Example sentences of "be [noun sg] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letters are manna from heaven , filling my time and recharging my batteries . |
| 2 | At an extraordinary session of parliament on July 8 , held to discuss the programme of the new government , there had been criticism from Islamist and nationalist deputies and the Constitutional Bloc , a new parliamentary grouping formed by 13 deputies on July 14 , had declared its intention of joining the Moslem Brotherhood in opposing the government in a vote of confidence . |
| 3 | Among the many mercies vouchsafed to our land during the year now nearly expired have been respite from famine and pestilence and preservation from Civil War , while anarchy and bloodshed have prevailed over almost the whole of Europe . |
| 4 | As we shall see , there seems to have been provocation from Normandy too . |
| 5 | To be fair to the scientific establishment , we have to recognize that the vast majority of outrageous new theories are rubbish from start to finish . |
| 6 | However , this means that there must be feedback from output markets to R&D laboratories , since output markets are the main source of information about costs and demand . |
| 7 | I might fool the fans , but the best I can hope for this season must be second from bottom and the third preliminary round of the FA Cup . |
| 8 | Among the first renters will be management from Hertz 's corporate accounts and British Airways passengers . |
| 9 | I think it could be pollution from Chicago . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What a pity your father is so set against accepting what he might consider to be charity from Tamar . |
| 11 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 12 | In default of a totally homogenised society , it is impossible to imagine a situation where there will not be variation from school to school , from teacher to teacher and from children to children . |
| 13 | Another aspiring actress bitterly resented what she considered to be interference from Bloomsbury House . |
| 14 | For example , in urban regeneration the local authority 's objective may be job creation , the objective of central government may be the reduction of crime , the contractor 's objective may be profit from construction , the developer 's objective may be profit from selling on a let facility , and the operator 's objective may be operating profits . |
| 15 | Rather than national liberation , it seems to be liberation from nationalism that must be the goal for the 21st century . |
| 16 | The information transmission will inevitably be two-way but the main purpose may be transmission from interviewer to interviewee as in an appraisal interview , from interviewee to interviewer as in an opinion survey , or it may change direction during the course of the interview as in a patient-doctor interview . |
| 17 | A breath on the flames , and there would be fire from end to end of the march ; and the Prince was in urgent but still friendly correspondence with King Henry in the effort to settle the dissensions peacefully and without affront to either Welsh or English honour . |
| 18 | Thus there should be representation from education , employers , trade unionists , parents and community organisations . |
| 19 | It is also possible that in some patients concurrent radiation proctitis caused rectal irritability and contributed to a stool weight that was lower than would be predictd from stool frequency . |
| 20 | However I would say that , on a strike out application , I would find it difficult to hold with certainty that the ex turpi causa defence , assuming it to be available , would exclude a claim to contribution under the Act of 1978 unless I were also satisfied , with the same degree of certainty , that there must be exemption from contribution under section 2(2) . |
| 21 | Pressures from the consumer market to go for cheaper and more efficient plant ( which earlier , when there had been competition from generation by private industry , was a major spur to efficiency for CEB planners and the undertakings ) was now less effective . |
| 22 | This view is not based on logic but is greatly influenced by the programming to which we have all been subject from day one of our lives . |
| 23 | The most common are information from library suppliers ( including ‘ on approval ’ copies of the books ) , publishers ' information , trade listings and national bibliographies . |
| 24 | Major recurrent items were bacon from Ireland and meat from Birkenhead . |
| 25 | Tea dances with cakes ; it all sounds rather dull in 1991 , but to us then the cakes were manna from heaven and the dances were the greatest of fun . |
| 26 | 24 Then Joseph being bed from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him , and took unto him his wife . |
| 27 | Listed buildings have , however , a few advantages , not least of which is freedom from VAT in respect of major works of repair or renovation . |
| 28 | One waste with a new use is flyash from power stations . |
| 29 | In what sense is support from kin reliable , and are there some types of support which are more reliable than others ? |
| 30 | When Pooh is shown the honey , he does n't get his belief that there 's honey from Rabbit . |