Example sentences of "from the [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | Lord Dacre kept twenty-eight indoor servants at Hurstmonceux who , with a constant stream of visitors , needed prodigious quantities of food both from the estates and from farther-flung markets . |
2 | Certainly , one does not overhear such debates every day in the senior common room or students ' union , and any analysis of the curriculum as knowledge is likely to appear remote from the priorities and concerns of the average lecturer or student . |
3 | The reason for this was that they had a different view of tradition from the locals and this caused them to turn to ‘ progressivist ’ ideas and to new ventures put forward by planners in order to effect an entry upon the local political scene . |
4 | Occasionally a chief headman was discovered to be involved in organized extortion , requiring services and gifts from the headmen and people under his jurisdiction beyond those which were customarily expected . |
5 | SCOTTISH Natural Heritage has called for all ships carrying hazardous cargo to be banned from the Minches and Fair Isle Channel . |
6 | Had the peak risen up from the waters and punctured the keel , thereby skewering the vessel in place ? |
7 | The hotel and its newly dug garden are protected from the winds and passing cows by a handsome new stone wall made in the old way — using the enormous smooth round boulders that litter the fields as if a giant 's child had grown bored with a game of marbles . |
8 | The method of attribution by provenance can also be used in reverse , in cases where we know the name of a mint from the coins but do not know its location . |
9 | Some 2,150 replies had been received from the prelates and Catholic institutions consulted . |
10 | There is indeed a skill of craftsmanship in applying technology ; knowing just how far to go in programming the machine and what to do by hand ; selecting from the materials and technologies and applying them in different ways ; deciding exactly what one should attempt to achieve through technology . |
11 | By the age of eleven I was collecting the money from the customers and handing them the change they were due . |
12 | Occasionally , when there had to be a drastic reassessment of public expenditure , it became evident from the leaks and rumours of resignations that something important was going on in Whitehall during the summer months , but neither backbenchers nor the House in general were able to find out what was happening or to discuss the changes being made in expenditure plans . |
13 | Consistently departing on time in a multi-sector , tightly scheduled environment requires considerable concentration of effort by the pilots , but also teamwork from the engineers and ground handlers . |
14 | The ‘ Seminar cum Festival of Popular Theatre Activists and Grassroots Media Users for Social Awareness ’ brought together people from the villages and cities of the Bihar region . |
15 | Economic activities have steadily moved from the villages and the rural communities into the towns and the urban areas ; and as employment opportunities have diminished in the rural areas , the village population have moved into the towns |
16 | There is nothing immoral about being a member of CND , but we must understand that the principles and policies of that organisation are wholly different from the principles and policies set out in the motion . |
17 | Apart from the birds and the bees and the |
18 | You will see from the notes and form that applications should only be directed to the Sports Council in respect of post holders of international bodies , ie those who have been elected in their own right and not those who are simply fulfilling a representative function . |
19 | Subjects ranging from the ferries and Mersey tunnels to the Tall Ships Race and local tourist attractions are all given a lighthearted treatment . |
20 | The journey went on and on — before long we were travelling at a walking pace , and I and the few other passengers were anxiously clearing the condensation from the windows and peering into the murk in an effort to see where we were . |
21 | I 'd skirt around the light cast from the windows and sometimes I 'd sit and watch her to see if she would do anything interesting . |
22 | The United manager added : ‘ The trouble is these days youngsters play so much they do n't get the chance to watch the game from the terraces and get a passion about it , like my generation . |
23 | In Galloway and Upper Nithsdale , Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , survived a challenge from the Nationalists and Michael Forsyth , Scottish Minister of State , held off Labour in even more vulnerable Stirling . |
24 | There are cases where participants depart from the plans and conventions , of course . |
25 | Miracles from the houses and church spires |
26 | He took it from the forceps and examined it carefully . |
27 | Will the Secretary of State tell us how many ideas from the Liberals and others he has included in the Bill ? |
28 | During much of the debate we have had no representation from the Liberals or the Scottish Nationalists . |
29 | Regina v. Visitors to Lincoln 's Inn , Ex parte Persaud On an application for judicial review made pursuant to leave granted by Rose J. on 17 September 1991 , the applicant in the second case , Norman Persaud , a barrister , sought inter alia , an order of certiorari to quash an order made by the Visitors to Lincoln 's Inn on 31 July 1991 whereby it was held that the applicants ' petition of appeal , dated 28 September 1990 , from the findings and the sentence of the disciplinary tribunal of the Council of the Inns of Court be dismissed . |
30 | As she moved the drapes ( how old ? as old as Grandmother ? older perhaps ? ) across the window , Alice watched thin veils of dust rising from the folds and settling in new patterns on the velvet . |