Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first substantial remains of sculpture from a Doric building are from a temple of Artemis on Kerkyra ( Corcyra , Corfu ) , which must date from the first decade or two of the sixth century . |
| 2 | What will your action be from a local point of view . |
| 3 | The extract is from a biography of Mr Major 's favourite author , Anthony Trollope , whose wife 's maiden name was … |
| 4 | especially when the export is from a dominant donor society to a poorer recipient society . |
| 5 | The only light was from a dim kerosene lamp standing on a low table . |
| 6 | The window is from a sketch by Cyril Bouda ( 1934 ) . |
| 7 | This dialogue is from a story by Bulgakov ( 1976 ) . |
| 8 | This new Camargue is from a wide range of bathroom suites by Qualcast |
| 9 | Make sure the engine is from a road vehicle and not from an industrial application as the fuel injector pump will need recalibrating for road use . |
| 10 | Akbar was from a desert land-train clan . |
| 11 | Tracing the original owner , I found that the wood was from a timber outbuilding , and has been left to the tender mercies of the council or the local pyromaniac . |
| 12 | Elsa departed because she could n't take Fagg 's oft-repeated loud muttering of ‘ Swiss maybe , but Swiss-Kraut certainly ’ ; two male Chinese took umbrage when he denounced them as Nips ; an observing Hindu became revolted when Mauleverer , an occasional resident , subjected him to intense cross-questioning about whether the liver was from a Dutch calf and was being served sufficiently rare ; and a delicious-looking Filipino , who strayed too close to Fishbane at breakfast , received a pinch which made her hysterical . |
| 13 | I believe the engine was from a 1974 P6 3500S . |
| 14 | Among culturally heterogeneous students , or in classes where the teacher is from a different culture , there can be overt discussion of what students understand by different terms — of different styles and contents of jokes , for example , or the format of casual conversation . |
| 15 | Selection of the group is from a pop-up menu and this produces a list of substances in the category , again requiring a selection to be made of an individual chemical . |
| 16 | The starting point is from a bridge opposite the Torridon Hotel on the A896 , and a path takes you through a delightful forest , past an incredible waterfall , and up to the ridge that runs south towards the summit . |
| 17 | Her husband is from a good family ; in fact he is distantly connected with the Crane-Boulder 's family , but … but he was the youngest son , and you know what positions go to the younger sons . ’ |
| 18 | The great black migration to the north after the second world war was from a rural existence , classically that of the sharecropper , with rudimentary shelter and clothing ; no health care ; hard farm labour ; exploitative living costs ; little in the way of schooling ; no voting rights ; forthright , accepted and enforced racial discrimination ; and , withal , extreme invisibility . |
| 19 | This inquiry was from a third-year pupil who had seen Prestel demonstrated in the information skills course where there is an emphasis on career information and the pupils use the large collection of Career materials in the library . |
| 20 | The letter that had caught Anne 's attention was from a girl who said she earned one pound seventeen shillings and sixpence a week . |
| 21 | The last of these produced negative rather than positive transfer but , in that study , the shift was from a very difficult successive task to a simultaneous discrimination , and comparison was made with a control group that received no prior training . |
| 22 | The third doubtfully determined outcome was from a builder who had been in financial difficulties . |
| 23 | However , the animal figures which decorate the body of the vessel are from a genuine figurine mould and therefore in perfect Zapotec style . |
| 24 | One member of the staff team of nine had nursing training ; two had been teachers and the rest were from a variety of other backgrounds . |
| 25 | One would have had greater confidence if the selection were from a longer list nominated by other bodies unconnected with the government of the day . |
| 26 | Although that lifeboat station was not operating during the war the crew were from a lifeboat family , one of whom was awarded a Bronze medal for Gallantry some 30 years later . |
| 27 | Sailing is from a beach by Athos Hotel ; a good spot for beginners , so stronger winds for the experienced are rare . |
| 28 | Recorded debates are sophisticated ( naturally : much of our evidence is from a sophisticated historian . |
| 29 | The Welsh sample is from a partly wooded valley , the upper slopes of which are inhabited by short-eared owls . |
| 30 | The other viverrid sample is from a South African species of genet ( Tables 2.1 and 2.5 ) . |