Example sentences of "[vb mod] be from [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Changes included a clause to protect joint ventures against nationalization , removal of the stipulation that the chairman of a joint venture should be from the Chinese participant , and greater freedom in setting the contract period . |
| 2 | The regulation distance that a soakaway must be from the nearest building has increased over the years . |
| 3 | His briefer letters to Harry Hooton — avoiding those ‘ terrible letters I used to throw at you last term as it might be from the fruitless monotony of this place ’ — now explain his reading . |
| 4 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 5 | Although the Chronicle for Cnut 's reign is evidently something of a patchwork , much of it may be from an early date . |
| 6 | But it should also be said that some elements of this description of mine could be taken to characterise the activity , sometimes ominous enough in its human implications , of all imaginative writers , however remote they may be from the dualistic confederacy . |
| 7 | Authorities decided the only possible means of completing the transfer on time would be from a proper docking facility and requested the carrier be moved to nearby Glasgow for loading . |
| 8 | The information gained on each generation will be from a different perspective , but will be in each case of intrinsic value in contributing to our understanding of the changing patterns and experience of ageing in the ordinary population . |
| 9 | It had been thought no money would be forthcoming , but the new grant will be from a different department within the SAC , it emerged yesterday . |
| 10 | Next time you get a letter from me it will be from the other side of the world . |
| 11 | All further head movements will be from the current cylinder to the next and so will be of minimum duration — 3 to 10 ms for modern disks . |
| 12 | Its members will be drawn mainly from the Commons ( the lower elected house ) , a few will be from the same party in the Lords ( the non-elected upper house ) and , although they remain in Parliament as MPs or peers , their role is very much as members of the executive , aiming to steer their programme through the assembly with as few complications or delays as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ If you do hit trouble it will be from an Iranian terrorist organisation . |