Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we came round on Wigmore one more time , it was clear even from a distance that the situation had flared up drastically . |
| 2 | It was clear almost from the outset that the final instrument would have to be able to compute certain parameters of its measurement function , in order to cope with variations in environment . |
| 3 | The dining room was empty apart from a couple of staff members who were laying tables for breakfast . |
| 4 | ‘ When I told him that the van was standard apart from a roll cage he found it even more difficult to accept . |
| 5 | The small airstrip was well away from the house and even before they turned to land a car had left the property and was heading out to meet them . |
| 6 | Here , however , she was alone apart from a couple of men seated on stools next to the bar , and a yellow Labrador slumbering at their feet . |
| 7 | No other information was available apart from the price — £45 . |
| 8 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 9 | He said he had helped the hijacker to pick Hanover Airport because its runway was far away from the control tower . |
| 10 | But all this was far away from the mind of Samuel Reichmann . |
| 11 | Clearly this was unacceptable both from an amenity point of view and for access by emergency services . |
| 12 | In the night when the hut was quiet apart from the coughing and the bed creaks and the whimpering of men in despair , he had gone to the stove and heated his shape until it was dried and firm . |
| 13 | But just around a bend in the road an opposition supporter who was frightened away from the station , Mr Ram Raj Upadhyaya , said : ‘ We are all terrified and afraid to go anywhere near the polling station . |