Example sentences of "[was/were] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only assistance for the scientists were from the Astrological Association of Great Britain who organised it . |
| 2 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 3 | Springfield 's satisfaction with the success of the night 's operation , was somewhat tempered by the fact that only three of those captured were from the upper echelon of grey tracksuited heavies , the Apostles . |
| 4 | Of three delegates directly appointed by Gaviria , two were from the Maoist Popular Liberation Army ( EPL ) , including its leader Jairo Morales , and one from the Revolutionary Workers Party ( PRT ) . |
| 5 | Its peoples , the book argues , were from the earliest times a mish-mash of white races . |
| 6 | But those early returns were from the middle-class parts of the district . |
| 7 | In the new 17-member Cabinet 13 ministers were from the Labour Party , three from Meretz ( one from each of its component parties ) , and one from Shas . |
| 8 | yeah , we saw Michael Meacher , Social Security bloke , he gets on my wick he does , were from the Labour party and were gon na have such an improved Social Security , and its going to be so good |
| 9 | Most of the items to go on display were from the former WAAG collection , but a lot of money ( courtesy of a bank and the founders using their homes as collateral ! ) secured the former London Air Museum collection and this enabled a wide spread of exhibits to greet the public when TMAM opened-up in June 1982 . |
| 10 | ( In the event , 15% of ET trainees in its first year of operation were from the former group , and 33% from the latter . ) |
| 11 | All the documented cases were from the Sinhalese-majority south and centre , and included victims of the security forces and the Sinhalese guerrilla JVP group . |
| 12 | In addition there were 397,073 immigrants , of whom nearly 148,000 were from the Soviet Union and 111,000 from Romania . |
| 13 | Halsey and his associates show that while about 50 per cent of the pupils in private primary schools were from the professional class in the age cohorts 50–59 and 30–39 years , the corresponding proportion for the youngest age cohort , 20–29 years , was almost 70 per cent . |
| 14 | The soldiers were from the black homeland of Ciskei . |
| 15 | 5 of the bulls up for auction were from the Lower Hope estate near Leominster . |
| 16 | Our isolates of E coli were from the rectal mucosa and were presumably closely associated with , if not actually attached to , the epithelium ; loosely adherent bacteria were removed from the tissue by the vigorous washing procedure . |
| 17 | Most of them were from the barbaric tribes nearer the frozen Hub , which had a sort of export trade in heroes . |
| 18 | Immigration from this area is now very small : in 1981 , only 2 per cent of all immigrants were from the Caribbean . |
| 19 | These ‘ bent ’ Latin American bananas were being smuggled into Britain under the pretence they were from the Caribbean . |
| 20 | In one respect , however , the government 's stated intention was noticeably frustrated ; only 38 appointments to District General Manager ( DGM ) posts were made from outside the NHS , and many of these were from the armed forces rather than the private businesses the government wished to tap . |
| 21 | Six of the dead were from the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and three from the Queen 's Own Highlanders attached to the Fusiliers as part of the British 4th Brigade . |
| 22 | Isolated press reports at the time had noted that most of these forces were from the Nuer tribe , and their victims had been mainly from the Dinka tribe , of which Garang was a member . |
| 23 | I guessed you were from the first , and the fact that you could quite happily and openly go away with him for a weekend everyone would know about confirmed that I was right . |
| 24 | In 1965 , there were about 206,000 immigrants to the United Kingdom , of whom 78,000 ( 38% ) were from the New Commonwealth . |
| 25 | A union spokesman said that none of the people arrested were from the sacked Timex workforce . |
| 26 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 27 | Checks revealed they were from the infected zone . |
| 28 | The two tanks were from the 10th Hussars and their job was to force a way through any roadblocks . |
| 29 | Although some senior staff officers were from the old Dutch colonial army the leaders of the fighting formations were almost all ex- Peta and ex-BKR . |
| 30 | Some had served the parish in the past , others were from the local Deanery . |