Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fertility genes enable a plasmid 's genetic information to be transferred from a donor to a recipient strain . |
| 2 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 3 | The plaintiff had applied to a Mental Health Tribunal to be transferred from a secure hospital . |
| 4 | In 1977 a female student at the University of Missouri became the first patient to be turned from a woman to a man by means of surgery . |
| 5 | One broker was found to be operating from a telephone box at Heathrow airport . |
| 6 | Tariffs on passenger vehicles were to be reduced from 35 per cent in 1992 to 15 per cent by 2000 , and protection for textiles , clothing and footwear was to be cut from a maximum of 55 per cent to 25 per cent . |
| 7 | Customs duties were scheduled to be cut from a peak of 150 per cent to 110 per cent over three to four years , bringing them in line with other industrializing developing countries . |
| 8 | There is also benefit to be gained from a break or — better — a short sleep . |
| 9 | Assuming that a path can be found through the sometimes difficult terrain of the language , this book should show students the advantages to be gained from a collapse of boundaries between the disciplines of art and politics , and from a policy of inclusion rather than exclusion . |
| 10 | To judge from the faction of Nationalism Today , there might nowadays be financial or other advantages to be gained from a particular presentation of the conspiracy tradition . |
| 11 | There is , however , a lot to be gained from a consideration of Canova 's response to the human figure both as a starting point for the investigation of sculpture where ‘ dream , myth and reverie ’ are cited as key notes of interpretation , and an investigation of nuances of meaning which the application of the words ‘ sensual ’ or ‘ sensuous ’ may have when applied to sculpture , an art form which after all is made and largely understood through touch . |
| 12 | This module aims to provide a framework within which a student can maximise the benefits to be gained from a programme which integrates education , training and work experience . |
| 13 | Mr Hughes added : ‘ It is through educationalists and the message they will relay to our young people that we can tell the truth of the strengths and benefits to be gained from a multi-racial , multi-cultural society . ’ |
| 14 | There can be fewer more devastating experiences in life than to be thrust from a situation of regular employment with all the stature that this entails , to becoming an enforced member of society 's underclass , the unemployed the situation with a total lack of dignity , ask anyone who tries to claim benefits , the situation with a loss of social standing and frustration at unachievable ambitions . |
| 15 | An historical event was seen to be constructed from a number of different ‘ happenings ’ perceived as having specific meanings . |
| 16 | It possesses , nevertheless , a striking richness and complexity , demanding to be examined from a variety of viewpoints , notably that of musical production ( in relation to general production in capitalist societies ) , that of musical form ( discussed by Adorno in terms of ‘ standardization ’ ) and that of musical reception and function ( which he sees as almost totally instrumentalized , in the service of the ruling social interests ) . |
| 17 | In other words , it is effectively a ‘ drive ’ rather than a stand-alone device , enabling data from Data Discman CD-ROMs to be accessed from a NEC 9800 . |
| 18 | From Philips ' point of view , DVI looks threatening because it enables full frame full motion video to be accessed from a standard CD-ROM . |
| 19 | An operator-initiated dialogue may be employed , with various options to be called from a menu in an order determined by the user . |
| 20 | The science of Radionics , now gaining respectability in some scientific circles due to the understanding that fields of subtle energy guide our consciousness , is a process which allows a total image of an individual 's life pattern to be recorded from a single cell or hair sample or any minute segment of the body . |
| 21 | On the other hand , imagine the embarrassment of calling a full-scale search out for somebody who is not only not in peril , but is mightily cheesed off to be awoken from a deep sleep by an RAF Sea-King helicopter blowing the filling out of their sleeping-bag ? |
| 22 | The term ’ prime cost sum ’ is defined in SMM6 as ’ a sum provided for work or services to be executed by a nominated sub-contractor , a statutory authority or a public undertaking or for materials or goods to be obtained from a nominated supplier ’ . |
| 23 | The Workshop aimed to draw on the experience of participants in exploring the benefits to be obtained from a deliberate encouragement of professional interaction between colleagues within and across , secondary schools . |
| 24 | The general information contained in a long-form valuation report is likely to be obtained from a variety of sources , oral or written , from within or outside the entity being reported upon ( for example , auditors ' files ) . |
| 25 | If the funds are to be obtained from a third party source , letters of support should be provided . |
| 26 | Multiparametric flow cytometric analysis allows dynamic data on cell kinetics to be obtained from a single injection and biopsy specimen . |
| 27 | To possess someone in the mind is to be saved from a brutal repudiation in reality , and instead to love the ethereal , which can neither disappoint nor satisfy , but only act as a goad . |
| 28 | The Labour party 's document makes it clear that Labour has forgotten every word , and that is why the country needs to be saved from a Labour Government . |
| 29 | Another reason why the country needs to be saved from a Labour Government is that it is bad enough to have the type of nonsense that went on in Luigi 's restaurant happening when the Labour party is in opposition , but it would be especially ridiculous if it happened with the Labour party in government . |
| 30 | To meet an estimated budget deficit for 1932 of 120 million , a majority of the committee recommended cuts in Government expenditure of 97 million : 67 million to be saved from a reduction in unemployment benefits and the remaining 30 million to be found out of taxation . |