Example sentences of "have vanished from " in BNC.

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1 In April 1990 the Guardian carried a leader in which it described the ideal citizen as conjured up by Mr Hurd as ‘ active but elusive ’ : ‘ Apart from a minor sighting in a speech by John MacGregor , the Active Citizen has vanished from public debate as if he had never been . ’
2 Now the GA aerodrome is no more , the ATZ has vanished from the charts , and the good citizens of Grimbergen are finding they have exchanged the gentle putter of Lycomings and Continentals for the full-throated roar of northbound RR- , GE- and P & W-powered 747s and Airbuses as they thunder over their rooftops after take-off from Brussels ' Runway 25R .
3 Akeman Street was the boundary between what is now Tackley Park and Whitehill Farm as early as the year 1004 when King Ethelred gave the small estate of Whitehill to St Frideswide 's monastery at Oxford , and it is still a boundary though the Roman road has vanished from sight .
4 CASH has vanished from gaming machines , bingo nights and raffles .
5 Their plight has vanished from the headlines , other stories have taken its place , but the killing continues and the loss of life continues .
6 POLICE are investigating a Darlington wedding car company which has vanished from its Yarm Road premises in Darlington .
7 — Since John Constable left to brew beer in Butterknowle the Chain locker in North Shields opposite the ferry landing has vanished from the Good Pub Guide .
8 Every month he 'd read a list — it was a list of names of young men , and some women , who 'd vanished from the face of the earth .
9 ‘ It 'd vanished from the page , ’ he said .
10 His accusations backed up with the evidence found by Craig would be enough to convict Spencer and send him to prison for some time , once his whereabouts were discovered , for Spencer seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth .
11 The Doctor 's hand appeared to have vanished from the wrist up .
12 They and their forces seemed to have vanished from Ralarth .
13 The results showed that capercaillie had vanished from 12 of the 56 forests which had held them for 20 years , and numbers had declined in nearly all the other forests .
14 One of the galleys had vanished from sight .
15 For the first time the bright smile had vanished from Mr Chan 's lips .
16 By the close of the Permian , 75 per cent of all amphibian families and more than 50 per cent of reptile families had vanished from the fossil record .
17 Within a few weeks of the payout , Mr Curtis claimed , £1 million had vanished from their Inca Gemstones company , and been partly used for ‘ unlawful or improper purposes , ’ hidden from shareholders .
18 The enchantment had vanished from his voice now .
19 Soon he was joined by other Europeans and henceforth it became a common sight to see one or other of the ladies or gentlemen of the " confident " party slapping away at the trough where once the dhobi had slapped ( for on the day after the Collector 's appearance the dhobi had vanished from the enclave , either because he considered it too dangerous to remain any longer now that the commander of the garrison had assumed the caste of dhobi or , more likely , because he resented the competition ) .
20 It had vanished from the earth .
21 Nothing , Katherine noted only to herself , had vanished from her room .
22 Twenty-three people had vanished from the face of the earth .
23 The gun had vanished from her hand .
24 The birds had vanished from Tram Chim ( meaning bird swamp ) when their habitat was destroyed in the early years of the war , and restoration of the wetland reserve is one of Vo Quy 's highest environmental priorities .
25 The matrons with their marked brows , hooped earrings and prominent noses had hardly altered , though the scarlet and mulberry cloaks painted in the tombs had vanished from all but the youngest and luckiest women among Davide 's kin , for a single death in the family charred them all , turning young and old into sable-winged crow-women — in churches , at the threshing , at the well , as if flocking in the turned field .
26 The cloud had vanished from Rose 's face .
27 When he had vanished from sight she expelled a long sigh and allowed the mask to slip away from her face , slowing returning to her towel and lying down flat on it .
28 Suddenly some of the lightness had vanished from his tone .
29 It has been accentuated by the Gulf war : Arab princes , not wishing to parade their sybaritic ways too openly these days , have vanished from the auction ring .
30 They are steadily declining in many rivers , and have vanished from others .
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