Example sentences of "from the [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Away from the dunes the machair level rises gradually before falling again towards wet hollows or lochs at the landward edge . |
| 2 | But if by any chance the Bairns ' fortunes begin to falter under his chairmanship , and their stalwart position as second-bottom in the league is challenged , then he should not be surprised to hear from the terraces the menacing sound of the fans as they give tongue : ‘ Christie , Christie , Christie — out , out , out ! ’ |
| 3 | Down from the mountains the weather was warmer , without the snow and wind of Canjuers . |
| 4 | From the bazaars the tale passed via servants into households and thence to the clubs , not so dissimilar from bazaars in their capacity to retail and embellish a story . |
| 5 | The procedure is to obtain from the tables the PV values of both outlays and proceeds for each year . |
| 6 | The procedure is to obtain from the tables the PV values of both outlays and proceeds for each year . |
| 7 | From the mid-1960s the squatting movement had grown . |
| 8 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 9 | There is some evidence that from the mid-1950s the average size of firm in manufacturing was growing as the employment share of firms with less than 100 workers fell from 60 to 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Each time hot water is drawn from the taps the whole system has to be topped up with cold water from the storage tank . |
| 11 | As soon as the election was completed and announced in the words " St Peter elects Lothar pope " , three doves flew into the place where the cardinals were assembled and when Lothar was singled out from the others the whitest of them settled on his right shoulder . |
| 12 | Our long-term aim is to shift the burden of taxation away from the things the country needs more of — income , savings and value added — and on to the things we want less of , such as pollution and resource depletion . |
| 13 | It hides from the inferiors the sources of domination and the process by which this has come about . |
| 14 | This has resulted : from a succession of negotiating rounds within the framework of GATT to reduce tariff levels on a wide range of imports ( with important exceptions ) ; from the policies the IMF and , more recently , the World Bank and other aid agencies have imposed on poor countries to liberalize imports ; and from the policies several countries have pursued ( especially under World Bank tutelage ) to expand their export sectors . |
| 15 | For any political party that makes any pretence of seeking the government of this country to want to remove from the courts the sanction that my hon. Friend has described as so essential is utterly irresponsible . |
| 16 | On June 26 Parliament decided by 93 to 26 votes to remove from the courts the power of judicial review in ISA cases , so that the executive would make the final decision . |
| 17 | From the Courts The following case was dealt with by Stokesley magistrates : |
| 18 | The further away the pickups are from the strings the less likely you are to experience wolf notes . |
| 19 | From the mid-1970s the slow-down in economic growth and rising inflation sapped the confidence of policy-makers in demand management . |
| 20 | From the mid-1970s the Committee and its officers were engaged in a process of sponsoring debate and planning , including through such conferences as one on school experience and the assessment of practical teaching , held in York in October 1976 — a pioneer conference from which emerged a CNAA-funded research project which reported three years later . |
| 21 | The curriculum , based on the 5–14 Programme , follows on from the experiences the children have had in earlier years . |
| 22 | Away from the territories the birds remain gregarious . |
| 23 | In view of the passage of time , the Goldsmiths increased this amount to £575 , and requested that the School should remove from the buildings the stone inscriptions bearing witness to their former patronage . |
| 24 | In relation to the unmixed foil which the buyers had sold , the Court of Appeal held that the Dutch sellers were entitled to receive from the buyers the proceeds of the sales by the buyers . |
| 25 | As can be seen from the photographs the housing joints between the top rail and curved members are not 45 degrees so these had to be cut by hand and not routered , this also applied to the tops of the glazing bars . |
| 26 | Beirut port , where the Lebanese army had taken over control from the militias the previous month , opened on March 15 after a 14-month closure . |
| 27 | From the Romans the French learned great fruit-growing skills which were developed in the monasteries . |
| 28 | From the mid-1980s the UK , along with several other countries , began to adopt a more pragmatic approach to monetary policy . |
| 29 | Once you get in the habit of really noticing what you eat , and expecting from the restaurants the same care for quality and ‘ real food ’ value you try to achieve at home , making the healthy choice becomes second nature . |
| 30 | The communicative approach , however , requires from the tutors the ability to relate language to specific meaning , social context , and communicative function . |