Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shells of shops and houses rose from scrubby grasslands . |
| 2 | This did not mean that ideas and values came from some supernatural source , but it did mean that they came from the history of society , not the history of the individual . |
| 3 | Examples of confusion in defining and acquiring exactly the type of management information which is needed for specific tasks and policies emerged from a widely publicized aspect of management in further education in the 1980s . |
| 4 | Within this the commodity composition showed a marked increase in engineering products which rose from 37 per cent in 1955 to 45 per cent in 1970 of total UK exports ; semi-manufactures ( including chemicals , textiles and metals ) fell from 30 per cent to 26 per cent because of the decline in textiles , while other manufactures remained fairly constant around 13 per cent and non-manufactures fell from 25 per cent to 15 per cent . |
| 5 | Losses on reinsurance business doubled to £79 million , the estate agencies suffered a drop in revenue from £121 million to £104 million and losses rose from £19 million to £33 million . |
| 6 | A battleground of historic events and a jungle of eyes watching him out of the gloom , bright eyes and eyes dulled from misuse , flaring nostrils and faded plumage and gaping jaws and once-golden beaks . |
| 7 | An interesting difference between B.Eds and PGCEs emerged from this question on modes of assessment . |
| 8 | But the builders and craftsmen came from outside and talked to nobody . |
| 9 | Some of the American crop were typed but their tone matched those handwritten or made up of letters and words snipped from publications . |
| 10 | Berlin might become important in the future but its great age was in the 1920s , when East Germany was rich and clients came from Scandinavia and Russia . |
| 11 | After the announcement of the Conservatives ' general election victory , gilts enjoyed a period of steady demand from investors , including those from overseas , and yields fell from just under 10% to a little above 9% . |
| 12 | It was perhaps inevitable that one of the benefits that both the wives and husbands saw from this approach was a reduction in stock losses . |
| 13 | The houses of eighteenth-century merchants , with mashribiya windows and columns pillaged from a more ancient town , leant over the streets . |
| 14 | The heady-smell of fish and chips wafted from a take-away shop . |
| 15 | Time deposits and CDs jumped from 230m. in 1982 to nearly 6bn in 1987 . |
| 16 | The sport still claims to be the fastest-growing in Britain … and enthusiasts came from all corners of the country for the grand finale of the National Mountain Bike Championships — the quest to find the British champion . |
| 17 | The sport still claims to be the fastest-growing in Britain … and enthusiasts came from all corners of the country for the grand finale of the National Mountain Bike Championships — the quest to find the British champion . |
| 18 | The frustrations and criticisms arose from clear enough aspirations on the part of institutions for the maximum attainable independence — but far from agreed as a concept within institutions and organizations . |
| 19 | Gifts and visitors came from all over the English-speaking world as television stations overseas , alerted by all the publicity , snapped up transmission rights . |
| 20 | But total provisions for loans and advances climbed from £229 million to £374 million , of which £330 million was on residential property . |
| 21 | The enormous increase in the demand for lace was largely due to the fashion for lace curtains which came at the same time as a huge house-building programme , and buyers came from home and abroad to negotiate their deals in the Lace Market . |
| 22 | He had pumped all his savings into building the boat , using bits and pieces scrounged from all over the Middle East , and was suspiciously eager to part with it . |
| 23 | The calls come via three sources : personal requests made by members of the public at the station 's enquiry desk ; telephone calls made directly to the station ; and messages relayed from BRC , the central communications network . |
| 24 | My shirts and trousers emerged from the exercise crease-free , with only the minimum of effort on my part . |
| 25 | Police and dogs tumbled from the vehicle . |
| 26 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
| 27 | Original air intakes and filters came from an old lorry . |
| 28 | Another organist was found amongst the ARP personnel and soloists came from ENSA and Fulham . |
| 29 | Although a member of the BF grand council in 1926 , her political roots and beliefs emanated from Die-hard conservatism . |
| 30 | He began running at the end of 91/92 season to get fit for the next season and things snowballed from there . |