Example sentences of "[adv prt] from [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Diesel is available on the pontoons from a long pipe which extends down from a makeshift pump at the pontoon head . |
2 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
3 | America 's visible-trade deficit narrowed to $9.7 billion in November , down from a revised $11.0 billion the previous month . |
4 | The April deficit of £831m — down from a revised £929m in March — was the lowest for six months , the Government said . |
5 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
6 | The only place where this type of sedimentation seems to be going on at the present day is in the ocean depths , where the deposits consist mainly of the remains of minute pelagic organisms , literally raining down from a watery heaven , plus volcanic dust raining down more intermittently from the aerial heaven above . |
7 | Five clubs would go down from a reformed league of 14 clubs in the First Division , with the Second Division champions being promoted . |
8 | When he reached the top , he stopped on the landing for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust ; there was illumination of a kind , coming down from a grimy skylight set into the angled ceiling , and it showed nothing much more than three old-fashioned doors and a bare wooden floor . |
9 | He needed to come down from a greater height than most . |
10 | The atmosphere , once through the little shop-door , cut down from a Victorian billiard-table , was oppressive . |
11 | Costain shares closed at 64p on Friday , down from a 1991 peak of 223p . |
12 | So powerful were the effects of this philosophy that to those who looked down from a higher level in society , the suffering became invisible ; or if not invisible , then transparent , and their view was not arrested by it but looked through it at what they took to be economic verities beyond . |
13 | Even quite senior figures in the system just went through the motions of working and fulfilling the crazy plan laid down from a great height without taking local conditions into account . |
14 | Looking down from a small window in the lodge house , the factor Robert Menzies was terrified to see the throngs of people , like herds of cattle milling at a tryst . |
15 | ‘ She staggered and fell ; nearly blinded with the blood that rained down from a deep gash in her forehead ; but raising herself with difficulty … breathed one prayer for mercy to her Maker . |
16 | The pre-tax outcome for the year to January was still a hefty £9.1m loss — down from a restated £11½m deficit — and the £10m drop in the interest bill owes much to the £30m equity injection from Japan 's Aeon Group . |
17 | Try jumping down from a low platform , landing with bent knees . |
18 | After all , the 26 tracks on the album have been whittled down from a huge figure . |
19 | When the clock struck , the preacher came down from a little room behind the platform , followed by ten or a dozen men who looked like prosperous City merchants . |
20 | Most of the players backed down from a damaging dispute at a meeting with chairman Phil Lowe yesterday . |
21 | Ufton went in for England 's third try in 49 minutes and then flanker Robert Leach touched down from a five-metre scrummage , Stimpson converting . |
22 | The nature of operations is illustrated by the closure of Howard Doris with 650 job losses and by the experience of Charlton Leslie offshore which , in June 1987 , had only 11 employees , down from a previous total of 700 , but on receipt of a new order expanded to some 300 in partnership with McNulty Offshore . |
23 | The next day the sun woke them early , beating down from a clear sky , baking those tiles it could reach on the terrace so that the children hopped over them , nimble as cats on hot bricks . |
24 | The South African sun burns down from a cloudless sky . |
25 | Cop the name of the man ( above ) who is stepping down from a top job . |
26 | The car drew to a halt by a green sward of carefully tended lawn which ran down from an impressive-looking office building towards the river . |
27 | The February index shows the increase in total earnings at management level down from an annual rate of 8.3 p.c. in December to 7 p.c. , from 7 p.c. to 5.6 p.c. at clerical level and from 7.4 p.c. to 6.8 p.c. among operatives . |
28 | The site is deeply rolling land so the shot is frequently down from an elevated tee , or up to a pulpit green — or the reverse ! |
29 | The Pit derives its name from the steep galley down from an old tin mine , which the Badlands surfers must negotiate to reach the beach below . |
30 | He knew how to create extraordinary visual effects simply by changing the direction of his brush stroke , so that light streams down from an unseen sun , or a horizon line is conjured up out of three horizontal bands of subtly modulated shades of blue . |