Example sentences of "change from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BB 's lifestyle and that of the other members of the family signals that they represent powerful and successful members of the community , a role-breaking change from the traditional depiction of Asians as exotica and outsiders in other television soaps . |
| 2 | And at this point when a range of established values were under scrutiny , the body was made to carry a new symbolic load which reflected the change from the social conformity of the previous decades . |
| 3 | for example : the swift change from the grand développé à la seconde which Odile makes facing the audience and her sudden turn to arabesque when she looks straight into the kneeling Siegfried 's eyes in the Act II pas de deux of Swan Lake ; it is Odile 's triumph for she knows she has won Siegfried 's heart . |
| 4 | Roger Henderson , QC , the Bar 's public affairs spokesman , warned that the words used in the White Paper were open to different interpretations , but said : ‘ Lord Donaldson has plainly interpreted the White Paper on the basis that there has been a major change from the Green Paper . ’ |
| 5 | The most significant change from the Green Paper was that SERPS would not be abolished but scaled down ; the proportion of earnings on which the pension would be based was reduced from 25 to 20 per cent . |
| 6 | We then had a bowl of fruit salad , and there was change from the price of a glass of beer . |
| 7 | I imagine the royal visitor , and indeed most of the other guests , found the even a welcome change from the same old banquet menus ! |
| 8 | The radical change from the romantic picturesqueness of the Elizabethan manor house to the measured symmetry of South Luffenham Hall must have upset many of the more traditional locals , for this house would have looked daringly modern when it was built . |
| 9 | As a change from the very fiery nature of Tabasco , I sometimes enjoy the slightly sweeter , thicker opaque chilli sauces from Indo-China . |
| 10 | The past century has seen the standard form of family trust change from the old strict settlement based on successive limited interests and designed to keep specific land in the family , to the discretionary trust of personalty designed to give no interest to anybody for inheritance tax purposes . |
| 11 | He was tall , thin , dark haired , slightly stooped , with a dry sense of humour — a pleasant change from the humourless ciphers in the other block . |
| 12 | Every word of speech , song and prayer was in English , a great change from the services to which an Irish friend had taken me in 1960s Brighton . |
| 13 | It was all a considerable change from the previous day and a laugh-a-second round with his mentor , Fuzzy Zoeller , which was watched in admiration by , in playing terms , Daly 's female equivalent , Laura Davies . |
| 14 | I can not imagine why we chose this post-prandial pleasure , except that it was the only place available as a change from the B.P. cafeteria . |
| 15 | The humus-iron podzols developed in these readily-leached drifts have been cultivated in many localities and the profiles resemble the brown forest soils , though a sharp change from the A horizon to the brighter B horizon is often evident and iron pans are present in some soil profiles , at the top of the indurated layer . |
| 16 | This large and important group of plants is represented today by a mere four genera of humble herbaceous plants — Lycopodium , Selaginella , Isoetes and Phylloglossum — living fossils which have survived with little change from the Mesozoic or even the Carboniferous . |
| 17 | The second poem to Octavia opens with little change from the first . |
| 18 | The inside is a distinct change from the outside , with the walls porticoed in fine style and with a ( now deconsecrated ) chapel dating from 1713 . |
| 19 | The church is Romanesque and approached along a tree-clad path that makes a very pleasant change from the more normal city approach — straight off the road . |
| 20 | On a human level he hoped that the change from the shelling and bombing in Paris would benefit Modi 's health . |
| 21 | It made a welcome change from the vague nostalgia of previous covers . |
| 22 | A considerable public relations exercise , both inside and outside the CAB , may be necessary to achieve any change from the traditional interviewing role to a broader concept of voluntary work in the CAB . |
| 23 | MARTIN Buber in his books about the I and Thou relationship meant the change from the relationship of mere contact to one of real meaning . |
| 24 | There is no transport on the island , and to walk in perfect quiet along the little narrow roads , discovering wayside temples and little shrines ; meet a crowd of smiling , noisy children coming out of school ; or to go back to the quayside where fish , vegetables , cheap jewellery , sunglasses , cooked food , hot snacks were all being sold in the open air ; all this was a blissful change from the hectic atmosphere of the city . |
| 25 | Faced with increased rates of change from the factors discussed above , managers in the NHS will need to feel competent , confident and adequately rewarded as they lead the NHS into the 1990s . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , it 'll be a change from the bombing ’ he said . |
| 27 | Do you : a ) call another assistant or supervisor to help you ? b ) go and get some change from the office , leaving the till drawer open ? c ) close the drawer and go and get the change ? d ) ask the customer if they have the correct amount ? |
| 28 | ‘ You can judge the change from the reduction in volume and the tenor of the correspondence , ’ he says . |
| 29 | There are loos close at hand which makes a nice change from the back of a bush ; so far I have behaved myself in the boat ! |
| 30 | This is a change from the original proposal , where non-quoted companies were included within its ambit . |