Example sentences of "[noun pl] from [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mere are many ways in which governments and their supporters can prevent these methods from being effective , but they can not work at all if the opposition has no real procedural opportunity to apply real scrutiny , nor if its efforts do not arouse the media of information and public opinion . |
| 2 | Some patients seemed to gain psychological advantages from being ill with their neuroses , and were peculiarly difficult to cure . |
| 3 | The powers involved were under Section 52 of the 1971 Town and Country Planning Act : however , subsequent intervention in late 1981 by the Secretary of State for the Environment appears to have prevented planners from being able to specify the nature of occupiers of new housing . |
| 4 | But this does not prevent other functions from being present , lower down in the hierarchy , in texts in which the poetic function is dominant ; equally , the poetic function may be present in texts which are mainly expressive or referential . |
| 5 | Pip changes from being content with his life at the beginning and not expecting much out of life until he goes to Miss Havisham 's and meets and falls in love with Estella . |
| 6 | The motion changes from being steady to unsteady , as discussed below . |
| 7 | Our job is to harness technology , not to prevent farmers from being able to sell their products . |
| 8 | Rule 3 : THE PERSON/COMPANY YOU BOUGHT THE GOODS FROM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTS OR MISDESCRIPTIONS . |
| 9 | He was still a good two hours from being drunk and even then he would probably manage to drive home without attracting unwanted attention . |
| 10 | Such statements serve only to confuse and prevent artists from being creative . |
| 11 | Housing departments often exclude homeowners from being eligible for rehousing . |
| 12 | Relaxed and expansive in his office , explained how he used a local policeman to obtain details from 's criminal record on the police national computer . |
| 13 | Nothing could be worse than the life I was leading at present , I thought , where the pressures from being homeless and unemployed were likely to force me into a series of criminal acts which would result in prison , or vagrancy at the least . |
| 14 | I hope that red tape will not prevent the use of the enormous reservoir of skill and good will that is held in our reserve forces from being available for use at such times purely and simply because Departments might haggle over who will be billed for the cost . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , the condition of a house can prevent the occupants from being able to turn it into a home , and can affect their health and the stability of their relationships . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't catch colds from being cold , ’ she informed him . |
| 17 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where a member state prohibits retail premises from being open on Sunday for the sale of goods to customers , save in respect of certain specified items sales of which are permitted , and where the effect of the prohibition is to reduce in absolute terms the sales of goods in those premises including goods manufactured in other member states , and correspondingly to reduce the volume of imports of goods from other member states , is such a prohibition a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction on imports within the meaning of article 30 of the Treaty ? |
| 18 | This meant that preparation for future ‘ learning ’ could occur at the expense of present understanding ; on the other hand , not to take notes , but to concentrate on the lecturer 's words , would prevent students from being able to learn the work later . |
| 19 | They will not stop a single person who is not in one of those categories from being able to qualify for the single person household discount . |
| 20 | Yet it is doubtful whether this argument outweighs the benefits a teacher gains from being able to concentrate his interests . |
| 21 | My father being a railwayman and er asking and doing various jobs from being ordinary shunter and man-about , eventually graduated by way of He 's he was a Lancashire man , you see ? |