Example sentences of "from the [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 32 | It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt . |
| 33 | Apart from the fact that it divested its foundry business some four years ago — and has no intention of getting back into that game — Motorola can supply 88000 parts at a $850 apiece . |
| 34 | Neither side gave any details , apart from the fact that it had been decided to disregard the existing agreement and formulate a new one . |
| 35 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 36 | Continuing anti-US feeling in Iran and the associated strength of the radical Islamic political forces resulted from the US refusal to make a more comprehensive effort to compensate Iran for the shooting down of an Iranian airbus in the Gulf by the USS Vincennes warship in July 1988 [ see pp. 36169-70 ] , and from the fact that it continued to hold , according to official Iranian estimates , some $12,000 million in assets frozen since the 1979 Iranian revolution [ for agreement in November 1989 to release assets see p. 37053 ] . |
| 37 | Its evocative power derived not only from its biblical roots , but also from the fact that it did not evoke clergy or hierarchy but rather the basic equality of all the baptized . |
| 38 | Afterwards , the dead woman 's body was thrown from the train after it left Northampton station . |
| 39 | We gazed enraptured at the city of Bath from the train as it drew in to the station — it was all laid out on the slopes of Lansdown like an aerial map of a moon landscape . |
| 40 | A complete split was also threatened when the North branch voted to withdraw from the BSP if it affiliated to the Labour Party ( ibid. 4 August 14 ) . |
| 41 | A short note from a spy in Paris : Eudo Tailler 's head had been fished from the Seine where it had been thrown in a sack . |
| 42 | One of the non-fundholding control practices was excluded from the analysis because it did not collect referral data for a significant part of the study . |
| 43 | But because Hinkley C was seen as a virtual ‘ replica ’ of the Sizewell design , the NII had made it clear from the start that it had no major reservations . |
| 44 | She had loved the flat from the start and it had cheered her up unexpectedly . |
| 45 | The quake hit relatively far from the city and it lasted only about 10 seconds ; there was no wind to spread fires ; and conditions were dry , making landslides less likely . |
| 46 | The sun was a copper-coloured ball balanced briefly on the tops of trees , there was no relief from the heat when it went down but a little from the persistent ravages of the insects whose uproar , briefly louder and more piercing , diminished as the light faded . |
| 47 | But , I mean , she 's been down there and must be gone now something has , but I said surely she would have heard from the police if it 'd been |
| 48 | The River Aire , then purple with dye from the mills as it coursed under Leeds Bridge , began its journey as a pure , gushing stream tumbling cold and clear down through Airedale from Malham Cove — not far as the kestrel flies . |