Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moral panic generated by scroungerphobia represents homeless men as feckless fugitives from their proper role . |
| 2 | Ronnie 's story was splashed over the Sunday papers telling how he had bought the cabinet for fifty pounds from someone who walked into his shop . |
| 3 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 4 | Copyright in a work lasts for fifty years from the end of the calendar year in which its author or composer dies . |
| 5 | He then introduced a new type of 4–4–0 express locomotive , with a leading bogie which gave much smoother and safer negotiation of curved track at speed , and these ran for fifty years from their entry into service in 1876 . |
| 6 | That said , the drinks sector seemed relieved that the Chancellor has paid some attention to the risk of driving business across the Channel to the Calais supermarkets , the building sector was prepared to look for possible beneficiaries from the approval the Chancellor has given to rail links in South-east England , oil benefited from the abolition of PRT on new North Sea fields , the motor trade seemed to take the threat of fuel taxes in excess of inflation in its stride , and WH Smith reflected a sense of relief that VAT has not been extended to books and newspapers . |
| 7 | The first Muslims arrived soon after the Dutch , sometimes as political prisoners from Indonesia . |
| 8 | Over the years since it was set up in 1982 , the Foundation has provided funds for the purchase of teaching equipment , the development of Library services , the restoration of much-loved features of the University gardens , a scholarship for under-privileged students from overseas , the publication of monographs , and improvements to sports facilities . |
| 9 | Money raised from the venture will go towards a summer holiday for under-privileged children from the town . |
| 10 | It is directly responsible for 35,000 deaths from lung cancer and twice this number from other diseases every year . |
| 11 | Under the system of research funding proposed in the White Paper the principle of plurality of research funding will be maintained , giving institutions access to block funds for research alongside targeted funding for specific projects from the research councils . |
| 12 | BRITAIN will begin scrapping airport customs controls for European citizens from next week . |
| 13 | In another survey , HPI , the vehicle information organisation , has monitored a 5.7 p.c. rise in the number of inquiries for used vehicles from dealers , auction and finance houses . |
| 14 | The new limit for an 18 or 36-hole event goes up from £110 to £200 , and for junior competitions from £50 to £100 . |
| 15 | The innings fell apart with Connor O'Brien , who also opened the Railway Union innings along with his brother Paul , taking four wickets for eight runs from only five overs . |
| 16 | Rose finished with four wickets for eight runs from nine overs , the only resistance encountered by Instonians , lively and athletic in the field , being a seventh wicket stand between left handed Alan Corcoran , the Railway Union captain , and Dave Varian . |
| 17 | Speakers from the City law firm Cameron Markby Hewitt addressed a packed house in the Institute 's library each Wednesday evening for eight weeks from January to March . |
| 18 | On 20 August 1584 he was apprenticed for eight years from 29 September to the distinguished printer Henry Denham [ q.v. ] ; |
| 19 | The two offices faced each other across a large internal courtyard entered through low archways from Downing Street and Charles Street . |
| 20 | It is likely that the rocks of basaltic composition have a volcanic origin , and could have flowed as basaltic lavas from any Beta Regio volcanoes . |
| 21 | Computer Sciences Corp , El Segundo , California entered a joint sales and marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc to market client-server systems in the global aerospace manufacturing industry and the two are looking for combined revenues from the partnership to total about $80m over 18 months . |
| 22 | It is more likely to be about sore things from childhood , which we were not allowed properly to experience or mourn : or we may have been too young in emotional or physical development to cope . |
| 23 | Another lowland National Trail that 's worth a try at this time of year is the Wolds Way , stretching for 79 miles from Hessle Haven just west of Hull to Filey Brig in North Yorkshire . |
| 24 | EDWIN POUNCEY : Renowned noisenik also better known as Savage Pencil , legendary ink-abuser responsible for classic sleeves from The Lurkers to Sonic Youth |
| 25 | A partnership practice that operated from two offices ceased to be carried on when the partnership was dissolved and the two main equity partners continued as sole practitioners from their respective offices . |
| 26 | He lay about fifty metres from it , ’ said Mortimer . |
| 27 | The duty of good faith is owed between would-be partners from the start of their negotiations and endures until the winding-up of the firm is completed by the distribution of its surplus assets . |
| 28 | ISB officials wonder how they can prise companies such as British Airways from the Heathrow area — ‘ they have 3,000 software people there — 3,000 — if we could get a fraction of them here … ’ says one IDB official wistfully . |
| 29 | One prima facie plausible answer is provided by another theory , according to which the specific feature that marks off proper names from descriptions should be sought not in any " logical simplicity " but rather in the " rigidity of their designation " . |
| 30 | Lord Ennals was Secretary of State for Social Services from 1976–86 , and Opposition Spokesperson on Health in the House of Lords from 1986–91 . |