Example sentences of "be a [noun sg] from [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would not end the wars , but it would in effect be a declaration from the Israelis announcing that whilst they intend to fight to keep the disputed territory , they are nevertheless admitting that their right to it is no different from that of anyone else , and until the world produces some better way than fighting , this is how they will-operate . |
| 2 | Schools universities and colleges they were a spin-off from the parents ' choice charter . |
| 3 | This is a departure from the Circulars it replaces , and must be made good . |
| 4 | I think today that if someone was designing a house one would incorporate all the modern additions which have suddenly become fashionable such as double porches , doubleglazing and er patio windows , I think that these things are perhaps a development from , in the same way as this house is a development from the rooms and the flats we lived in in London so that the modern conceptions of the things I 've mentioned could be incorporated as normal in the house certainly would be cheaper to incorporate them when building the house than adding them on . |
| 5 | The minaret is a souvenir from the Turks ' use of the building as a mosque . |
| 6 | Such reservation of positions for non-Americans is a divergence from the policies of the other United States ' foreign academies . |
| 7 | It is a view from the terraces written by a fan who has spent a lifetime supporting two of the world 's great lost causes , the Scotland national team and St Johnstone FC . |
| 8 | ‘ Be always ready , according to your power to relieve the poor and help the distressed … ’ is a quote from The Rules for the Conduct of Life , a copy of which is given to all new Freemen — or perhaps it should now be Freepersons . |
| 9 | There is a footnote from the editors : ‘ We now unreservedly withdraw any recommendation we made about this book . ’ |
| 10 | There was a gasp from the children and a high scream from Millie as the scissors went snip , snip , snip . |
| 11 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 12 | That was a change from the senators and congressmen and captains of industry , whom she 'd been seducing since she arrived on these golden shores . |
| 13 | There was a laugh from the experts . |
| 14 | And that officer , luv , I said he was a legate from the Balearics not leg him one in the bollocks but it 's a mistake anybody could have made . |
| 15 | Some said she was a girl from the slums of London that Reverend Morey had taken pity on , but Betty did n't believe that . |
| 16 | Although nowhere recorded in the public documents , the reason for Attlee 's climbdown on this central issue for Britain 's postwar overseas policy stance was a threat from the Chiefs of Staff to resign if the Prime Minister persisted in his criticisms . |
| 17 | Above , in the dark , there was a rumbling from the Towers of Paine , the crackling sound of old rock being broken by new ice and the skitter of smaller stones plunging down a crevasse . |