Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [v-ing] from [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the coffin leapt a tall and muscular figure ; his features obscured by a goatskin devil-mask , he was dressed in almost African fittings of grass and leather , small rodent skulls dangling from his waist . |
| 2 | The question of priorities with Sweelinck is not easily solved for , whereas his vocal works began to appear in print in 1594 , none of his compositions for organ or harpsichord — by far the most important part of his output — were published while he was alive , and all but one of the five manuscript sources dating from his lifetime are English ; in fact the Fitzwilliam Book is the earliest . |
| 3 | You receive this splendid , full colour magazine four times a year , with only a proportion of the postage costs coming from your subscription . |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp has been granted a provisional double-A-3 rating for a shelf registration in Japan for the equivalent of $860m of debt , citing its market positions as Japan 's third largest integrated electric and electronics manufacturer , its sound financial condition , solid profit margins , and its expected strong cash flows arising from its well-diversified business lines , for the rating . |
| 5 | In addition to this , there are apparent coordinate singularities extending from it into regions II and III . |
| 6 | Nightingale came into her room with a beautiful hairslide , cascades of white silk flowers falling from it . |
| 7 | Another part of the exhibition is a caseful of just such gifts , presumably dusted down from a very full royal attic : a Maori figure with crossed eyes , a table with cowrie shells hanging from it as from an Australian hat , a fetching Japanese lacquer picnic set and a sinister raffia figure wearing a balaclava . |
| 8 | Rock-climbers make sure they have lots of metal implements swinging from them at all times . |
| 9 | A monumental granite drinking fountain towered up , with battered , insanitary metal cups hanging from it by chains . |
| 10 | Former National Security Adviser John M. Poindexter , 53 , was found guilty on April 7 on all five felony counts arising from his role in the Iran-contra affair . |
| 11 | Former National Security Adviser John Poindexter was convicted on April 7 on five felony counts arising from his part in the Iran-contra affair , and was sentenced to six months in prison [ see pp. 37240-41 ; 37368-69 ; 37525 ] . |
| 12 | The three convictions had resulted from North 's 1989 trial on 12 felony charges arising from his role in the Iran-contra scandal , a clandestine operation by members of the Reagan administration to sell arms to Iran and to use the proceeds to provide illegal aid to the right-wing Nicaraguan contra rebels . |
| 13 | A woman in her eighties was plagued by hallucinations of loud machinery noises coming from her neighbours ' houses , noises which she believed were deliberately made to disrupt her sleep . |
| 14 | He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair . |
| 15 | Wander through Hackney or Dalston , Ladbroke Grove or Battersea , and there are hundreds , even thousands of Normskis , all in over-size Chipie jeans and Fila trainers , with a crop of baby dreads sprouting from their heads . |
| 16 | A total of nearly £300,000 was directly budgeted by our sample for training during 1984/5 with the budget for individual library departments ranging from nothing to over £20,000 . |
| 17 | Identify at least three key learning points stemming from your own personal failures and use these to learn to make even more profit . |
| 18 | The planning sub-committee of Buckinghamshire county council , which meets on Monday to consider the scheme , must inevitably confine itself to the planning application before it , and the planning issues arising from it . |
| 19 | Considerable amounts of beer were consumed on the factories in these pre 1914 days , and boys were employed as beer runners operating from their chosen pubs . |
| 20 | True to the director 's stated objective , all the analyses and policy options stemming from them have paid attention to the effects of the various proposals on access to services and costs borne by patients . |
| 21 | The elements of the model set out below are drawn from Niskanen , as are the policy recommendations flowing from it . |
| 22 | This related to all current and capital expenditures arising from their Scotch Whisky businesses . |
| 23 | I translated as well as I could a Scottish strath with its green basin , and the heather slopes rising from it lost to rabbits and sheep and rock . |
| 24 | ‘ Net investment income showed a strong increase , partly as a result of lower interest costs arising from our continuing commitment to reduce overall borrowings . |
| 25 | Czerny also calls for this tempo in the Menuetto in Canone of Mozart 's String Quintet in C minor , KS16b/406 ( after the Wind Serenade , K384a/388 ) , and for the same reason , so that we can feel the hemiola crosswinds blowing from its first bars onward . |