Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun] from [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Astor 's North-West Fur Company had a small fleet of sailing ships on Lake Erie , transporting furs from warehouses on the Canadian shore to ports at the east end of the lake .
2 Carl N. Degler , using evidence from women of the urban middle class in America ( the class to which Acton 's work was directed ) , together with a survey of married women 's sexual attitudes begun in the 1890s by Dr C. D. Mosher , argues that it was more an ideology seeking to be established than the prevalent view or practice of even middle-class women .
3 In Austria , certain IVF doctors have been buying eggs from women in the public at large .
4 Both members of the London Anti-Slavery committee and some of the Liverpool abolitionists who encountered him were doubtful about Clarkson 's attitudes and methods in gathering information from participants in the African slave trade .
5 On May 30 , students at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare called for the formation of a mass democratic movement to campaign against the establishment of a one-party state , claiming support from elements within the ZANU-PF central committee and the Cabinet .
6 This procedure was adopted in anticipation of difficulty in obtaining recordings from households on the basic list and was designed to ensure that for each household replacements with broadly similar social characteristics were available .
7 THE BRITISH Technology Group , the UK 's technology transfer organisation , is branching out into Europe , patenting and licensing technology from researchers throughout the Continent .
8 Producing material from glands in the body is exceptional among birds , but among insects it is almost the rule .
9 According to the League Against Cruel Sports , most of the country 's huntsmen trade in animal skins and at least half contacted by undercover League Investigators , are said to have admitted not declaring income from skins to the Inland Revenue .
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