Example sentences of "[n mass] from [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were losses of £1.08m from brickmaking in the United States and £1.34m from wood pulp , but brickmaking in this country made £9.79m at the still respectable margin of 15 p.c . |
| 2 | Some sort of guard was needed on this to prevent the fish from swimming into the pipe and hence to the header pool . |
| 3 | As the pain became more intense there was less and less space for his mind to wander over things , undone things that suddenly took on ridiculous and unrealistic urgency , but his thoughts were still churning with his innards and he could not keep out stray fragments of enacted scenes any more than he could stop the brilliant black fish from swimming in the air past his eyes . |
| 4 | I remember the time when two sheepdogs were daily tethered at this bridge , one at each side , to deter sheep from wandering on the road from the open fell : a sort of canine cattle grid . |
| 5 | The guillotine motion after 10 o'clock tonight will attempt to preclude sensible contributions , attempt to preclude people from dealing with the difficulties and technicalities in the Bill , and pose a real problem for those of us who believe that local government is not a political football to be kicked about at whim , but an essential part of our democracy for the provision of essential services . |
| 6 | forbidding people from smoking in the house |
| 7 | However , the ‘ great white hare ’ is most likely a ruse invented by long-ago Cornish pirates and smugglers who wanted to deter people from walking along the shore on a brightly moonlit night . |
| 8 | The direct effect discouraging people from driving to the beach may be counteracted if the cost of producing garden swimming pools is increased ; the direct effect on the cost of oil-fired central heating may be substantially offset if electricity prices rise . |
| 9 | The Action Team is also interested in breaking down barriers which discourage West Belfast people from working outside the area through work experience , Wider Horizons programmes , etc . |
| 10 | A senior London police officer was attempting to attract black recruits into the police force , whilst denying that racism in the force might have deterred black people from joining in the past : ‘ Racism in the force is not the main reason for black people preferring not to apply . |