Example sentences of "[vb past] from public [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the money for its new accident and emergency department came from public donations . |
| 2 | Roughly half of the students came from public schools and the other half from county or secondary schools . |
| 3 | For a few years after his return to Edinburgh he prepared anatomical and pathological demonstrations in the Department of Anatomy , but latterly he withdrew from public affairs . |
| 4 | But even if political authorities were clear about what they expected from public enterprises , political control would remain problematic . |
| 5 | To John Watson , who travelled under his pen-name , Ian Maclaren , and was undoubtedly pleased with the £19,200 ( over £600,000 in today 's currency ) earned from public readings of his novel , Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush , ‘ the American influence was in general reforming and deodorizing ’ . |
| 6 | Another was the transformation of many such bodies , already heavily subsidized from public funds , into de facto agencies of the state , which financed them and indirectly determined their policy . |