Example sentences of "was [adj] from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the south also Byzantine influence was strong from the seventh century until the Middle Ages . |
| 2 | He was sore from the long ride and , as he tried to walk the stiffness out of his legs , pacing in limited circles under the eyes of his guards , he saw that the man on the cart tail was watching intently . |
| 3 | In April of the same year it was clear from the interim report of the committee that recommendations would be proposed whereby building development would be controlled throughout the country and that compensation for the public acquisition of land would be set at the standard of 31 March 1939 . |
| 4 | Although the 1944 Act did not provide detailed prescription for complementary relationships it was clear from the 1943 Education Bill that the LEAs were to be given the responsibility and duty to secure the development of adult education , in consultation with the universities and voluntary bodies . |
| 5 | But now , when her mind travelled back , it was clear from the young man 's behaviour and some of the comments he had made that she had been suffering from myopia . |
| 6 | It was clear from the cumulative weight of these reports that Creed had already arrived . |
| 7 | However , it was clear from the whole tenor of the case that the tribunal had not been satisfied that there was no such vacancy for Ms Porter . |
| 8 | However , it was clear from the Special Commissioner 's decision that he had looked at all the evidence and asked himself whether in view of that evidence it had been reasonable for the inspector to form the view he had taken . |
| 9 | But then she was different from the vast majority of girls at Templeton 's , being of a more refined , though certainly not prissy , nature . |
| 10 | English was different from the original Indo-European , but not because modern Englishmen operated in a linguistically different manner from the ancestral tribes in , as was then commonly believed , central Asia . |
| 11 | The progress of the style was different from the French model , due largely to the island status of the country . |
| 12 | It was different from the Christian story in being about a race which had not been punished by death , rather by weariness of life ( see especially Letters , p. 236 ) . |
| 13 | They knew also a Law Merchant which was different from the Common Law and had an international character , a law founded on the commercial customs of merchants and seafaring men of all nations . |
| 14 | However , we showed that the contribution which PNP appointees were able to make was inseparable from the wider management structures within which they were located , and in particular that the head played a key role in facilitating and supporting their endeavours . |
| 15 | She rarely allowed herself to remember Grandmother Gertler but that word was inseparable from the old lady . |
| 16 | This severity of customs was inseparable from the old friendship with Rome . |
| 17 | The colour of the filthy dress she was wearing was indistinguishable from the deep brown of her skin . |
| 18 | A fascinating warren of steep narrow alleyways , of Hat-roofed tenement housing , it was visible from the French quarter , visible almost throughout the city : that teeming place , filled with barefoot children , with women shrouded from head to foot in black , who clasped their head-dresses across their faces and between their teeth , and never raised their eyes . |
| 19 | I shall home in on the social action programme and the declaration on racism and xenophobia , which was separate from the main treaty , but was signed at Maastricht . |
| 20 | Driving was easy from the spacious cab , except when the electric brake failed , which sometimes happened ! |
| 21 | Although the total number of cattle ( 2.1 million ) was unchanged from the previous year , the dairy breeding herd declined while the beef breeding herd increased , the former to 233,000 and the latter to 496,000 . |
| 22 | California , which was exempt from the federal ruling that no state could adopt emission standards for new vehicles more stringent than the federal ones , passed the Pure Air Act of 1968 , which contained explicit emission standards for hydrocarbons , carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen for post-1970 new vehicles . |
| 23 | Poitiers was exempt from the royal monopoly on salt and the salt trade ( and contraband in it ) were very active in that town . |
| 24 | That the farm opposite was still in use was obvious from the great mound of steaming manure in the middle of the courtyard . |
| 25 | It was obvious from the empty space at one end that the box had once contained a sixth decoration . |
| 26 | When it was obvious from the ensuing silence that no information was forthcoming , she demanded accusingly , ‘ Are you refusing to help me ? ’ |
| 27 | The bill was a shafted weapon with a crescent-shaped blade sharpened on the inside ; it was current from the ninth century onwards in various forms and , like the fork , had an agricultural origin as an improvised weapon which gradually became specialised in its own right . |
| 28 | And do you feel nationalization was good from the medical point of view or ? |
| 29 | Sitting in the greenhouse with her seedlings , she was safe from the frantic activity in the house . |
| 30 | It was evident from the young man 's circumspect excitement that he thought he 'd got his first genuine schizophrenic hypochondriac . |