Example sentences of "they [vb base] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corporatism is thus a non-zero-sum game from which all the parties can benefit if they refrain from unenlightened egoistic behaviour . |
| 2 | Okay cats tend to land on their feet but they also tend to take injuries like erm severe pancreatic injuries if they land from high things , so they do n't just |
| 3 | If they suffer from mild incontinence , they may use a sheath or condom , which has to be fitted correctly to avoid leakage . |
| 4 | Young and far from home , they suffer from emotional deprivation and severe isolation . |
| 5 | They suffer from poor design , defects in construction , poor upkeep of public areas , no ‘ double-defensible space ’ ; with packs of dogs roaming about , filth in the stair wells , one or two shuttered shops , the main shopping centres a 20-minute expensive bus journey away . |
| 6 | Single parents are most frequently women and they suffer from considerable social and economic stress . |
| 7 | Now there are fewer each year as they suffer from dwindling finances and members . |
| 8 | It is a liquid protein that they squeeze from little nozzles at the rear of the abdomen which hardens as it meets the air . |
| 9 | If this happens , Tit for Tat individuals , cooperating with one another in cosy little local enclaves , may prosper so well that they grow from small local clusters into larger local clusters . |
| 10 | There are massive holes in this line of argument ; but , roughly , the view is that since employers are not getting what they want from comprehensive schools , they are certain to get it , or more of it , from selective schools . |
| 11 | Local and national broadcasters outline what they want from independent producers . |
| 12 | Few craftsmen can compare to those in San Fernando where they carve from solid blocks of wood some of the most exquisite acoustic guitars ; true works of art . |
| 13 | The IMF and the World Bank are not inexhaustible cornucopias — all they can do is to dispense whatever they receive from wealthy governments , ie , from taxpayers . |
| 14 | They range from modern classics ( Picasso , Johns , Serra ) to Sunday painters ( Nerdrum , Sipp-Green , Purdum : are these names real ? ) . |
| 15 | They range from small , independent organisations with only one or two branches , to large societies with a membership over 100 000 . |
| 16 | Well , they range from steadfast old-style socialist to — ’ |
| 17 | They range from early works such as the 1928–29 watercolour ‘ Blue Ashtray and a Packet of Parisiennes ’ to the exquisite , macabre 1950 ink drawing ‘ A Dead Mouse ’ to two late pencil drawings made in 1985 : ‘ Face ( with Neck ) Rome ’ , and ‘ Face ( Roma ) ’ . |
| 18 | they range from single-colour slip to tuck to multi-coloured jacquard . |
| 19 | They range from excellent to good to bad to worse . |
| 20 | They range from modest towns like San Gimignano and Todi to great cities like Siena . |
| 21 | Analyses of outcropping Carboniferous shales have shown that they range from lean to rich . |
| 22 | They range from fundamental principles to be incorporated in the building at the design and planning stage , to relatively simple but specific attention to décor , illumination and room arrangement . |
| 23 | Every year the number of special subject dictionaries increases , and today they range from popular interests such as Christian names to works with more limited appeal , such as A Dictionary of Fairies by Katharine Briggs ( London 1976 ) . |
| 24 | It relates to the very distinction between standard and other effects , and depends on what that distinction grants , that we sometimes speak of decisions and the like as effects without supposing that they issue from causal circumstances , which by definition are necessitating circumstances . |
| 25 | The two broad categories of plants designated C 3 and C 4 differ in the biochemical pathways through which they fix carbon dioxide in photosynthesis and so differ in the degree to which they benefit from increased carbon dioxide . |
| 26 | They are usually recruited by the other directors ; and most are executives in other firms , so they benefit from generous benchmarks for the ‘ market price ’ of directors . |
| 27 | ‘ It means they benefit from institutional fund management as opposed to private client stockbroking where one man must know all the markets , and it 's much more efficient , ’ he stresses . |
| 28 | It it helps chairman er I could refer to the survey that we did erm of I think it was six erm industrial estates or employment er estates around the district , and they vary from modern business parks which are mainly office type developments through to some traditional and trading type estates . |
| 29 | They vary from superficial scratches to full-thickness lacerations , but almost invariably draw blood . |
| 30 | They vary from two-mile rambles to 12-miles hikes , and led by volunteer guides from parish councils , local history societies , The Ramblers Association , and county council staff . |