Example sentences of "[be] from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got enough to worry about without wondering if you 're from the Ancient Past or the Distant Future , or somewhere quite different altogether . |
| 2 | You 're from the Labour group . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're from the white house on the hill , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I reckon they 're from the Inland Revenue . |
| 5 | Since colours can vary slightly , it 's important to buy all the tiles you need at once to ensure that they 're from the same batch ; it 's also a good idea to unpack and mix them before fixing them , to even out any colour variations . |
| 6 | Nadia : I am from the General Union of Palestinian Women and it 's good that I am participating in this meeting at this time because I am having major problems with the British Feminist Movement and the Western feminist line . |
| 7 | Now that 's the kind of information that is absolutely vital for them to understand , in fact for us — I mean I myself am from the Third World — to understand what the problems are , but which can only be achieved with centres in the developed countries that are prepared to make this into a working programme erm for the benefit of both , because in very many cases improving erm the lot of the Third World on the question of revenue from commodities will also improve their position , or the British or the American , or the European consumer , by eliminating intermediaries and so on and so forth . |
| 8 | I am from the Scottish Region and a member of the Technical Crafts Section . |
| 9 | So , since these books are from the right-hand side of the brain , they rely heavily on mood and emotion . |
| 10 | The dead are from the great battle long ago ; the marsh-lights are exhalations from rotting corpses ; he dug down once to eat them , though he found them beyond reach . |
| 11 | The following extracts are from the earliest translation of the story of El Cid . |
| 12 | Cacti are from the New World — the ones so common in Africa and the Mediterranean have been imported . |
| 13 | An emerging key group of provides in this field are from the private sector . |
| 14 | As you can see from the figures , the bulk of sight deposits are from the private sector : individuals and firms . |
| 15 | A new Ukranian Unix Users Group has been formed — most members are from the Soviet Unix Users Group : Alexander Shekhovtsov , TechnoSoft , 7 ( 044 ) 266 7028 — als@vl.ts.kiev.ua . |
| 16 | ‘ They are from the first-class dining room . ’ |
| 17 | Norway is the major EFTA country receiving Grampian manufactured exports , and the majority of these are from the Mechanical engineering sector . |
| 18 | The parents of otaku are from the Sixties generation , very democratic and tolerant . |
| 19 | In the case of time deposits , although private-sector deposits are the largest component , a substantial proportion are from the monetary sector : in other words , from other banks and other financial institutions . |
| 20 | There will be both American and Japanese ranges in the Starfield line and the two guitars we have for review are from the latter source . |
| 21 | The following selective lists are from the thirteenth-century Genesis and Exodus ( Morris , 1873 ) , which is believed to originate in East Anglia . |
| 22 | Forty per cent of the works in this show are from the Zimmerli Collection with the rest borrowed from the Bibliothèque nationale Paris . |
| 23 | The iroko chair and butler 's table are from The Colonial Range of folding garden furniture by Stuart Garden Architecture . |
| 24 | As such , the best cross section of Charlie Parker here is ‘ The Charlie Parker Story ’ , all of whose takes are from the 26/11/45 session , and for which I award the extra half star . |
| 25 | The dome dates from the same time as the courtyard façades , that is from 1770 , but the fine clock and golden grille are from the Rudolfian period . |
| 26 | The acid clearance data presented here are from the second group of subjects ( 23 patients and 23 volunteers ) . |
| 27 | Both are from the Old Swan area of the city . |
| 28 | Five of the girls are from the local Rushmoor club , including Liz Davey ( Farnham ) and Vicki Selley ( Whitehill ) . |
| 29 | The rest are from the local community . |
| 30 | Users will thus get the same menu commands on 1-2-3/G and Word Perfect PM , so the two products will look as though they are from the same company . |