Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [vb pp] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In point of fact , in terms of Catholic tradition , the challenges here might be less awkward than those of phase 2 ( and to some extent John Paul II was able to recognize this ) , but the crucial ecclesiastical issue once more ( as in phase 1 ) had become the acceptability of diversity , and the curial mind had never escaped from the conviction that unity requires uniformity . |
| 2 | There was a true feeling of achievement attached to our little ‘ I skied down a mountain' certificate , and a bit of weight had definitely dropped from the thighs on to the slopes . |
| 3 | The process of industrialization and the accelerated growth of the division of labour had already wrested from the family , including its rural variant , its monopolistic role in the processes of production . |
| 4 | The light had almost gone from the day now and the forest was becoming bathed in soft , subtle hues of the Purple Hour , Dark blue and turquoise light slanted in through the trees , turning the Wolfwood to a place of dark secret shadows and heavy ancient magic . |
| 5 | This small act of concealment had partly stemmed from the fact that she herself had never had money . |
| 6 | One spell had indeed leapt from the crackling pages and lodged itself in the dark recesses of his brain . |
| 7 | Her father had just returned from the public house , and was at his most sensitive to the shame brought upon his noble name by Tess . |
| 8 | Ermentrude 's father had originally come from the Worms area , but he had made his career , thanks to imperial favour , in the west . |
| 9 | The hierarchical nature of news organizations — both as a chain of command and as an information processing organization — ensured that the power centre remained well removed from the specialist correspondents . |
| 10 | The study now reported began with the author recognising from an examination of the name ‘ Forsey ’ that although the second syllable had obviously developed from the Anglo-Saxon haeg ( with the noun prefix ge ) and the Middle English hei/hey , meaning enclosure , it seemed unlikely that the first syllables fors and furs were descended from the same root word , and the fact that Dr Reaney had cited widely separated counties for their ( rather late ) emergence was a further slight pointer . |
| 11 | Objections to the application for planning permission had also come from the Western Regional Fisheries Board and Westport Tourism as well as several individuals . |
| 12 | This meant that the district officer became increasingly isolated from the activities that often had the greatest impact on — and the greatest importance for — his district . |
| 13 | In Stockport , the School had already benefited from the generosity of many individual local donors . |
| 14 | The white elephant had finally emerged from the confusion behind which its promoters had concealed it for so many years . |
| 15 | The conversation had seldom strayed from the case and Wickham 's bouncy arrival at the flat and invitation to supper had encouraged her to expect something more . |
| 16 | Their headmistress had wilfully departed from the scripture syllabus and her stories had stimulated a prurient interest in sex , thereby corrupting childhood innocence . |
| 17 | One company had recently moved from the centre of London and had curtailed its use of libraries . |
| 18 | North had now retired from the Marines and , in his blue suit and ‘ rather bright ’ red tie , he seemed to have shrunk , becoming ‘ forlorn ’ and ‘ pathetic ’ . |
| 19 | The dominant factor , in relation to poor housing conditions , lack of proper sanitation , food shortages and growing unemployment , was the fact that the country had just emerged from the horrors of the First Great War . |
| 20 | Cocoa production had largely shifted from the coastal area , where disease had destroyed many cocoa trees , into Ashanti . |
| 21 | Some of the Left had just defected from the ILP and had no desire to join with it again . |
| 22 | ( Although Billy had undoubtedly been guilty as charged , the evidence against him had been largely manufactured , and none of his family had ever recovered from the injustice of this . ) |
| 23 | As a doctor , Brian realised that his wife 's mother had evidently suffered from the most acute form of agoraphobia . |