Example sentences of "[conj] from the [noun pl] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a doubt put it in pencil and wait for confirmation from your own experience or from the reports of others . |
| 2 | Evaporation , directly from the ground , or from the leaves of plants , which draw water from the ground , will take water from the top of the unsaturated zone . |
| 3 | assists the Security Service [ M15 , M16 ] in defending the realm against attempts at espionage and sabotage or from the actions of persons and organisations whether directed from within or without the country which may be judged to be subversive to the State . |
| 4 | Bacterial surveillance of the outpatient clinic failed to culture P cepacia from air sampled during physiotherapy , in the waiting room , or from the hands of doctors , nurses , and physiotherapists either before or after the clinic . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is as well the Guide Book ends at this point as he was then wondering , if further accommodation was needed when the fulfilment of the first scheme was achieved , about ‘ approaches to many other favourite points of vision on side grounds or from the tops of mountains , ought next to engage the attention of the subscribers . ’ |
| 6 | about a week ago and from the looks of things I 've passed it quite successfully . |
| 7 | The wealthier classes might have stone-built barns , which could protect their supplies , but houses built of timber and mud , and with earth floors , would be very damp , so it would be hard to protect grains both from rotting and from the depredations of rats and mice . |
| 8 | When she placed Morndun across her face and peered through its ghostly eyes she saw the air shimmering with elementals , sharp-faced , wraith-like , coiling and twisting above the river , streaming out of the mouths and eyes of the men by the water and from the piles of skulls by the trees . |
| 9 | The coming of the rains brought no physical relief to the besieged but in one respect it made things worse ; the smell from the decaying offal and from the corpses of men and animals became intolerable and hung constantly , undisturbed by wind , as a foul miasma over the fortifications . |
| 10 | The earthquake , paradoxically , helped preserve the ancient city both from the ravages of time and from the hands of looters . |