Example sentences of "[verb] suffer from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Syllabus makers appear to suffer from a sad tendency to measure curriculum content by what is contained in the syllabus and textbooks rather than by what is , or what can be , absorbed by the learners . |
| 2 | Past questionnaire research on the police has suffered from a low response rate ( for example , Policy Studies Institute 1983a ) . |
| 3 | Such success for developing countries is not always the case , even in the same industry ; Bolivia has had a sorry experience in trying to do the same as its Eastern rivals , but has suffered from a critical lack of expertise . |
| 4 | Malawi , which exports normally about 40,000 tonnes a year , has suffered from a serious drought . |
| 5 | Suppose that the contract contains a simple time limit clause such as : The Buyer will notify the Seller of any claim it may have against the Seller for breach of contract within three days of delivery and that the seller delivers short of the required quantity and the goods are later found to suffer from a latent defect . |
| 6 | Cats kept indoors a great deal , with every whim catered to and with plenty of food always available , eventually come to suffer from a special kind of deprivation . |
| 7 | From when he was a young man , Dr Carrington had suffered from a chronic lung illness . |
| 8 | As a child she had suffered from a mild case of polio , which left one leg slightly shorter than the other . |
| 9 | The Tsarist system had suffered from a similar defect . |
| 10 | It will be remembered that during the last 30 years of life the King had suffered from a distressing illness that resulted in his being kept under guard and even put into a straight-jacket : if he had said anything about the origin of the instrument it is unlikely that much weight would be given to his words . |
| 11 | The claim form asks Policyholders if they have suffered from a similar illness previously . |
| 12 | Throughout 1992 the brewing and distilling industries have suffered from a continuing slump in sales . |