Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to be the logical approach , as the surplus giving rise to the refund arose from excess contributions in past years on which tax relief was claimed . |
| 2 | In addition to opening up the northern prairies , it produced a land boom in northern British Columbia , where land values rose from 50 cents an acre to 30–60 dollars an acre in the space of a few years , and created a new Pacific port at Prince Rupert , 500 miles north of Vancouver , a new town where the population reached 5,000 in the space of two years . |
| 3 | The severity of damage ranged from small islets in which the surface remained completely denuded ( Fig 5C ) to areas in which the continuity of the surface epithelium was nearly complete ( Fig 5D ) . |
| 4 | The shells of shops and houses rose from scrubby grasslands . |
| 5 | ‘ Among Catholics the response ranged from mild support to disinterest . |
| 6 | Opinions ranged from outright support to outright opposition , with many respondents expressing concern or seeking information about particular aspects of the application . |
| 7 | All three cytokines were expression products purified from recombinant Escherichia coli ( E coli ) strains . |
| 8 | The onset of gas generation from Westphalian A and B Strata occurred from late Jurassic to early Cretaceous times with the present day gas generation threshold computed to be at + 10000 ft ( 3000 m ) . |
| 9 | His literary interests were remarkably wide and his expertise ranged from Anglo-Irish writing to Silver Age Latin epigrammatists ; but he published mainly on seventeenth-century comic or satirical dramatists , as his editions of Marston 's Malcontent and Vanbrugh 's Relapse testify . |
| 10 | Skylark-like song , including both frequent notes mimicked from other birds , and its own jangling corn-bunting-like ‘ kleetra ’ call note , uttered either in high wide circular song flight , or lower down with curious slow wing action , or even on ground . |
| 11 | This is in accord with the volcanological model developed recently by the BGS team for the Lower Borrowdale Volcanic Group , in which the group is one element in an extensive plateau-andesite lava field erupted from numerous fissures and vents rather than from a central volcano . |
| 12 | The war of 1689 – 97 saw a long series of such contacts between the belligerents almost from its outbreak ; and the final settlement stemmed from protracted discussions between French and Dutch emissaries in 1694 – 96 . |
| 13 | Groups ranged from small numbers of participants up to groups of over ninety . |
| 14 | UNTIL READING THIS , I HAD NEVER REALIZED THAT MY UNQUESTIONED PICTURE OF NEANDERTHALS AS DARK AROSE FROM STANDARD RECONSTRUCTIONS … |
| 15 | How the lighting industry got from this point in its technology to today 's sources is a tale of technical give and take . |
| 16 | Herod ruled from 37–4 BC . |
| 17 | By 1964 there were 4.4 million TV sets ; a second TV channel began transmitting programming in April ; the amount of programming transmitted by the two channels rose from 4000 hours annually to 7400 hours ( 1964–7 ) ; the number of TV sets rose by a million a year between 1964 and 1967 . |
| 18 | Sequential hybridizations of the same membrane with human and hamster genomic DNA indicated that most human and hamster Sfi I fragments ranged from 250 kb to 600 kb in size . |
| 19 | At four o'clock , nearly an hour before sunrise , the first blackbird began to sing and Thorfinn moved from light sleep to full awareness a moment before Klakkr son of Bathrik , his body-servant for many years , touched him on the shoulder and gave him the sentry 's report : no movement from the enemy in the wood . |
| 20 | On every side images of love and violence erupted from glass-fronted posters advertising coming attractions . |
| 21 | As sheriff of Oxford and Buckingham from 1308 to 1310 , forester of Whittlewood Forest in Buckinghamshire from 1308 , constable of Oxford castle from 1311 to 1321 , and steward of the royal household from 1311 to 1325 , Richard moved from local administration to the centre of power and may have been responsible for introducing Roger to royal service . |
| 22 | The total of forty-two sins ranged from serious crimes like murder to minor wrongdoings like listening to gossip . |
| 23 | The wages of building craftsmen rose from 1s 4d ( 6½p ) a day in the 1750s to 2s ( 10p ) in the mid 1770s and 2s 6d ( 12½p ) around 1790 , with the most distinct upward trend peaking around 1780 . |
| 24 | In both directions — south towards the Grand Parade and Patrick Street , and north to the quays — other horse-drawn vehicles threaded their way , wheels screaming , drivers cursing and cracking whips , the while throngs of Friday shoppers darted from one side of the unpaved road to the other , dodging between carts and traps and under horses ' necks as if they were n't there at all . |
| 25 | In particular Jones had a complete count of neutrons and also of their energies , so he could tell which neutrons came from cosmic rays and which were possibly the result of fusion . |
| 26 | The dramatic succession of disposals from the TI Group , following Sir Christopher Lewinton 's appointment , has been completed and in 1991 the group 's entire £900m turnover came from continuing operations , whereas in 1987 , £394m came from continuing operations and £462m from discontinued operations . |
| 27 | The winners came from High Coniscliffe Primary School . |
| 28 | This reasoning came from early reading of a Ladybird book on Lautrec , van Gogh and Gauguin . |
| 29 | This reasoning came from early reading of a Ladybird book on Lautrec , van Gogh and Gauguin . |
| 30 | Desperate villagers who searched the area around Cerska on Monday for 21 tonnes of aid parachuted from C-130 cargo planes were reported to have been killed by Serb snipers . |