Example sentences of "for [noun] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than seeking to match American strength Western Europe soon looked to Washington for protection from the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | All of the capacities could have evolved independently , but then obtained further impetus for change from the gradual emergence of language . |
| 3 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 4 | Late on Wednesday night , a man purporting to be General Noriega spoke on the pro-regime National Radio , urging all Panamanians ‘ to keep up the resistance ’ and appealing for support from the outside world . |
| 5 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
| 6 | And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area . |
| 7 | It was probably through exasperation with the lack of Anglo-American concessions that , in a speech in July 1946 , Molotov appealed for support from the German people themselves . |
| 8 | Feeling that they needed their own independence , they have now returned to look for funding from the voluntary sector . |
| 9 | No doubt it will have given satisfaction to the chairman of BR and his chief executive as they sit , to quote your article , ‘ in their new headquarters building next to Euston Station … ( feeling ) … confident about the future in a way few other British executives might , notwithstanding the recession ’ and waiting it would seem , either for rescue in the form of ‘ more generous ’ support for rail from the present government ( ‘ always mindful that its majority is dependent of MPs representing the London commuter belt ’ ) or , conversely , a doubled grant from a future Labour administration . |
| 10 | With permission granted to operate a service out of Britain , Virgin now looked to America for permission from the American regulatory bodies , the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Aviation Authority , to fly into that country . |
| 11 | Lowering of the entry point for payment from the 30 point on the Jarman scale — Jarman has suggested that 16 is more appropriate — and the use of more payment bands might be considered . |
| 12 | The chord types here are basically dominant sevenths ( root , major 3rd , 5th and ♭7th ) and Shaun goes for notes from the corresponding mixolydian mode in each case . |
| 13 | The amount of banknotes issued by the Bank of England depends largely on the demand for notes from the general public . |
| 14 | Wednesday may have started the season like a Second Division side , but for all the shortcomings exposed in the League , they are still much too good for opponents from the Fourth . |
| 15 | At one course , I was playing for experts from the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London . |
| 16 | As someone who came through the state school system and benefited from the investment that previous taxpayers spent on our schools , I believe that it is vital that today 's children and their parents get value for money from the present state school system . |
| 17 | One of the objectives of grant finance is to act as an incentive for investment from the private sector . |
| 18 | Not surprisingly , Alexandria provided a natural haven for Jews from the Holy Land — for commercial reasons during periods of stability , as a refuge in times of upheaval and war . |
| 19 | So-said ETA 's Communique , after its 72-hour ultimatum for concessions from the Spanish government had run out . |
| 20 | the appeal court dismissed the argument that the income should be deducted pound for pound from the agreed dependency . |
| 21 | The search for survivors from the Sankichi Maru was still in progress when the Taiwanese vessel Delima 120 also got into difficulties about 1000 km ( 700 miles ) east of Auckland . |
| 22 | Consider the king penguin : the male is the one that incubates the egg , carrying it around on its feet and protecting it for months from the Antarctic weather with a fold of its lower belly … |
| 23 | The demand for labour from the 1950s and , later , rising relative wages compared to men has tempted many married women to stay in the work-force or to return to it . |
| 24 | It was argued that this could best be achieved by preventing the need for candidates from the same party to compete with each other in multimember seats , thereby reducing their need spend huge sums of money during the campaign . |
| 25 | The four , who had been members of the late President Sukarno 's palace guard , were shot by firing squad in Jakarta , despite widespread pleas for clemency from the international community . |
| 26 | Mr Mulrine said the latest application was for a single-storey extension containing eight bedrooms to be built onto the existing farmhouse , with access for drivers from the busy A68 . |
| 27 | The day before the conference I received an appeal for help from the Jamaican Council of Human Rights whose offices have been torched , equipment damaged , over 3,000 files destroyed , and its courageous co-ordinator , Florez elle O'Connor subjected to death threats . |
| 28 | This has prompted state appeals for help from the federal government . |
| 29 | A survey by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals found that a fifth of eligible students applied for help from the government-funded Access Fund last academic year . |
| 30 | At the same time , the growing threat of Arab expansion in the western Mediterranean evoked passionate pleas for help from the beleaguered popes . |