Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
| 2 | Yes , there is a ski garderie in Verbier ; unfortunately it is in the centre of the village , and since there was no snow in the village the Mini Champion Club was closed from January for the rest of the season . |
| 3 | An agent was despatched from London to Jersey to check on the dead activist Varienski 's daughter . |
| 4 | In particular , Thompson and Spencer 's list of the features of habituation was derived from studies of short-term examples of the phenomenon ; it may therefore be unreasonable to expect these features to be found also in latent inhibition ( see Lubow , Weiner , and Schnur 1981 ) . |
| 5 | In the face of the administration 's intense opposition , it cut $900 million from the amount requested by Bush , allocating $3,500 million for SDI , and also insisting that the emphasis of the programme was altered from research into space-based interceptors ( the " brilliant pebbles " concept ) to ground-based rockets and lasers . |
| 6 | , writes : MANY years ago I was told that Colgate toothpaste was made from pebbles from Chesil Beach , Dorset . |
| 7 | In Mr. Harper 's case , less than two years ago , his rent was doubled from £12,000 to £24,000 . |
| 8 | In the factory it was different because work was separated from home in a way they had never experienced before . |
| 9 | After the leak of the Interfor Report , counsel for the victims , families attempted to take a deposition from Aviv but Shaughnessy moved to quash the subpoena on the grounds that Aviv 's work was protected from discovery by the so-called attorney work-product doctrine . |
| 10 | Roger Blyth , chairman of the Swansea selectors who was one of Saturday 's touch judges , said : ‘ I did n't see the incident but it 's quite obvious that the bloke was cut from contact with a boot . |
| 11 | At one time a footway was made from Skinnergate to North Bondgate to save people 's shoes . |
| 12 | In March new electrical equipment was ordered from B.T-H. for these cars and new trucks were considered , but turned down . |
| 13 | Medeghino was exiled from Milan to Lake Como for killing a man , and there he took over a castle on the natural fortress of the Sassoi di Musso near the village of Musso at the northern end of the lake , killing the castle 's governor . |
| 14 | The average cost of a Bryant home was cut from £90,000 to £86,000 last year . |
| 15 | There has been considerable debate about the origins of the glassware found in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries ; some are Roman survivals , and a proportion was imported from glass-houses in the Rhineland and northern Gaul . |
| 16 | To keep costs to the minimum the pond surrounds of double row bricks and crazy paving were bought as hardcore , the main filter was constructed from a £3 expansion tank and the water mill was constructed from scraps of plywood and painted with left-over household paint . |
| 17 | Despenser 's heir was released from prison in July 1331 , but had to wait until 1337 before receiving any of his father 's inheritance . |
| 18 | Wine was splashed from jug to cup and then often drained in one loud gulp . |
| 19 | ‘ Rexroth 's review said that as the band had n't shown up a pick-up band was assembled from members of the audience , who just banged pots and pans and made odd noises . |
| 20 | However , he was prevented from standing on Oct. 19 , when the Constitutional Court upheld the Supreme Court 's Oct. 12 ruling that anyone who had been the author or beneficiary of a military coup was debarred from participation in elections under Article 186 of the 1986 Constitution . |
| 21 | He was initially sentenced to three months in jail ; the period was renewed from time to time until 1672 . |
| 22 | In 1910 the great hall with its spectacular painted oak and chestnut roof and vaulted stone oriel was transplanted from Bishopsgate in the City of London to Chelsea , to save it from demolition . |
| 23 | The income level subject to the 1.45 per cent Medicare payroll tax was increased from $51,300 to $125,000 . |
| 24 | Furthermore , these figures refer to the period before the top rate of income tax was reduced from 60% to 40% , and the ‘ poll tax ’ was introduced . |
| 25 | Between 1979 and 1988 the basic rate of this tax was reduced from 33% to 25% , while the highest rate fell from 80% to 40% . |
| 26 | In 1874 the Loco Establishment was removed from Wolverton to Northampton , on completion of the loop line from Rugby to Northampton ( opened 1 December 1881 ) and from Northampton to Roade ( opened 3 April 1882 ) . |
| 27 | Even so , in 979 a body was moved from Wareham to the nunnery at Shaftesbury , and in 1001 transferred again from the churchyard to inside the abbey . |
| 28 | A black lacy wimple framed her beautiful white face while her splendid body was clothed from neck to toe in a pure black silk gown , the only concession to any alleviating colour being the white lace cuffs and collar and the small jewelled cross which swung from a gold chain round her neck . |
| 29 | The Davidson Room was stacked from ceiling with Things Past and Present . |
| 30 | as if to seal off the barbarians and leave them to their own devices , Hadrian 's Wall was built from Solway to Tyne between AD 122 and 127 . |