Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun] from [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twelve zodiacal signs , of equal lengths of thirty parts each , are known to have been in use from soon after 500 BC . |
| 2 | The pitch will be in use from 10am to 4pm , which could force one hockey semi-final to be staged as late as 4–30pm , or one or both to go elsewhere . |
| 3 | Former chest physician Dr Howard Williams and Jayne Devonald , the ‘ smoking ’ health promotion adviser , will be on hand from 11am to 3pm at the Healthy Colchester Information Shop in Trinity Street to give help to anyone wanting to kick the habit . |
| 4 | Microsoft Corp has launched its largest reseller promotional campaign yet , a $7m 60-day programme dubbed ‘ upgrade your world , ’ which it says will reach at about 28m customers : the promotion will include an ‘ unprecedented ’ purchase of US national print and broadcast advertising and direct mail , offering a no-cost version upgrade to each customer that spends a minimum of $350 on Microsoft software between April 1 and May 31 , and is coupled with promotional sale prices of $570 against the usual $750 on Microsoft Office for Windows and users of Excel , Word or PowerPoint can receive an additional $50 rebate from Microsoft until July 15 ; MS-DOS 6 will be offered at a promotional price until May 31 and the upgrade to Windows 3.1 will also be on sale from now until April 30 . |
| 5 | But we know children can be at risk from even well-qualified professionals appointed to care for them ( not least in children 's homes to which they have been sent for their own welfare and safety ) , or from parents not burdened by a ‘ learning difficulty ’ label ( witness the recent ‘ home alone ’ cases here and in the United States ) . |
| 6 | Although not defined under the Road Traffic Act it is considered that having regard to the spirit of the legislation that the definition used in other Acts would apply viz : Includes any place to which the public have access whether on payment or otherwise , e.g. fields where the public can park for a race meeting or traction engine rally , footpaths or bridleways ( unless the Act states otherwise : see section 22A ( 5 ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 ) , or anywhere where the public could be at risk from mechanically propelled vehicles . |
| 7 | The position of the middle class , especially the lower middle class , has always been an ambiguous one , caught as it is between pressures from below and from above . |
| 8 | The habit had given his room — it was hardly an office , packed as it was with artefacts from all over the world — a curious olfactory patina , as though the whole place had been dipped in aromatic tobacco and then hung out to dry . |