Example sentences of "[conj] from [Wh det] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When farmers and farm workers refer to the ‘ loss of community ’ in their village it is usually to this kind of change that they are implicitly referring , for there are bound to be changing patterns of sociability developing in the village to which they are unaccustomed or from which they feel excluded . |
| 2 | I want to ask the Minister why his two Back-Bench colleagues from Wolverhampton did not nominate the schools which they would wish to see closed or from which they would like to have surplus places taken away . |
| 3 | Held , allowing the appeal , that in determining the place in which the gross profit from a transaction arose or from which it derived the proper approach was to ascertain the operations that produced the relevant profits and where they took place ; that the relevant business of the taxpayer , the exploitation of film rights exercisable outside Hong Kong , did not amount to the provision of a service or the exploitation of property rights overseas , but was carried on in Hong Kong , and in the absence of any financial interest in the subsequent exercise of the rights , the fact that they were exercisable only overseas was irrelevant ; and that , therefore , the taxpayer 's profits from granting sub-licenses during the relevant years of assessment had arisen in or derived from Hong Kong , and under section 14 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance the taxpayer was liable to profits tax thereon ( post , pp. 444G–H , 445E , G–H , 446E–G ) . |
| 4 | Since then I have always had trouble with films that were supposed to teach me something , or from which I hoped to learn . |
| 5 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |
| 6 | The more ‘ costly ’ your child finds it to be removed from the limelight or from whatever he/she finds rewarding about misbehaving , the more effective is time-out likely to be . |
| 7 | He had arrived in Europe knowing nothing about the European motor industry or the Continent 's political and economic environment , except from what he had read on the subject at Harvard Business School and in Detroit Central Office reports . |
| 8 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 9 | There is , I am glad to say , no direct allusion to the activities in which you engage in the Koran or in the Hadith of the prophet , although from what I know of the blessed Muhammad — may God rest him and grant him peace — it is not something of which he would approve . |
| 10 | Nearly two-thirds say that from what they know of other European countries education is better managed in countries such as France and Germany . |
| 11 | Yes , they raced , because you can remember that from what it says here . |
| 12 | ‘ His lamentable reputation in history , ’ it has been said , ‘ derives less from what he did than from what he never tried to do . |
| 13 | Component drawings carry instructions on where they are used and from what they are made . |
| 14 | He is confident , brave and agile , and from what we can gather he is rated the best in America . |
| 15 | It is occasionally possible , just for brief moments , to find the words that will unlock the doors of all those many mansions inside the head and express something — perhaps not much , just something — of the crush of the information that presses in on us from the way a crow flies over and the way a man walks and the look of a street and from what we did one day a dozen years ago . |
| 16 | It 's paragraph seventeen , eighteen and the additional item added by Miss about a report to the April meeting on what action can be taken to implement the District Auditor 's recommendations , and from what we 've heard I think that report will also contain reference to today 's , the correct response to today 's Government four papers erm , on the policy with regard to the Rio summit . |
| 17 | ‘ We know we have a good product and from what we 've been able to learn about the Japanese I think they will like it , ’ said George . |
| 18 | ‘ A thousand words of her life story , and from what you tell me , Ron , we got the pictures . |
| 19 | ‘ And from what you say , ’ said Pooley , consulting the copious notes he had taken throughout their dinner , ‘ apart from a tendency to sleep most of his life away , his only major problem is that he 's a worrier . ’ |
| 20 | Freddie the Nark was a shrewd character , he thought , and from what he knew of the man Billy realised that he must tread very carefully . |
| 21 | The people were friendly , there was plenty to eat if they 'd wanted it , and from what he 'd seen there were quite a few unattached girls around . |
| 22 | And from what I hear you are the person most likely to smoke Tweed out of his hideaway , wherever that may be . ’ |
| 23 | The grooms on the train were all younger , thinner and from what I 'd seen of them in their uniform T-shirts less positive . |
| 24 | And from what I 've seen the ladies seem glad of it . |
| 25 | Taylor points out , though : ‘ It 's down to me to make sure that everyone sticks together , and from what I 've seen there is no feeling of resentment among the other lads about the way I 'm using Paul . |
| 26 | ‘ Look , ’ sniffed Mel , ‘ these guys are only trying to make a bob or two … and from what I gather they usually rake in a fair bit . ’ |
| 27 | " This house is yours , she 'll never want it back , and from what I 've seen , I think you 've done her proud . " |
| 28 | ‘ Her name 's Louise , ’ Christina volunteered , ‘ and from what I can gather she 's madly in love with him . ’ |
| 29 | I will always maintain that I had a good time in service , and from what I heard there were n't many bad places in the Teesdale area — just the odd one here and there . |
| 30 | ‘ I have no intention of robbing Grantham and Marsh of their triumph if they deserve it , and from what I hear of their reputation they probably will . |