Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The typical England strike under Taylor has been a lofted cross from the flank or dead ball situation into a crowded penalty area , a scramble , then either Gary Lineker or Platt emerging from the melee in celebration . |
| 2 | The common mistake of beginners in delivery of this kick is to let their guard drop ; the primary aim of the kick is to disable an enemy who is attacking from behind , while at the same time keeping guard against a frontal attack from someone else . |
| 3 | It was then that James John Weeble , a deaf man from Redruth , came upon the scene , and swam out fully-clothed , and succeeded in dragging both men back to the beach . |
| 4 | And never a pleasant word from a gruffy-looking Turk . |
| 5 | Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine . |
| 6 | He was tall , thin , dark haired , slightly stooped , with a dry sense of humour — a pleasant change from the humourless ciphers in the other block . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Henry , ‘ it would make a pleasant change from having sex with you . |
| 8 | Having spent years ensuring that mounts are cut accurately , and working with the straight lines of frames , I find straight lines just as pleasing in designs as curves , and I think an idea like this makes a pleasant change from the more popular floral compositions . |
| 9 | Many are still being retained in the blue/grey livery , making a pleasant change from other preserved lines . |
| 10 | The need to address this crisis in a realistic way led to a welcome seriousness of purpose and absence of rhetoric , a pleasant change from earlier AAM conventions . |
| 11 | This is always a pleasant change from the continental adieu of ‘ Leave my frequency , goodbye ’ . |
| 12 | The camp at Kedos was some 300 miles away , but it was a pleasant change from the squalor of the previous month . |
| 13 | A pleasant change from the heat of Mespot , but with a deal of other diversions that I found easy enough to take . |
| 14 | I love working with handicapped people ; I did similar work in Australia in my spare time and , you have to admit , it does make a pleasant change from accidents and medicals . ’ |
| 15 | On a fine day , it is a pleasant walk from the centre of the town taking from 15 to 20 minutes . |
| 16 | It seemed the family had the same feeling because a week later I had a pleasant letter from the mother . |
| 17 | The odd piece of Giant Vallis provides a pleasant diversion from all that rock . |
| 18 | Outside , equal care has been taken to ensure a picturesque setting for the restored building by removing most of the jungly vegetation which formerly swathed the canal banks , dredging the canal and regrading the banks so that guests are greeted with a pleasant prospect from the ground floor lounge and the ‘ wharfside ’ location of the building is appreciated ( Plate 52 ) . |
| 19 | Despite their independent nature , they quickly become a pleasant distraction from an otherwise plastic world . |
| 20 | It was also a pleasant break from air-travel to go by road from Agra to Delhi , and to see something of the country . |
| 21 | Jacques Doucet has a pleasant collage from 1948 which depicts the Bal Negre in the rue Blomet . |
| 22 | In the kitchen there was no sign of Mrs Geary , only a floured pastry-board , covered in tiny circlets of dough , and a rich smell from the oven telling she had been there lately . |
| 23 | Grant that by my prayers and alms , I may give to each continent what it requires : to Africa , a native clergy of black hands lifting your body ; to Asia , a rich harvest from the red blood , seed of her martyrs ; to Oceania , a necklace of islands made into a Rosary for the faith ; to Europe , already so tired , a renewal of youth at the altar of God ; to America , an exchange of the pearl of great price for material riches . |
| 24 | Mr. Gould expected a rich harvest from the appearance of the plain , both as respect [ sic ] quadrupeds and birds , but it was remarkably destitute . |
| 25 | But James remained true to the Roman faith , and to provide funds for his extravagant tastes sought a rich wife from Catholic Europe . |
| 26 | They rode into town in her finest litter , crowded with cushions covered in a rich fabric from a country undreamed of , far to the north at the edge of the world , on the other side of the Great Green , and covered with a canopy of light linen cross-threaded with blue and gold . |
| 27 | The fateful over : England No. 11 Devon Malcolm ducks into a short-pitched delivery from Aqib Javed . |
| 28 | In the long run administrators try to make capitalism a positive-sum game from which all classes can gain . |
| 29 | Instead of thinking of it as a zero-sum game in which one side gains what the other loses , they are beginning to regard it as a positive-sum game from which both sides may gain , provided both play with skill and finesse . |
| 30 | The yellow nylon shirt with the frothy frill amounts to an offence against taste bordering on the criminal , yet it somehow works to offset his complexion ( pale blue ) and the ensemble enables him to come on like a chat-show host from Hell — vast smiles and arms flung out in gestures of mock formality . |