Example sentences of "from [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , what the nouveaux romanciers would jettison from modernism was the privileging of interiority and the portrayal of the awakening artistic sensibility : although writer figures occasionally appear in the fiction of Robert Pinget and Nathalie Sarraute , we find a rejection of the élitist preoccupation with the artist as a unique individual possessing a heightened awareness of reality . |
| 2 | Before Trevithick 's invention and Stephenson 's vision and tenacity , the furthest most people travelled from home was the next village or the nearest town on market day . |
| 3 | A mild example of this from antiquity was the Roman Saturnalia at the time of the winter solstice . |
| 4 | Perhaps the most dramatic fall from grace was the case of Hu Yaobang . |
| 5 | Involved in offering succour and assistance to the mother of those eight children taken from school was the local minister . |
| 6 | They spotted the danger of Potter 's inside solo break too late , and Nottingham 's pushover three minutes from time was the final insult . |