Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just eight per cent of homes are rented from private landlords — compared with 45 per cent in West Germany and around 33 per cent in the US . |
| 2 | The panel of judges was selected from leading retailers , briefed to select the winner as the range of carpets which had the most originality and innovation with outstanding sales potential . |
| 3 | The reality of things was hidden from ordinary folk like him . |
| 4 | Intermediate development versions of modules are deleted from magnetic media if they are not referenced by approved packages , and the hard copy process also provides the means of historically checking modules . |
| 5 | The annual returns of the Universities Central Council for Admissions show that , if anything , a greater proportion of students was recruited from professional backgrounds in 1979 than in 1969 , even after taking into account demographic changes , as Table 3.4 shows . |
| 6 | Freshwater fish and other species are effectively island creatures , as lakes and upper reaches of rivers are isolated from neighbouring lakes , unless there is flash flooding . |
| 7 | While there , he was able to forget the ritual of Monday morning when , in the darkness of winter or the bright light of summer 's early dawns , Celtic Crescent and the streets of Jewtown would be clamorous with the noise of horses being led from nearby stables and harnessed to carts , of men shouting instructions and calling to each other in Yiddish and English as they struggled under the weight of trunks and knapsacks stuffed to overflowing with clothes , fancy goods , kitchen articles , holy pictures , enlargements of family photographs — anything that might be suitable for selling from door to door on a weekly-payment basis . |