Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole thing was made from bits of scrap . ’ |
| 2 | On July 4 Gandhi promoted a number of junior ministers ( see pp. 36027-28 for previous portfolios ) ; D. L. Baitha was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Production replacing Chintamani Panigraphi who had been appointed Governor of Manipur a few days earlier [ see above ] ; Mahavir Prasad became Minister of State for Mines ; P. Namgyal became Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Chemicals and Petrochemicals ; Sumati Oraon became Minister of State for Environment and Forests ; Radhakrishna Malaviya became Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs ; Saroj Khaparde was shifted from Minister of State for Health to Textiles ; Giridhar Gomango was given independent charge of the Communications Ministry ( following the death of the Communications Minister in May — see p. 36657 ) ; and Rafiq Alam became Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare ( independent charge ) , a post which had been vacant since the January appointment of Moti Lal Vora as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh . |
| 3 | The concept of ‘ bargaining politics ’ was derived from examination of accounts of local politics in the United States . |
| 4 | Sediment cores were dated using and vegetation and land use were determined from pollen ; and lakewater pH was inferred from remains of diatoms . |
| 5 | There is evidence to suggest that he was descended from Judas of Galilee , leader of the Zealots a century and a quarter before , and from the Zealot commanders at the capture and subsequent siege of Masada . |
| 6 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 7 | He was gone from sight of man for eight months . |
| 8 | In this method a tape measure was run from tip of tail to nose following the lines of the beast 's back . |
| 9 | And Lexandro was hurled from dreams of incandescence into that now sooty cavity . |
| 10 | Michael Forsyth was dismissed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Sept. 7 as chair of the Scottish Conservative Party and at the same time was promoted from Under-Secretary of State to Minister of State at the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | In the current analysis , mean per capita GNP was determined from totals of GNP and population for 10° latitudinal intervals , assuming even distribution of 1991 national data ( compiled from OECD , World Bank and national sources ) across the latitudinal range individually occupied by 200 countries and territories . |
| 12 | This detection limit was determined from analysis of aluminium standards made from solutions of aluminium nitrate in poly ( ethyl methacrylate ) resin . |
| 13 | To keep costs to the minimum the pond surrounds of double row bricks and crazy paving were bought as hardcore , the main filter was constructed from a £3 expansion tank and the water mill was constructed from scraps of plywood and painted with left-over household paint . |