Example sentences of "[adv prt] from the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her first impression was one of sunlight pouring in from the wall of windows facing her , casting bright patches across the fitted almond-green carpet . |
| 2 | One or more levels were put in from the side of Levers Water to carry out a shallow sub-surface investigation of veins which appeared to be untried , or suspected to be covered at outcrop . |
| 3 | But i it grew slowly over the weeks and I think Christmas was an example of just the actual logistics of what we did at Christmas must be something of a feat in that so much stuff came in from the volume of presents and then the way in which they could be distributed . |
| 4 | Sir Kenelm Digby , whose book of recipes collected from his contemporaries and friends has provided posterity with a graphic record of Stuart cookery , notes that he himself made a fine syllabub with syrup left over from the home-drying of plums ; being " very quick of the fruit and very weak of sugar " this syrup " makes the Syllabub exceeding well tasted " says Sir Kenelm . |
| 5 | In the second half of the 1850s the Ministry of Education abolished enrolment quotas , exempted the badly off from the payment of fees , readopted the principle of despatching promising scholars to western Europe for postgraduate training , allowed women to attend lectures , ended the practice of monitoring students ' off-campus behaviour , reintroduced contentious subjects like west European law and the history of philosophy , and appointed broad-minded officials to the headships of the empire 's educational districts . |
| 6 | The first is whether ownership of the national track should be split off from the running of services , as recommended by Kenneth Irvine of the Adam Smith Institute . |
| 7 | Montgomery looked up from the pile of papers he was scrutinising with a small frown . |
| 8 | Fran glanced up from the pile of newscuttings on her desk . |
| 9 | Once in a while she 'd get up from the chaos of ribbons and tissue , and go to the window to watch the cold . |
| 10 | Rachaela eased herself up from the bed of sheets and pillows , skin and hair . |
| 11 | Her sister did not look up from the list of figures . |
| 12 | And up from the city of fumes and smoke rose a broiling cloud of steam , covering the stars . |
| 13 | But this is just one development following on from the introduction of sets , autumn-planted sets and , of course , F1 hybrid onions . |
| 14 | The fact is that the people who have lost out from the erosion of children 's allowances have also lost in other ways . |
| 15 | out from the secrecy of bushes . |
| 16 | A break-point can be picked out from the graph of employees in employment ( Figure 2.1(a) ) : 1966 was the peak year for the total number of jobs in the economy . |
| 17 | The Arts : Lenny stands back from the brink of bathos |
| 18 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
| 19 | They 've been told they can only get they 're money back from the sale of assets , when the comnpany goes into receivership at the end of April . |