Example sentences of "was [adj] from [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals ' point of view , because it was n't helping them to win the war . |
| 2 | It was clear from the sentencer 's observations that he had given careful consideration to these matters . |
| 3 | It was clear from the governor 's demeanour that his invitation did not extend beyond the Americans , and the elderly mandarin remained standing apart with his son and his son 's wife . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal granted the injunctions on the ground that the extension had generated a second dispute , between the ISTC and the government , which was separate from the union 's dispute with the BSC , and not a trade dispute because the government was not the employer . |
| 5 | On the ground he was safe from an hussar 's blade , so Karelius concerned himself with him no more , but urged his mare on down the footpath to join the advance guard in the main street . |
| 6 | Age had given Norman Lamont a faintly oriental look ; the sound had been turned off , but it was plain from the speaker 's gestures that jam , or whatever was its Japanese equivalent , if it were not on today 's bill of fare , was certainly expected to be on the morrow 's . |
| 7 | Where did that pleasure stand on the scale against the misery of a man in the Kitchen whose soup was spilled , whose bread was soggy from the floor 's snow water ? |
| 8 | The Pahls in their study had quite a high rate of non-co-operation : twenty of the group of 113 managers whom they wanted to study did not complete the questionnaire ( although the response rate was higher from the wives ' postal questionnaire ) ; of the twenty-nine couples who were asked to give home interviews , six refused and six did not answer the letter . |
| 9 | She was bone-weary from a day 's back-breaking labour , but it was essential that she finish what she was writing , for she had a deadline to reach and that deadline was the day after tomorrow , her half-day , and she had barely begun her task . |
| 10 | And even though his kiss was far from a lover 's caress , she felt her body respond , acting as though it had broken free from the control of her mind , curving into him , begging for more of his savage domination . |
| 11 | His face was red from the day 's sun and his ears were scarlet . |
| 12 | Not that he was remote from the Council 's concerns ; his long-standing dialogue with Karl Barth makes him no exception to the keen and growing ecumenical awareness that characterizes almost all Catholic theological writing since the 1960s . |