Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the ironies of the 1980s is that while the East Coast main line started to take delivery of its second-generation 125mph equipment , the maximum speed of West Coast trains had only moved from 100 to 110mph . |
| 2 | Since 1967 the number of women in public sector schemes had nearly doubled from I to 2 million , while the number of women in private schemes had risen from 1.3 to 1.4 million . |
| 3 | Fossil goat-antelopes dating back 35 million years closely resemble the serow , and present day goat-antelopes have probably evolved from a serow-like ancestor . |
| 4 | Charity workers have recently returned from Romania after completing a survey of the hospital and Mr Paul Stage , chairman of the organisation , said : ‘ It has nothing in the way of modern conveniences . |
| 5 | Over 100 planning objections have already come from mountaineers and walkers . |
| 6 | No more : City rents have nearly halved from a £70 per sq ft peak in 1987 and capital values have fallen by at least 30 per cent . |
| 7 | It is in the nature of sea cliffs to remain largely hidden from view until you are more or less in contact with them , but for much of this side of Stennis this is not the case , for the gully descends to a non-tidal terrace descending beneath the cliff . |
| 8 | These kinds of purity laws have gradually faded from explicit reference in modern Western Christianity . |
| 9 | The close racial and cultural connections between the inhabitants of Bougainville and those of the Solomons , together with the geographical proximity of the territories , meant that BRA units had frequently operated from within Solomon Islands ' territory and had often received unofficial military and political assistance . |
| 10 | Working class intellectuals have often come from the ranks of printers in the past , but it is rare to find one such who like Jean Henderson was a woman . |