Example sentences of "[prep] an [noun] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Celtic made the breakthrough in the 11th minute when the recalled Charlie Nicholas was first presented with an opening six yards from goal but hesitated , leaving the chance to his striking partner , Frank McAvennie , who appeared at the far post to squeeze the ball in . |
| 2 | ONE DOVE : ‘ Transient Truth ’ Glasgow-based dub fascinated three-piece follow their NME Vibes SOTW ‘ Fallen ’ with an Andrew Weatherall-produced taster from their forthcoming debut LP |
| 3 | This will require a grant of £1500 from the Village Association , the use of most of the Tennis Club funds [ £6–800 ] and possibly up to £500 as an interest free loan from the Village Association . |
| 4 | This will require a grant of £1500 from the Village Association , the use of most of the Tennis Club funds ( £6–800 ) and possibly up to £500 as an interest free loan from the Village Association . |
| 5 | They recall the occasion when , as a boy , he had read in an epigraph two lines from Henry King 's " Exequy " — and how he could not rest until he had found and read the poem entire . |
| 6 | During this examination , three to four samples of flat rectal mucosa were taken from an area 10–15 cm from the anal verge and used for the proliferative studies described below . |
| 7 | UK Prime Minister John Major wrote on Oct. 21 to Delors to express " severe irritation " over an Oct. 17 communication from Carlo Ripa di Meana , the Commissioner responsible for the environment , calling on the UK government to halt work on seven transport construction projects because environmental considerations had not been taken into account . |
| 8 | Jose Blandon , former head of intelligence for General Noriega , now in exile in the US , said he understood that the latest attempt was timed to coincide with military exercises which stranded loyal troops on an island several miles from Panama City . |
| 9 | The broadcast was in reply to an Aug. 21 message from Mubarak in which he publicly appealed to Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait and thereby " save mankind from a destructive war which will leave a scorched earth " . |
| 10 | Comedian Ken Dodd 's first set of wheels belonged to an Austin 38 van from which he peddled household wares around Liverpool council estates in the Fifties . |
| 11 | The Ethiopian government and the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) guerrillas , responding to an Oct. 4 request from 30 international aid agencies , reportedly reached an agreement on Nov. 23 to open up the Red Sea port of Massawa to UN relief vessels . |