Example sentences of "saved from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet they are saved from sentimentality by the wry humour of both text and pictures . |
| 2 | Silicon Valley Group Inc , San Jose and Canon Inc have agreed a 10-year partnership to develop and produce advanced deep ultraviolet step-and-scan photolithography equipment : under the agreement , Silicon Valley Group , which was saved from oblivion with the help of IBM Corp , will retain full ownership of its Micrascan technology , and Canon will license the technology to market in Japan and other Pacific Rim nations , with the exception of Korea . |
| 3 | What could have proved a disastrous appointment did , and Athletico were only saved from oblivion by the inspired choice of Reg Pybus as coach . |
| 4 | Haig was saved from dismissal by defenders on the Unionist side , but Robertson 's removal caused a small stir , and Unionists voted in force to save Lloyd George 's face in the Maurice debate . |
| 5 | If we ask who the ‘ many people ’ were who had been saved from famine through Joseph 's foresight and planning , they were not merely Joseph , his father and brothers and their families , but all the people of Egypt . |
| 6 | The ad hoc collection of topics is saved from nonentity by the stature of the contributors ; especially Daniel C. Dennett , who both contributes the interesting paper ‘ Making sense of ourselves ’ and whose important ideas on intentionality are well described and discussed by Stephen Stich , and by Paul and Patricia Churchland and Colin McGinn . |
| 7 | The brick and stone-built cone is sixty feet high , and was saved from demolition in 1962 by excavations which showed its importance as an industrial monument , this area of Yorkshire once having had a thriving glass industry . |
| 8 | For three hundred years , until around 1934 , Faversham was a major centre of gunpowder manufacture , and one of the former factories , Chart Mills , was saved from demolition in recent years by the Faversham Society , when the area in which it stands was being cleared for a new housing estate . |
| 9 | A family who 've been saved from eviction by an anonymous donor say it 's the best Christmas present they could have hoped for . |
| 10 | Pravda , formerly the newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party , announced its intention to increase publication from three to five times weekly from Sept. 1 , having been saved from bankruptcy by establishing a joint venture with a Greek businessman who retained a controlling share . |
| 11 | Oxleas Wood was saved from development by public subscription in the 1920s . |
| 12 | The composition is saved from monotony by the subtle characterisation of these figures , and united by the concentration on them effected by the inward-facing chariot-teams and the looks of some of the seated figures and of the two reclining in the angles who frame the design . |
| 13 | Most are malnourished , only saved from starvation by water and food provided en route by the Red Cross . |
| 14 | It is important that the world 's under exploited plants are saved from extinction as if the plants were utilised properly they could help reduce occurrences of famine as the varieties of plants are suitable to many different climates . |
| 15 | The classic case is that of the American bison , reduced from millions to a handful of individuals , and saved from extinction by a hair 's breadth . |
| 16 | St George 's Market ( 1896 ) handsome redbrick buildings — may now be saved from ruin by proposals for restoration |
| 17 | Griffin O'Neal , 27 , was only saved from jail after 24-year-old Lynn Oddo , the woman he beat up , pleaded with the court for mercy . |
| 18 | A thriving Northern market saved from redevelopment for today 's traders and shoppers |
| 19 | BRIDE Sarah Mustoe 's big day was saved from disaster by something borrowed and something blue — a police car with a flashing light . |
| 20 | WORLD-FAMOUS former Great Western 4-4-0 City of Truro was saved from disaster by a sharp-eyed West Somerset Railway Signals and Telegraph Engineer . |
| 21 | It took them five overs to score their first run and they were only saved from disaster by captain Allan Lamb . |
| 22 | Durham were saved from relegation despite losing 23–3 at home to Stourbridge as other results in National Division Four North went their way . |
| 23 | The style of the place was very much mid-seventies , a long open-plan corridor of painted brick which was saved from cheapness by the rich texture of the veneered doors and woodwork of the offices down its length . |
| 24 | During his brave and daring life he came up against many dangers , none so well remembered and retold as the story of how he was saved from death at the hands of the Red Indians by Pocohontas , daughter of Chief Powhattan . |
| 25 | After the desertion of Gilbert de Clare and the escape of Edward , the king 's son [ q.v. ] , from captivity , Fitzjohn was with Montfort on his final campaign and was captured at the battle of Evesham ( 4 August 1265 ) , being saved from death by the royalist Roger de Clifford [ q.v. ] , who had married his niece . |
| 26 | After a meeting with him Clwyd North West Tory MP Rod Richards declared : ‘ The Point of Ayr colliery can be saved from closure by British Coal . ’ |
| 27 | The true story of a major league baseball star who went from the street corner to stardom and then to armed robbery but is saved from destruction by a one in a million chance . |
| 28 | No one will explain why he should have had a turtle-shell to lie in instead of some more orthodox cradle , but during the anti-monarchical excesses of the French Revolution this venerable carapace is said to have been saved from destruction by a naturalist of Pau , who was able to switch it for one without any such incriminatory associations from his own collection . |
| 29 | A ten-month-old American Pit Bull Terrier has been saved from destruction after a spectacular court reprieve . |
| 30 | The plot has an almost geometric neatness , but is saved from aridity by Yorke 's sense of humour and excellent use of detail . |