Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , the incident showed his liability to argue from passion and personal animus to philosophical or political generality . |
| 2 | The previous President , Manuel Pinto da Costa , did not contest the election , having announced on Feb. 2 his decision to retire from politics , following the unexpected defeat of his Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tomé and Príncipe — Social Democratic Party ( MLSTP-PSD ) in the country 's first multiparty elections , held on Jan. 20 [ see p. 37949 ] . |
| 3 | Down , but based in Macau , set fastest time in a wet qualifying session on Saturday and led from start to finish yesterday in his Lola-Mugen to win from championship leader Kazuyoshi Hoshino . |
| 4 | Nu had indicated his intention to retire from office six months after independence , but events made that impossible . |
| 5 | He makes it his business to extract from fashion whatever element it may contain of poetry within history , to distil the eternal from the transitory … |
| 6 | In a book , God In Us , published next month , which his refusal to withdraw from publication led to his sacking , he said : ‘ There is nothing ‘ out there ’ and if there is , we can have no knowledge of it . ’ |