Example sentences of "[noun sg] from the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A solicitor will generally be free to decide for himself whether or not to accept instructions from a client , though he must always bear in mind the statutory obligation not to discriminate against potential clients on the grounds of race , colour , sex etc ( see Chapter 3 ) and he must refuse to act or to continue to act in any of the following circumstances : ( 1 ) where his client seeks to insist on the solicitor conducting his case in a way which would involve some breach of law or professional regulation ; ( 2 ) where the client 's affairs are outside his professional competence ; ( 3 ) if he suspects that the instructions purporting to come from his client do not in fact represent the client 's wishes ; ( 4 ) where the solicitor is unable to obtain confirmation from the client of instructions received from a third person ; ( 5 ) where there is or is likely to be some conflict of interest involving the solicitor himself , his client , other clients ( present , past or prospective ) , or the firm ; ( 6 ) where the solicitor may be a material and not merely formal witness in any proceedings ; ( 7 ) where another solicitor has already received instructions which have not been formally withdrawn . |
| 2 | The majority of sub-contractors either price an extract from the bill of quantities or prepare an estimate from the drawings and specification . |
| 3 | Several of the leading radical publicists of the 1870s made their name as champions of female emancipation from the domination of fathers and husbands . |
| 4 | Some people have had great pleasure and good practice from the rhythm of songs which were familiar before losing their hearing — such old friends as ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ , ‘ God Save the Queen ’ and the Wedding March . |
| 5 | She was not exactly a refugee from the violence of invaders like many other Anglo-Saxon women , including one whose case we shall soon encounter : she was simply a woman of royal birth being educated in a monastery awaiting a suitable marriage . |
| 6 | Before a company can exist or do business it must obtain a certificate of incorporation from the Registrar of Companies ( in Cardiff ) . |
| 7 | This would remove chlorine from the chain of reactions which destroys ozone . |
| 8 | Sadistic people derive perverse pleasure from the suffering of others and may seek out situations in which they can inflict this . |
| 9 | The single entrance gate bears a lock from the age of dungeons . |
| 10 | There was a further emigration attempt from the port of Durrës on Nov. 5 . |
| 11 | The steady stream of visitors to Max Gate continued , with many sightseers anxious for a glimpse of the great man , but also more welcome guests , including a deputation from the Society of Authors on his 80th birthday , and the Prince of Wales in 1923 . |
| 12 | I have therefore decided to accept a proposal from the Institute of Personnel Management that employers should be required to seek the consent of their employees to the check-off every three years . |
| 13 | She concludes that an individual ‘ can only protect his own patterning from the invasion of others by a kind of wild jay-walking among the traffic , trying not to get run over ’ ( 614 ) . |
| 14 | But it was a tersely worded compliment , and as he turned to take an olive from the tray of hors-d'oeuvres already laid out on a side-table , her stabbing disappointment told Belinda that he was the person she had really dressed up for today , though what she wanted to prove to him she did n't quite know . |
| 15 | Remove debris from the inside of gutters with a trowel at least once a year . |
| 16 | In this sense the neutralisation of a distinct country or region would be intended to lead to its withdrawal from the contest of interests between the Great Powers , at least in the military sphere , and would require assurances or guarantees from these powers to this effect . |
| 17 | That common dream of children 's literature , of independence from the power of adults , and a safe , warm place of their making , filled my fantasies . |
| 18 | A letter Suger wrote for Louis 's son to the bishop , chapter , and people of Beauvais began : ‘ Heavenly and earthly peace from the king of kings and the king of the Franks ’ . |
| 19 | Some ( e.g. pupil 3 ) attempted to obtain the answer to the question from the pattern of numbers relating to unshaded squares but most pupils saw the relationship between shaded and unshaded in each diagram which enabled them to calculate the required number directly . |
| 20 | The best evidence that the victim — the person towards whom the threats , abuses or insults were directed — did believe that he was about to be subjected to immediate violence would come from the mouth of the victim himself , but it is not necessary to produce a bystander as a witness in court to prove the point ; it can be a matter for inference from the narrative of events presented to the court . |
| 21 | The induction of apoptosis by p53 following genotoxic insult may act as a defence mechanism to protect the organism from the propagation of cells that have sustained mutation . |
| 22 | It was applied against the discriminatory laws of the Transvaal Government , one of which required Indians to procure a certificate of registration from the Registrar of Asiatics or else face the threat of deportation . |
| 23 | On 14 August 1932 , the NAC agreed to the expulsion from the ILP of members of the Scottish ILP Affiliation Committee , among whom were Patrick Dollan , David Kirkwood MP and Tom Johnston . |
| 24 | Electricity , as the centrifugal , male force and magnetism as the centripetal , female force act and re-act via a process of flux that is mirrored in the activity of all nature from the breathing of plants , the action of the human lungs , bio-rhythms , circadian rhythms , the flow of energy in a dynamo , to the expansion and contraction of the Earth itself . |
| 25 | There was a similar reaction from the Institute of Directors . |
| 26 | Its planned introduction has caused adverse reaction from the Union of Communications Workers , which represents 40,000 BT employees . |
| 27 | PROFESSOR David Wilkie last night became only the fourth person to receive a gold medal from the Faculty of Actuaries in its 137-year existence for his contribution to the development of actuarial science . |
| 28 | In 1837 he received a silver Isis medal from the Society of Arts for his drawing of a marine steam engine , and in 1838 a silver Telford medal for his drawings and description of Huddert 's rope machinery . |
| 29 | I am informed and believe that the [ defendants have ] never obtained such approval from the Board of Governors . |
| 30 | RICHARD Lines , the acquisitive chairman of Hutton Rudby chemical company MTM , has announced his retirement from the board of governors of Teesside Polytechnic . |