Example sentences of "to [pron] [noun] from the " in BNC.

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1 Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport .
2 It was as well that I did , however , for one most distinguished-looking lady of very advanced years moved to my table from the group of her friends who had been assisted indoors .
3 I climb up to my room from the small courtyard by a steep wooden ladder and stoop through the doorway , as I must through all the doorways here .
4 We followed a similar approach with the aI3 intronic of the strain 777-3A which is very similar to its equivalent from the strain D273-10B previously sequenced ( 4 ) .
5 In splendid confirmation of Vine and Matthews 's hypothesis , it was found that the age of each sample was proportional to its distance from the mid-ocean ridge .
6 EF-1α catalyzes the binding of aminoacyl-tRNAs to ribosomes concomitant with the hydrolysis of GTP , while EF-1β β'; γ catalyzes the exchange of GTP for GDP bound to EF-1α subsequent to its release from the ribosome and stimulates the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to ribosomes .
7 According to its remit from the 1986 Agriculture Act , MAFF is supposed to balance the needs of conservation with agriculture , which it is blatantly not doing .
8 Some hold the view that there is an extra intensity to the sunlight due to its reflection from the chalky-white soil .
9 In this sense the neutralisation of a distinct country or region would be intended to lead to its withdrawal from the contest of interests between the Great Powers , at least in the military sphere , and would require assurances or guarantees from these powers to this effect .
10 Fleur is unusual in that she eschews easel , palette and studio , preferring to balance her paintings on her lap and take the paint straight on to her brush from the tube .
11 Drops of condensed water fell on to her head from the ceiling and she thought , I must leave soon or I shall melt into the atmosphere .
12 Camille fell to her knees from the sofa and gave her mother 's leg a patronizing pat .
13 But in 1984 , tragedy struck when her 24-year-old daughter , Samantha , plunged to her death from the Clifton Suspension Bridge near Bristol .
14 Though she had never admitted it to anyone , she disliked being alone in the office since Arabella had fallen to her death from the fire escape : and the feeling was always worse in the evening .
15 Around the third glass of wine , she would become vehement , a soft rose rising to her cheeks from the ivory-silk of her blouse .
16 To the Protestants , according to Knox , she complained about opposition to her policy from the Catholics and Châtelherault ; only if the crown matrimonial was granted would she have sufficient authority , and ‘ then devise ye what ye please in matters of religion and they shall be granted ’ .
17 The other approach is to let the TB take its course in the badger population and compensate farmers for losses they may suffer as a result of TB spreading to their cattle from the badgers .
18 At present the non-bank financial institutions collect the greater part of the personal sector financial surplus — the ‘ surplus income ’ which individuals are unable to use to finance real accumulation due to their separation from the means of production — and channel this into financing the government 's deficit , acquiring company shares , investing in property or overseas , all under the guidance of a speculative mode of calculation .
19 Though Perry Bromwell ( 12 points ) returned yesterday to the London Docklands line-up after injury , the Eastenders had no answer to their visitors from the royal borough of Kingston .
20 Support for the Distribution 's ‘ tails ’ diminishes rapidly in proportion to their distance from the centre .
21 Following Rauh ( 1983 ) , Green talks about a " cline of deictic activity " ( Section 7 ) along which discourse types can be ordered according to their distance from the canonical situation of utterance .
22 As of early February , society officials say they had received no response to their request from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs .
23 In early February 1977 , Romanian listeners heard the text of an Open Letter to their president from the novelist , Paul Goma .
24 On that day a delegation of mayors from the Barétous , on the French side , comes up and hands over three white heifers to their counterparts from the Roncal , the valley on the Spanish side ; in return they get money .
25 This would increase the proportion of patients attracting some deprivation payment to their practice from the current 9% to about 20% of the population .
26 One of the four companies charged after two men fell to their death from the Severn Bridge has been cleared by a judge at Bristol Crown Court .
27 Occasionally , British producers were able to secure foreign revenue to supplement the returns available to their films from the home market , but no one managed to secure a regular outlet for their productions in the US .
28 It also draws attention to the social and economic isolation of poor families ; to their exclusion from the experiences of parenthood and childhood that others take for granted and from the cultural and political life of the communities to which they belong .
29 I read to him sentences from the Report such as : ‘ Schools have the clear responsibility to ensure that all children have full access to Standard English , given its role as an international language used throughout the world and essential for many purposes . ’
30 According to him , I was able to read aloud to him passages from the Stornoway Gazette when I was three years old .
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