Example sentences of "the [noun] from [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both judges of the Divisional Court , Cave and Wills JJ. , considered that the mere existence of the power to cut off the water supply without any threat to exercise that power did not prevent the payment from being voluntary . |
| 2 | He widened the faculty from being Anglican to being for all denominations . |
| 3 | A source close to the Clinton campaign said the idea is to bring the Bush rumours into the open ‘ to counter what 's already happened , then get this all out there , out of the way , enough to prevent the campaign from being preoccupied with these questions , then to prevent the Republicans , who are very good at it , from taking this low road ’ . |
| 4 | They prevent most of the underclass from being able to free themselves from welfare dependency . |
| 5 | Particularly in the streets that have undergone a great deal of change since the war , like the street where I live myself , which is another thing that prompted me to , to go into the research in the first place , which is erm a house of small Victorian erm I believe the estate agents call them artisans ' cottages , and this kind of area which , there 's a great deal of this sort of property in Brighton , has undergone enormous changes since the war from being multi-occupied before the war , with one family on each floor , were regarded immediately after the war as slums and were scheduled for demolition , but they 've been a great lease of life all over the country , this sort of property , and been subjected to a process which has come to be known as gentrification , which has meant that when the middle class could n't afford to , to buy semi-detached in suburbs they took to buying this kind of smaller property in town centres , thereby introducing a whole new element into streets that had never seen these , this kind of things done to houses before . |
| 6 | Rule 3 : THE PERSON/COMPANY YOU BOUGHT THE GOODS FROM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTS OR MISDESCRIPTIONS . |
| 7 | I have cited these passages in order to illustrate the difference between larceny by a trick and obtaining by false pretences and the important , if obvious , fact that the owner 's consent to transfer the property prevents the offender from being guilty of larceny , although the consent was obtained by fraud and , in the words of Megaw L.J . |
| 8 | Nothing could be worse than the life I was leading at present , I thought , where the pressures from being homeless and unemployed were likely to force me into a series of criminal acts which would result in prison , or vagrancy at the least . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the condition of a house can prevent the occupants from being able to turn it into a home , and can affect their health and the stability of their relationships . |
| 10 | Giant Tortoises have suffered in the past from being conveyable fresh meat parcels for sailors . |