Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be [adv] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We expect to be there from 12–12.30 assuming the chippy is not to much of a detour first . |
| 2 | Smith had a reputation for being devious and unreliable , which I found to be far from true . |
| 3 | Even our code of etiquette , with its rule that women always have precedence , is a legacy from courtly love , and is felt to be far from natural in modern Japan or India … |
| 4 | ‘ The procedure would appear to be far from mad — quite coldly methodical . |
| 5 | Firstly , the United States economic system was shown to be far from invincible : the myth of the Great American Dream was , if not exploded , at least undermined . |
| 6 | While this may be a reasonable stance for finance academics to adopt , even though the problems in analysing cash flows and given probabilities have been shown to be far from trivial , the practising manager has to recognize the limited scope of the ‘ investment problem ’ addressed by the current theory of finance . |
| 7 | Western academic literature is found to be far from helpful in providing an understanding of Africa 's media and their role . |
| 8 | Bank managers tend to be far from impetuous in putting their own money at risk and Mr Cowdrill was suitably cautious before investing his cash . |
| 9 | They were now revealed as what they had always been , not figures of fun , not left-wing political extremists , not loony vegetarians ( though they were vegetarians ) , but harmless , mild , Labour-voting , CND-supporting , Fabian pamphlet-reading intellectuals , of a species that Alix now knew to be far from extinct . |
| 10 | Even with one hand gripping the marble banister it proved to be far from easy , and when the stairs were safely negotiated Luce breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 11 | Yet despite the soundness of this principal , the practise may prove to be far from straight-forward . |
| 12 | Here were two people clearly in love with each other , hating to be apart from each other and yet with the brick wall of Rosemary 's upbringing between them . |
| 13 | I wondered aloud whether it was possible to buy one of their bulletproof vests and whether there were trousers to match ; but really I wanted to be away from this place where even my pure anger had been stolen from me . |