Example sentences of "from their [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you were happy together , why should she mind about a few snubs from social snobs who barred you from their visiting-lists for such a reason ? |
| 2 | Although dealers have been sacked from their firms for hard selling to the aged or infirm , it is usually only when complaints are made . |
| 3 | Even where workers moved away from their villages for good , most maintained contact with their places of origin and visited at regular intervals . |
| 4 | Under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 , tenants of agricultural land , and under the Landlord and Tenant Acts 1927 and 1954 , other lessees , are entitled to claim compensation from their landlords for many improvements made by them , and also , in some cases , compensation for the disturbance by reason of notices to quit . |
| 5 | Often as not fry have to be removed from their parents for any number of reasons and if a bare tank is used in which to grow them on , it is not always possible to have a suitable filter on hand to use in an emergency . |
| 6 | They were sharp enough to realize that if they joined the party cell , they would likewise be cut off from their fellows for other reasons . |
| 7 | Some 90,000 have been dismissed from their jobs for political reasons and thousands have been imprisoned for long sentences . |