Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather than seeking to match American strength Western Europe soon looked to Washington for protection from the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | How wide the sphere of the duty of care in negligence is to be laid depends ultimately on the court 's assessment of the demands of society for protection from the carelessness of others . |
| 3 | When the House of Commons considered the matter in 1953 , its views were affected by the fact that they were unaware of any evidence of pressure for change from the churches themselves . |
| 4 | All of the capacities could have evolved independently , but then obtained further impetus for change from the gradual emergence of language . |
| 5 | Late on Wednesday night , a man purporting to be General Noriega spoke on the pro-regime National Radio , urging all Panamanians ‘ to keep up the resistance ’ and appealing for support from the outside world . |
| 6 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
| 7 | The Ecumenical Centre for Human Rights in Haïti has called for support from the world 's press to focus international attention on the violence that is being used to muzzle the country 's media . |
| 8 | And there will be opportunities to apply for support from the British Film Institute and elsewhere erm in order that we can expand er what we 're doing in that area and I , I just wanted to let the board know about that and to say that erm er this is the route that I 'm currently taking and erm I will be reporting to them when there are specific developments and that I hope that you approve of er me attempting to expand our provision in this area . |
| 9 | It was probably through exasperation with the lack of Anglo-American concessions that , in a speech in July 1946 , Molotov appealed for support from the German people themselves . |
| 10 | At a reception hosted by the mayor of Paris , Jacques Chirac , Yeltsin appealed for support from the West for his reforms , warning that if Russia 's economic reform plan failed , " a dictator could surface " . |
| 11 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 12 | He says one problem is that the new scheme for support from the DOT involves putting packages together that must cost at least £2 million and it 's quite hard to find a package of cycle-ways that actually cost that much ! |
| 13 | ‘ We went to local council meetings to ask for support from the councillors rather than try to stop the hunt meetings , ’ she adds . |
| 14 | The venomous exchanges between deputies from the two republics in the Kremlin yesterday offered little hope that reason would prevail . |
| 15 | Aristotle noted a distinction between income from the public land and that from the citizens ' private estates . |
| 16 | Kelly , 28 , is charged with stealing money and jewellery worth £1,624 from the Nags Head , Darlington . |
| 17 | The attacks featured raids by groups of armed men identified by the Lithuanians as servicemen from the Soviet OMON special militia and from the Soviet army . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Londonderry , East asked about emissions from the chemical incinerator at the Coalite works . |
| 19 | Refrigerators could hardly grow tail fins but they acquired streamlining , a sort of bulbous teardrop shape as if poised for take-off from the kitchen floor . |
| 20 | AXL ROSE and Co have worked hard at being the bad boys of metal , but their screams of anguish and unleashed hedonism from LA 's underbelly strike a blow for freedom from the hegemony of the American mainstream . |
| 21 | Feeling that they needed their own independence , they have now returned to look for funding from the voluntary sector . |
| 22 | According to AT&T officials , fifty museums applied for funding from the ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ programme . |
| 23 | The umbrella organization hoped for funding from the West German Christian Democrat parties and at that stage comprised 12 opposition groups including the German Forum Party , the Progressive People 's Party , and the Christian Social Party of Germany ( Christliche Soziale Partei Deutschlands — CSPD ) . |
| 24 | Now , I think what we 've got to try and ensure is that , that rural counties like Shropshire get a fair crack at that money as well , and we need to be starting to develop and I 'll touch on this if I come , gentlemen , when I come on to development strategy , we need to be developing a regeneration strategy for the county , so that bids to the government for funding from the regeneration budget and from this , from the regen from the er , the single regeneration agency , er , are seen against the background of a cohesive strategy , and we , I think we will be much more successful when we go for government money bids , on that particular basis . |
| 25 | The slaves could come in , if need be , as support from the rear , resupplying the front line ; but Kit was loath to call on them at all , and they would have to fight unarmed . |
| 26 | The personal social services provide a good example of a transfer of responsibility for provision from the state to the commercial , voluntary and informal sectors . |
| 27 | Where it is not possible , the surviving partner may go to court to ask for provision from the estate . |
| 28 | Neighbours had complained about noise from the church and the council wanted soundproofing , a limit on the hours the building could be used and a ban on bass drum playing . |
| 29 | Britons pay so much for objects from the ocean floor |
| 30 | We need some more meat for Ben from the pet shop . |