Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] from [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need to hire coaches arose from the fact the Supporters ' Club actively discouraged membership from fans under the age of 18 . |
| 2 | Respondents were asked to say whether they had actually received assistance from relatives at the time when their own children were born , and also to indicate whether they would turn to relatives for support in three hypothetical situations , of varying degrees of seriousness : to borrow tools or materials ; if the respondent and/or his wife were ill for a couple of days ; if illness lasted several weeks . |
| 3 | The depute-fiscal , Alison Gibson , explained how Lawrie had collected rent from tenants at the housing estate run by the Thistle Foundation , but kept some of the cash for herself . |
| 4 | Over the past year , SCOTVEC has actively sought feedback from centres on the design of the first phase of general SVQs . |
| 5 | It has heard and seen evidence from witnesses including the minister of agriculture , fisheries and food , the chairman of the NRA , the Chemical Industries Association and the Institute of Wastes Management , and has recommended that the government take the fourth option of its consultation paper ( Chem . |
| 6 | A BUSINESSMAN has collected £2,000 from others in the business community to mark the retirement of a bank manager be believes may have saved his company . |
| 7 | Before I examine some of the ways in which recent analyses of literacy practices in a number of disciplines have taken account of these political and ideological factors , and have implicitly challenged the model of literacy put forward by Goody , it is important to recognise the extent to which many of Goody 's arguments and those of the ‘ autonomous ’ model of literacy have derived support from assumptions within the specific field of linguistics . |
| 8 | One of the particularly tragic consequences of the war has been the way it has distracted attention from events in the USSR and Eastern Europe , just when it was needed most . |
| 9 | Before the broadcasts , both Brian Ross of NBC News and Pierre Salinger of ABC News had contacted Gregory W. Buhler , deputy general counsel of Pan Am , to inform him that they had obtained evidence from sources within the United States government that a DEA undercover operation was involved in the crash of Flight 103 . |
| 10 | On Oct. 24 the Governor of Hong Kong , Sir David Wilson , excluded the colony 's popularly elected leaders from seats on the Executive Council ( Exco ) , the administration 's most powerful policy-making body , selecting instead 10 conservatives and moderates . |