Example sentences of "of [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
| 2 | That was a case in which the defendant took two bottles of whisky from the shelves and put them in her shopping bag . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , yes , performance , ’ he murmured , taking another great gulp of whisky from the glass in his left hand , still holding her tightly with his right . |
| 4 | Black let out a sigh then produced a bottle of whisky from the bottom drawer of his desk . |
| 5 | He took the bottle of whisky from the dresser and poured himself a drink . |
| 6 | She picked up a barely touched bottle of whisky from the dining-room table , frowning faintly as she studied its label . |
| 7 | Where trees such as large poplars exist on the site , they absorb copious amounts of moisture from the soil , which may affect the water table locally . |
| 8 | It disappears without trace on the skin and , because it contains hydrogels , highly absorbent substances which hold 1,000 times their weight in water , it reduces evaporation of moisture from the skin dramatically . |
| 9 | The research has 3 principal aims : a ) to throw light on the process of assessment from the viewpoints of parents , children , professionals responsible for identifying special needs , and administrators responsible for producing a formal Statement of a child ; s needs ; b ) to describe , and provide an analysis of , sources of conflict and of agreement in the assessment process ; c ) to develop a theoretical understanding of the concept of EBD from the view-points of the various people involved in assessment , whether as clients or as professionals . |
| 10 | There were also changes within the labour markets , with strong evidence of decentralization from the cores to the metropolitan rings and outer rings . |
| 11 | A number of different factors seem to have contributed to this extensive scale of decentralization from the major metropolitan areas , including changes in residential preferences and the search by companies for less cramped factory sites and for cheaper and less organized labour such as married women . |
| 12 | The United Kingdom is supporting the applications of states from the Commonwealth of Independent States to join the United Nations and the IMF . |
| 13 | In short , as nuclear capabilities have developed and conventional forces become more global in their reach , it becomes possible to extend the canopy protecting the forces of progress from the United States and others who would arrest natural and necessary changes . |
| 14 | During each of the stages described above , 15 ml of effluent from the venous catheter was collected for five minutes after the start of infusion . |
| 15 | This is the latest in a series of conflicts over the Baltic environment , including an escape of effluent from the chemicals complex on the river Dvina which poisoned large numbers of fish . |
| 16 | After his first court appearance he received dozens of letters of support from the public . |
| 17 | When the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , addresses the Tory party conference this morning , he will know that despite the appearance of support from the lady at his side , it she who is almost single-handedly responsible for the undermining of his policy and his prestige . |
| 18 | It is therefore ridiculous to draw any conclusions for Labour 's potential level of support from the Upper Bann and European elections . |
| 19 | Nor has there been much change in the pattern of support from the family . |
| 20 | On 31 July , he again signalled his frustrations about lack of support from the Eighth Army to the Deputy Director of Operations : ‘ As impossible function more than 20% of capacity under existing arrangement with army , I suggest that L detachment comes under temporary R.A.F. control . |
| 21 | But the anticlerical spirit was turned against the archbishop and the traditional , worldly , married clergy of Milan , not against the church as such , and won in time a measure of support from the reformed papacy . |
| 22 | I understand that their proposal document — to be sent to all the cricketing nations within the next week — contains a personal message of support from the country 's biggest cricketing fan , the Prime Minister John Major . |
| 23 | Fundholders and those planning to join the scheme need huge amounts of support from the FHSA in preparing patient lists , accounts , computer back-up and regular monitoring . |
| 24 | He was not lying when , in Wednesday 's rather pitiful TV interviews aimed at persuading his party not to dump him , he said he had been inundated with letters of support from the world of music , opera , theatre , films and sport . |
| 25 | Either of two sets of conditions might have brought the Spanish Civil War to a very different end : an immediate rallying of support from the Republic 's fellow democracies , or Soviet assistance for a broad-based , revolutionary war rather than a sectarian , conventional one . |
| 26 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 27 | Almost 25,000 balls has he sent down in Test cricket , and although Sir Richard Hadlee , in an otherwise gracious radio tribute immediately after the 400th wicket had been bagged , pointed to the greater number of Tests and deliveries needed by the Indian , it is by assessing the amount of support from the other end over the years that we gain a full picture of Kapil 's place in history : he has carried India 's bowling almost throughout his career . |
| 28 | In 1980 , for instance , he claimed , ‘ There 's not been a president in modern history , including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and including Lyndon Baines Johnson , who has a better record of support from the Democratic Congress than has Jimmy Carter . ’ |
| 29 | Even the feeblest message of support from the British Young Socialists ( not of course from the Labour Party executive ) was cheered widely in Tiananmen Square . |
| 30 | The army put itself forward as the vehicle for such policies , and in taking radical domestic and international action the army could count on a measure of support from the rural community . |