Example sentences of "from [noun sg] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the point about this measure is how will the Secretary of State for home affairs , respond to this proposal because this is a re-run , this ten minute ruled bill , of the bill that I introduced last year under the private members bill procedure in which the er junior minister that is currently at the despatch box , said that he accepted the principals of seeking to achieve full registration but felt that the measure itself was premature , premature in that the Home Office were investigating er numbers and matters concerned with the electoral registration and electoral provision , arising from experience at the last general election but I think it was beginning to be accepted that the poll tax had had a serious impact upon the electoral register although there were many other er elements that provided great difficulty . |
| 2 | He had actually planned to resign from Parliament at the 1983 election and had to revise his intentions rather swiftly . |
| 3 | Those leaving the Cabinet , besides Thatcher , were Cecil Parkinson , who indicated that he intended to retire from Parliament at the next general election , and Lord Belstead who was appointed to a non-Cabinet post . |
| 4 | Her second book , Life by the Sea Shore ( 1901 ) , which resulted from work at the Marine Biological Station , Millport , remained a classic for many years . |
| 5 | Allan Ramsay 's engaging portrait of Sir Edward and Lady Turner ( lot 21 , unpublished est. £250,000–350,000 ) , fresh from exhibition at the National Portrait Galleries of Edinburgh and London and sent to auction by the sitters ' descendants , fetched the morning 's top price , as expected , when it sold for £500,000 , an auction record for his work , to an agent bidding at the back of the room on behalf of a private collector against keen competition from David Posnett of Leger , who was the purchaser of a conversation piece by Nathaniel Hone ( lot 26 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) for £36,000 . |
| 6 | Any Medau member may now purchase leotards and leisurewear direct from Freetime at the wholesale price on single orders by quoting their membership number . |
| 7 | Another current trend in historical writing in South Asia is to move away from analysis at the local , regional or national levels and instead attempt to trace the linkages between various localities and the wider society , economy and culture . |
| 8 | In his head , he could recall the exact distance , in light-years and kilometres , of at least half a dozen of them , and even work out the travelling time from Earth at the equivalent speeds of tram , train … or rocket . |
| 9 | That is what we intend to do when we remove the Government from office at the earliest opportunity . |
| 10 | Stroudley died from pneumonia at the Grand Hotel , St Lazare , Paris , 20 December 1889 , following a severe chill after the testing of his locomotive . |