Example sentences of "[be] not from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If your qualifications are not from the UK , or if you have studied in the UK for less than threee years by the start of the academic year for which you are applying , you are considered an overseas student for the purpose of entrance .
2 We 're not from the estates .
3 You 're not from the Midland Region .
4 And I 'm not from the beach . ’
5 ‘ No , of course I 'm not from the police .
6 I 'm not from the town .
7 ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) .
8 He taught English at the Bredon Hill Middle School near Evesham , but was suspended from his duties when the allegations were made about his dealings with youngsters , who were not from the school .
9 If it is not from the plane of his forehead , it is from the stealth of his left foot , if not from these bowdlerising runs , then from the pure panic of his upright presence .
10 I know there 's lads get eggs and butter and stuff from the farms , but everybody has n't got farms , and I could take you to some cottages that are well supplied with butter , sugar and cheese and what have you , that 's not from the farms . ’
11 Someone who 's not from the area could have been driving through and seen something . ’
12 It 's not from the Tower stores if that 's what you 're thinking . ’
13 They are very experienced and certainly well-meaning , but they 're so often greeted with growls and scowls — and that 's not from the dogs !
14 That scar — surely it 's not from the grenade ? ’
15 If it 's not from the War Office , where 's the letter from ? ’
16 ‘ It 's not from the library .
17 When the challenge to the court came , it was not from the heirs of the rebels or from the discontented northerners , but from the queen .
18 But while it would be wrong to minimize the hold of this movement , particularly in the south of France and in the Balkans , and especially between Bulgaria and Constantinople , the major threat to the future of the Church was not from the heretics but from the popular movements that sought to restore the laity 's role in the life of the Church .
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