Example sentences of "[adv] from [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Agnes never took part in such conversations ; she never spoke badly of Paul , even though she sensed that this alienated her somewhat from other women . |
| 2 | All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles . |
| 3 | Up till the outbreak of the First World War the needs of the industrial world could still be met almost entirely from alluvial deposits . |
| 4 | A more recent and notorious example may be found in David Mach 's ‘ Polaris ’ , a sixty foot long ‘ submarine ’ built entirely from black tyres . |
| 5 | Had they not had such a resource at their disposal some might have had to forego particular orders , others might have been obliged to withdraw entirely from certain markets , whilst still others would have been less willing to innovate with new products offering chances of survival or expansion . |
| 6 | It is capable of running entirely from floppy disks and so allows computer users without a hard drive to produce professional scores . |
| 7 | Because of its East Bank Palestinians , Jordan could not abdicate entirely from diplomatic attempts to regain the West Bank . |
| 8 | The labour group , unable to free itself entirely from structural constraints during its period of office , effectively capitulated , losing power in the 1900 election . |
| 9 | The danger has been a real one , but it has flowed entirely from distorted views about what the differences are , not from acceptance of difference as such . |
| 10 | These are required for obtaining , checking and retrieving specific facts and pieces of information , particularly but not entirely from secondary sources … |
| 11 | This micro-colony , set at 16,700ft , was supplied by air-drop , constructed entirely from discarded jerry-cans and covered with white parachute cotton so as to stand out like a sore thumb ! |
| 12 | On the assumption that net investment , x t , is financed entirely from retained earnings , net investment is determined as follows : where ( ) is the retention ratio ( i.e. one minus the payout ratio ) . |
| 13 | We 've been behind the scenes of the Society , which is funded entirely from public donations . |
| 14 | About 10 years ago the use of ml and l for millilitres and litres respectively was banished suddenly from British Standards in favour of mL and L , though both are permitted as alternatives by the ISO standard dealing with the layout of standards . |
| 15 | Mercury occurs naturally from volcanic eruptions , ground de-gassing and erosion . |
| 16 | Shelling , apparently from Muslim positions , also rained down on the airport , hub of the international relief airlift for the besieged capital , and closed the road leading from it into the city , UN officials said . |
| 17 | Orton Chirwa , one of Malawi 's most prominent political prisoners , died in prison on Oct. 20 , apparently from natural causes , although there was evidence that he had been tortured and had suffered ill-treatment during his 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 18 | Having lacked the opportunity to create a new constitutional framework afresh from first principles , Britain now stands out as one of the few nations lacking such a document . |
| 19 | It does so by continually replacing losses , and not necessarily from incompetent pondkeepers . |
| 20 | As well as potential damage from chemical treatments , hair suffers daily from chemical treatments , hair suffers daily from outside elements , heated styling appliances and general wear and tear . |
| 21 | As well as potential damage from chemical treatments , hair suffers daily from chemical treatments , hair suffers daily from outside elements , heated styling appliances and general wear and tear . |
| 22 | Produce for the restaurant is sourced daily from British ports , Billingsgate and Normandy . |
| 23 | It is difficult to obtain accurate figures from the wilder , more snake-ridden parts of the world , such as Africa , Asia and South America , but an attempt at a global survey carried out in the 1950s gave a total world figure of thirty thousand deaths annually from all forms of snakebite . |
| 24 | Bloodied but unbowed , Motorola Inc says by the year 2000 it will be delivering 120 million 680x0s annually from 10 factories worldwide . |
| 25 | In individual cases catching criminals depended on the usually less than willing readiness of the village constables to act ; since they were chosen by vote annually from middling tradesmen and farmers they had little hope of dealing with many common incidents unless the rest of the community felt sufficiently outraged to support them . |
| 26 | Read aloud from familiar stories and poems fluently and with appropriate expression . |
| 27 | The abbey church of St Ricquier , built in the 790s , had galleries in its apses , and choir screens round the area of some of its altars , with the idea ( as we know from the ritual order of its Abbot Angilbert ) of dividing the monks ' and boys ' choirs ; the building must have echoed to the sound of these choirs as they answered each other antiphonally from different parts of it . |
| 28 | In the aftermath of the Arusha Declaration , the value of corporate assets held by the state in Tanzania increased sevenfold from financial years 1970/1 to 1977/8 . |
| 29 | But on the other hand , we were only working to rule , we were working by rules and regulations laid down from various Acts and negotiated er agreements . |
| 30 | The light flooded down from five roundels high up on the far long side , as though in a cathedral clerestory . |