Example sentences of "move from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way to compare them is to calculate what they would be paying over the whole 25 years if neither of them moved from their present home . |
| 2 | The fireplan would be under the control of the company once it moved from its final assault position on to the enemy position . |
| 3 | Quinn 's tough background dictated that he had to know how to take care of himself , especially when at a young age he moved from his native Mexico into an area of Los Angeles where everyone was either Irish , Mexican or black . |
| 4 | Transport was scarce and we had to carry special identity cards when we moved from our own villages . |
| 5 | He moved from our old house to a smaller house in . |
| 6 | When I moved from my own place er in Walmgate to here I still underestimated how much furniture I 'd got . |
| 7 | I moved from my little flat to join a transsexual community , people the other way round to me — men to psuedo-wimmin — but who understood me . |
| 8 | This change can not take place without the involvement of the people themselves and , therefore , they must be moved from their traditional passivity towards an active role in shaping their own lives . |
| 9 | The Meskhetians , another of the ‘ punished peoples ’ , had been moved from their traditional homelands near the Turkish-Soviet border in 1944 , ostensibly in order to protect them against the possibility of a German advance . |
| 10 | Sukarno suffered from malaria ; in 1938 he was moved to Benkulen in Sumatra , perhaps for humanitarian reasons ( in 1936 Hatta and Sjahrir were moved from their vile jungle camp ) , or perhaps because the Dutch hoped that a more Islamic environment would complete his ‘ conversion , from politics to religion , for Islam in Sumatra was more powerful than the syncretic faith of Java . |
| 11 | ( Bowers notices that ‘ The Names of the Persons ’ suffered a slight accident when they were moved from their original recto to the new verso position : ‘ Demetrius … |
| 12 | By December 1917 Madame Weill had moved from her tiny shop on the Rue Victor-Masse , where she pinned up her pictures with clothes-pegs on an overhead wire like washing , to a more imposing venue , Galerie B. Weill , 50 Rue Taitbout in the 9th arrondissement . |
| 13 | His gaze moved from her startled face down the length of her body and lingered on her slim bare legs . |
| 14 | Jane Dalgliesh had bought Larksoken Mill five years earlier when she had moved from her previous home on the Suffolk coast . |
| 15 | The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box . |
| 16 | Captain Ken Emmott , speaking of G-BJHS 's future said that ‘ the aircraft will have to be moved from its present base at Southampton , where the conditions are not really conducive to keeping a large flying-boat in good condition ’ . |
| 17 | For its third year Paris 's Salon du Dessin de Collection has moved from its intimate setting in basement rooms of the Hotel George V to the altogether grander Grand Palais . |
| 18 | Although China wanted the naval base retained , Chief Secretary Sir David Ford announced that by 1992 it would be moved from its central site to make way for land reclamation . |
| 19 | When a second or subsequent ‘ instance ’ of an item ( one with the same value as an existing item ) is to be added , the existing instance is moved from its current position to the top of the partition . |
| 20 | It was somewhat ironic that the Home Office moved from its traditional defence of political liberty into a law and order stance just as the main police spokesman was advocating more liberal and socially aware arguments . |
| 21 | Even the spring reverb unit has been moved from its traditional combo location , at the bottom of the cabinet , to a new site underneath the main chassis . |
| 22 | Further evidence comes from a milestone found in 1785 in the ditch near the northwest gate , though it had probably been moved from its original location . |
| 23 | The medieval section has been moved from its original site . |
| 24 | The Italian Classic , due to have been played next month , has been moved from its original slot and is in danger of not been played at all . |
| 25 | The union had already moved from its fine premises in Buckingham Street , Strandon 22 September 1894 as an economy measure and eventually found a more permanent home , along with the Green 's Home branch , at the Maritime Hall , West India Dock Road , London E. where it remained until Head Office was moved to St.George 's Hall , Westminster Bridge Road , London S.E. in May 1921 . |
| 26 | The researchers have repeated their measurements with the apparatus moved from its initial distance of 38 m from the reactor 's core to 48 m . |
| 27 | It is likely , however , that the resulting common boundary will be moved from its true position by the elimination procedure , thereby introducing further uncertainty into the output map . |
| 28 | Geoff is married , has a young family and has moved from his former home in West Yorkshire to Barmill . |
| 29 | This was denied and speculation that the paper would move from its traditional support of the Left was quashed by the four banks which are the majority shareholders in the group . |
| 30 | THE British Trust for Conservation Volunteers in Darlington need a new environment they are moving from their present offices and urgently need an alternative . |