 20 | In fourth year , students are able to choose from a range of different courses which are allied to contemporary issues and research in psychology . |
| 21 | If you own a Singer Freestyle light scanning machine , you will be able to choose from a selection of ten ‘ ready to knit ’ animal motifs in the ‘ Wildlife Collection ’ by Alison Duguid . |
| 22 | an on screen mouse operated facility that allows the user to choose from a selection of ‘ tools ’ to create simple geometric shapes — lines , boxes , circles etc. and to add fill patterns . |
| 23 | The Bank has also launched a Right to Buy Mortgage Package that enables tenants to choose from a selection of Fixed Rate offers and First Time Buyer discounts . |
| 24 | The F-MAP package allows the user to choose from a number of options , called ‘ electives ’ in SYMAP language . |
| 25 | We invited you to highlight from a list of adjectives how best you would describe our tuition services . |
| 26 | One possible reason could be that in addition to a general sense of guilt associated with the organs of sex and reproduction , there is the added fact that most surrogate mothers belong to the economically disadvantaged classes ; and it is arguably a case of exploitation if a woman is driven to use her reproductive organs to escape from a state of poverty . |
| 27 | Until this date , it has been difficult to escape from a picture of the women compositors as the subject of other people 's discourse : employers , trade unionists , parliamentary commissioners , commentators like Macdonald , organizers like Margaret Irwin . |
| 28 | I had found it really gratifying to hear from a variety of people of the high regard held for our staff . |
| 29 | There 's a few issues I 'd like to cover from a number of comments , I 'll I 'll |
| 30 | Ostensibly it was to prosper from a mono-poly of trade with Spanish America , which would be bestowed upon it by the government in return for taking over the entire £9 million worth of unsecured national debt . |