Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the fashion for hair has moved away from the hard , artificial post-punk era towards more natural styles , the emphasis has been on hair care products that promote softness and shine . |
| 2 | The King graciously stood godfather ; the baby of course was named George and was given a silver bowl inscribed ‘ The gift of His Majesty King George to his godson , George Lamb , Anno Dom 1725 ’ A story has grown up from this — for years I thought it was true — that Henry James saw this bowl — it had become by legend , golden — and the sight was the seed that led to his novel , The Golden Bowl . |
| 3 | Evidence which also points in the same direction has come not from critics but from within the Kandel group itself . |
| 4 | Dr Jean Bainbridge has taken over from Coun Heather Scott as president of the Darlington and District Soroptimists . |
| 5 | Such successful companies as Nalco , in the USA , and some of the companies that ICI has bought recently from the Beatrice group , in the speciality field , discovered this secret many years ago . |
| 6 | Obviously a lot of this racism has seeped down from the top ; for example the police are part of a racist legal system so you 've got to expect them to hold those views . |
| 7 | Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year . |
| 8 | Senghor has retired entirely from Senegalese national and party politics and lives partly in France , although disagreements between himself and Diop have subsequently been recorded . |
| 9 | ‘ The cannabis field has moved away from the drug abuse side of things . |
| 10 | The University has recovered well from the shock of a ‘ trading loss ’ in 1989–90 . |
| 11 | IN THE first part of this book Michael Shallis gives an interesting non-technical account of how modern physics has gone on from the common-sense notion of time to a whole series of fundamental changes . |
| 12 | The number of isolations of non-toxigenic C diphtheriae var gravis referred to the unit from laboratories that continue to screen all throat swabs for C diphtheriae has increased fivefold from 1990 to 1992 . |
| 13 | MOVIE heart-throb Kevin Costner has taken over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hollywood 's most powerful actor , according to a survey . |
| 14 | Apart from the Head Chef , who is 53 , opposition has come mainly from the Accommodation Manager , who is unqualified but very experienced : he believes that the old ways are the best ways and has generally received the support of his department heads , who owe their positions to him . |
| 15 | Since covering the restoration of the Benson Gustav in the July issue , much feedback has come in from our ever-vigilant readers . |
| 16 | However , suffering from badly-burned fingers , the venture capital industry has moved away from the riskier entrepreneurial start-ups to investing more in developing companies and MBOs . |
| 17 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 18 | ( Abberley has looked away from her hair . |
| 19 | Tory group leader Coun John Hale said : ‘ It all stems back to the early days when people were encouraged not to pay and the momentum has built up from this . ’ |
| 20 | Unfortunately , like much jargon , the term has arisen partly from people who needed a term to express what they were actually doing and partly from suppliers seeking a new vehicle to act as a stimulant for their products . |
| 21 | Modern practice has moved away from official reference to two experts and an umpire so described , but the procedures are often quite similar in practice . |
| 22 | It is undoubtedly a good thing that royal reporting has moved on from the tradition of deferential reverence in which James Whitaker first learned his trade . |
| 23 | Sure enough , due to prospects this year of a vintage declaration and an estimated shortfall of supply over demand ( although the latest estimated harvest figure has gone up from 250 to 274 million bottles ) , the price per kilo of grapes was fixed at 26.77 French francs , a 13.78 per cent increase over last year . |
| 24 | Why did you attack them ? ) ; but as she opened her eyes again her whole mind seemed drawn away from such matters , towards the warrior who stood before her . |
| 25 | ‘ Was there never sign of a boat having put over from Parfois by night ? |
| 26 | Meanwhile Linton had got up from his armchair and gone out to join Cathy and Hareton . |
| 27 | US officials reportedly expressed concerns that the Soviet side had drawn back from previously agreed elements of the START treaty , and that at the same time it appeared to be adopting a less conciliatory stance on other arms control and disarmament issues , such as the ceiling on troops in Central Europe and the outline of an " Open Skies " treaty agreed in February [ ibid . ] . |
| 28 | The warehouse had suffered considerably from the neglect associated with its low-grade use as a hay barn and was little more than a masonry shell devoid of weather-tight windows and doors when the work of conversion commenced . |
| 29 | Tammuz had turned around from his workstation . |
| 30 | There was only one really bitter outbreak of in-fighting , prompted by a story which Peter Walker had raked up from somewhere that gave an account of Margaret hoarding food during the miners ' strike . |