Example sentences of "from the [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't feel pain from the burns any more , but that had been replaced by a pain a thousand times worse . |
| 2 | Did the architect get eight out of ten from the powers that be ? |
| 3 | It seems as though you may run into opposition , either from the powers that be or the effects of economic cutbacks , and you may have to wait until November before this pattern changes . |
| 4 | If people accept that they are governed not only by explicit rules laid down in past political decisions but by whatever other standards flow from the principles these decisions assume , then the set of recognized public standards can expand and contract organically , as people become more sophisticated in sensing and exploring what these principles require in new circumstances , without the need for detailed legislation or adjudication on each possible point of conflict . |
| 5 | " Mounted troops pursued some of the crowd through Christian Street and the women threw from the windows all they could lay hands on . |
| 6 | For many of those who do take the text seriously however , Christian teaching on the subject of wealth is summed up either by one of the easily remembered phrases from the Gospels such as ‘ Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor , and you will have treasure in heaven ’ ( Luke 18:22 ) or ‘ You can not serve God and Mammon ’ ( Luke 16:13 ) or that ‘ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God ’ ( Luke 18:25 ) or by the way in which the members of the Jerusalem Church as recorded in Acts of the Apostles shared their wealth according to the principle ‘ From each according to his ability , to each according to his need ’ . |
| 7 | Moreover the teacher asks , What can we make ? requiring competent guidance and help with the variety of productive and reprographic equipment and facilities available , from the standpoints both of technical excellence and educational design . |
| 8 | Quite apart from the fears this aroused on the left , the price of CEDA support was a return , especially in rural Spain , to the social situation of the monarchy — a course that could only have explosive consequences . |
| 9 | A shef organization from the towns such as an individual factory would take on the role of cultural and political mentor to some rural group . |
| 10 | A third , a small blonde , always wore huge , baggy clothes and men 's hoots , saying she wanted to look aggressive , to get away from the things that being small and blonde are supposed to mean , and that when she walked down the street wearing her monkey boots and trench coat she felt great , confident and striding , and daring anyone to make a comment . |
| 11 | I saw from the papers some time back that you were acting again ; I 've followed every turn of your fortunes , I can tell yer . |
| 12 | The majority in the community from which I come would welcome internment at this time , and I can not believe that the integrity of the Roman Catholic community is such that its members would choose this continued slaughter in our Province in preference to removing from the streets those who command and control the violence that besets us . |
| 13 | Reactions from the critics this morning have been mixed . |
| 14 | But away from the cameras few people gave them much chance of a future together . |
| 15 | The competitive pressures of the market place have restrained industrial designers from the austerities that afflicted architects . |
| 16 | Silver , lead , copper , iron and mercury were the most important metals which were brought in from the mines some of which were owned by Ragusan merchants — in Bosnia , Serbia and Kosovo . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We went on listening as she informed us that she had progressed from the easy-peasies such as Keats and Dickens to the Russian heavy brigade . |
| 19 | Some were converting from the heavies such as the Lincoln and Washington , others from the recce and light bomber Mosquito squadrons . |
| 20 | The author can recall one development on the West Coast of Scotland , where tiles were stripped from the roofs several times a year , in spite of each time being nailed and clipped . |
| 21 | There was considerable relief as well as jubilation when we finally received consent from the governments that afternoon . ’ |
| 22 | The meal that accompanied it was a feast , cooked and served by the patronne with justifiable pride : tiny moules marinières , which tasted as if they had been cut from the rocks that morning ; bifteck , brown and crisp on the outside , perfectly rare within ; a platter of thin crisp sizzling hot pommes frites ; an excellent salad , served in a plain white bowl . |
| 23 | When they lock the man up with Jim and John and Henry and Mary and Dolores and Grace — I hope they will give him access to books , with paper enough for him to go on making translations for us from the classics such as we have never seen except at his hands in our language . |
| 24 | It means getting away from the children all the time . |
| 25 | Chesarynth hoped all the secretaries were happily jacked in to some routine part of the system , or getting their jollies from the nerve-stimulators some of them were addicted to . |
| 26 | He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing . |
| 27 | Anyone who ‘ uses ’ copyright music has to buy an annual licence from the PRS These ‘ music users ’ include everyone from radio and television stations , clubs , pubs , restaurants , shops , concert halls , dance halls and any other place where there is either live or recorded music audible to the public . |
| 28 | Some 4610 feet from the side of Gunnerside Gill lies the engine room and hydraulic engine that pumped the mine clear of water and wound up the tubs of lead ore from the levels another 130 feet below the engine room . |
| 29 | In the early nineteenth century ice was used for this purpose only in a most limited way , on a few country estates and in the area around Barking , where it was collected from the marshes most winters . |
| 30 | And with help from the conservationists this spectacular reserve will continue to thrive . |