Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] from [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This holds that , far from being the innovative genius his champions claim , Lloyd Webber has artfully fashioned a kind of ersatz music from echoes of Puccini , Rodgers and Hammerstein , and the Beatles , but which lacks the uniqueness of any of them . |
| 2 | Protective measures included staying indoors during the passage of the radiation cloud ; the removal of the outer leaves and washing of vegetables , and the washing and peeling of fresh fruit ; the ban by Western European countries on the importation of fresh food from areas of Eastern Europe within 1000 km of Chernobyl ; the restriction in consumption of fresh milk and free-range eggs ; the removal of cattle and sheep from open pasture or a ban on their sale ( for example , 2.5 million sheep in parts of north Wales were prohibited temporarily from being moved or slaughtered ; Kerr et al. , 1989 ) ; the taking of prophylactic potassium iodide tablets to saturate the thyroid with iodine so as to minimize the amount of radioactive iodine being taken in ( this measure was adopted most extensively in Poland ) ; the advice not to drink fresh rainwater ; and the warning to the public about possible contamination during outdoor activity . |
| 3 | ‘ What we have at the moment is a situation where we discharge 17 million tons of wet sewage from vessels into the river each year . |
| 4 | Guarantees of outside funding from sources including the Josiah Macy Jr Foundation , American Medical International , and Hewlett-Packard also smoothed the introduction of the scheme , which was not seen to present any financial threat to the traditional course . |
| 5 | In this study we measured adenylate and guanylate cyclase activities and cyclic nucleotide values in the biopsy specimens of duodenal mucosa from patients with untreated and treated coeliac disease . |
| 6 | The days of casual sex from encounters in bars and discos went out with the arrival of AIDS , at least as a way of life . |
| 7 | The loan followed a buy-back of about $1,300 million of Philippine debt from banks at 50 per cent of its face value . |
| 8 | In the pursuit of authenticity and while looking for original P-40 coolers , the reconstruction crew located a man in Alaska who , after the war , had dug up quite a bit of military surplus from land-fills in his State . |
| 9 | Landlord and Tenant — Covenant — Release by accord and satisfaction — Assignees covenanting directly with landlord to perform covenants — Landlord releasing defaulting occupying assignee from all liabilities in return for immediate surrender of lease and goods — Whether release by accord and satisfaction — Whether operating as release of intermediate assignee from obligations under direct covenant |
| 10 | In particular , if one wishes to infer the nature of uncontrolled transition from experiments with controlled disturbances , as considered in Section 18.1 , then this type may be the most relevant . |
| 11 | Likely to draw criticisms of bad taste from users of Rational and Traditional models ( although Semi-Rational users more likely to express mixed envy and scorn , as above ) . |
| 12 | In 1989 SAVE 's Empty Quarters included every kind of listed building from cottages to a cathedral ( the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Middlesbrough ) . |