Example sentences of "were from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult to determine whether the explosions were from the German shells or from the Allied shells passing over , with the usual one or two dropping short . |
| 2 | Lewes contends that , whereas these gynaecophobic tendencies were from the start challenged by women analysts , the same could not occur in relation to the homophobia of the discipline since homosexuals were systematically excluded from it , with the result that ‘ the psychoanalytic discourse on homosexuality has been and still is formulated by non-homosexuals about homosexuals ’ ( The Psychoanalytic Theory of Male Homosexuality , 21 , 237 — 8 ) . |
| 3 | For this purpose Marx and Engels had to show just how different primitive societies were from the type of society their readers knew . |
| 4 | ‘ You said you were from the Ministry . ’ |
| 5 | Cinema admissions had indeed increased as people sought escape at the movies from the horrors of war , and the flow of French and Italian imports had been disrupted , but the screen-time made available had been almost totally absorbed by American pictures : by 1918 some 80 per cent or films shown in Britain were from the US . |
| 6 | But those early returns were from the middle-class parts of the district . |
| 7 | Its peoples , the book argues , were from the earliest times a mish-mash of white races . |
| 8 | You were from the institution were n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me who you were from the start ? |
| 10 | The Council of Nicaea was the largest assembly of bishops hitherto , and though the great majority of the members were from the Greek East , the presence of Roman legates and the prominent role played by the sees of Alexandria and Antioch made it possible for the council to be given the title ‘ ecumenical ’ . |
| 11 | The farther away they were from the centre of authority the easier it was . |
| 12 | The two tanks were from the 10th Hussars and their job was to force a way through any roadblocks . |
| 13 | The main office entrance and the entrance to the Foreign Secretary 's residence were from the court . |
| 14 | In verses 5 and 6 Peter makes direct reference to the flood of judgment which came upon the earth in the days of Noah and at the end of the preceding verse 4 he writes of how the scoffers will say that ‘ all things continue as they were from the beginning of the CREATION . ’ |
| 15 | In one respect , however , the government 's stated intention was noticeably frustrated ; only 38 appointments to District General Manager ( DGM ) posts were made from outside the NHS , and many of these were from the armed forces rather than the private businesses the government wished to tap . |
| 16 | The only assistance for the scientists were from the Astrological Association of Great Britain who organised it . |
| 17 | In fact , although the Gaels were dispersed over many lands and made a great contribution in relation to their numbers , the mass of Scottish emigrants were from the lowlands , including Ayrshire . |
| 18 | Those medals were from the Society for Protection of Life from Fire . |
| 19 | But the amounts the Poles spent were dwarfed by the way the Nazis used state funds as if they were from the Nazi Party cash box . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm terribly sorry , I thought you were from the British Committee . |
| 21 | Some had served the parish in the past , others were from the local Deanery . |
| 22 | Researcher Dr Anne Johnson said these people were from the group with the highest risk of contracting Aids . |
| 23 | The couple , who were from the Portuguese community in Jersey , separated earlier this year . |
| 24 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 25 | Of 24,200 workers thrown on the dole last month , more than half were from the once prosperous region . |
| 26 | They did this over two weeks , but there was no means of knowing the energies of the neutrons , the essential information that would tell them whether they were from the fusion of deuterium and be the final proof . |
| 27 | Another investigation , looking at the problem as it were from the opposite direction , compared adoptees selected for later estimates of their creativity and then examined incidences of mental illness . |
| 28 | Most of the items to go on display were from the former WAAG collection , but a lot of money ( courtesy of a bank and the founders using their homes as collateral ! ) secured the former London Air Museum collection and this enabled a wide spread of exhibits to greet the public when TMAM opened-up in June 1982 . |
| 29 | The soldiers were from the black homeland of Ciskei . |
| 30 | Society was there too for the comedians , whose antics were from the very beginning shot against the background of a very recognizable American actuality . |