Example sentences of "[adj] from [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | big sand stone rocks , they find things that fish today er had , had got other pediments that million years back , same thing , but not , not , not the same as they are today , you know , well they must of got hold of it to be different from a million years ago |
| 2 | Few areas have been subjected to uninterrupted denudation since then , but , as the earlier Tertiary climates were very different from the present ones , any surviving landforms could present difficulties to the investigator . |
| 3 | If he is that different from the present denizens , perhaps his influence may extend to more tolerance toward detector users ? |
| 4 | Well who are the Kuwaitis and how do they differ and how are they different from the Saudi Arabians and the southern Iraquis ? |
| 5 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 6 | The court ruled 7:2 on June 20 that writers could be sued for fabricating or deliberately altering quotations if such alterations were sufficiently different from the actual words used by the subject to alter materially their meaning . |
| 7 | The developments that followed the success of The Brow were different from the Dutch innovations in several crucial respects . |
| 8 | Ophiopristis differs from Ophioprium as follows the oral tentacle scales are not markedly different from the oral papillae — those of Ophioprium are much more elongate and slightly separated ; the tentacle pores are smaller and armed with 1–2 large tentacle scales whereas the pores in Ophioprium are open and armed with small thin tentacle scales . |
| 9 | We have seen in various places in this book that flows often develop length scales quite different from the imposed ones . |
| 10 | Ranulf muttered indignantly against his strange master who dragged him across this wild country so different from the narrow streets of London and so utterly tedious as well . |
| 11 | The atmosphere was electric , it all seemed so natural , effortless : the joyous relating , the sensuality , the emotional sparks flying everywhere and the encouragement to participate in workshops … so different from the male structures of chairman , standing orders and platform speeches . |
| 12 | If you want something different from the standard offerings of garden centres , order fledgling plants in plugs of soil , and seedlings . |
| 13 | He saw them , although the ones he witnessed were different from the black clouds he had heard about . |
| 14 | His use of Arabic , we 're told , is as different from the traditional forms as Dickens is from Chaucer . |
| 15 | The first task consisted of formulating a view of society which was based on principles different from the traditional ones , according to which societies could be typified in terms of their administrative organization by using such terms as ‘ democracy ’ or ‘ monarchy ’ . |
| 16 | As they are fast drying , usually about 30 minutes , the application technique is slightly different from the traditional varnishes . |
| 17 | The estimated replacement cost of stocks is not materially different from the above amounts . |
| 18 | The fact that they are regularly represented with special spelling forms makes them seem rather different from the above examples . |
| 19 | Macedo 's vision of preservation for the forest and its peoples is very different from the Utopian fantasies of many in the developed world who profess a passionate concern for Amazonia . |
| 20 | This is not entirely surprising because the steps involved are rather different from the familiar ones used in other spreadsheet tasks . |
| 21 | These institutions are very different from the colonial ones of the past , but none the less many of the assumptions that lie behind today 's conservation policies and projects remain intact . |
| 22 | With laser techniques , however , the molecular energy levels of the impurities are quite different from the atomic ones . |
| 23 | I liked her : she was different from the other women . |
| 24 | She was a smartly dressed woman , different from the other women in our district , but then she could afford to be because they were very comfortably off . |
| 25 | Number nine , where the O'Briens lived , looked different from the other houses , for Susan loved beautiful colours , and her curtains were always a cheerful oasis amidst the Nottingham lace of the conventional neighbours . |
| 26 | Pauline Ross 's play resource centre , ‘ Arts and Parts ’ is different from the other businesses as it is a registered charity — so profits go towards the project . |
| 27 | Quietwaters is slightly different from the other developments : there was already a course and clubhouse in place , but the plan was to develop a second course as well as the seemingly obligatory hotel and leisure complex and timeshare units . |
| 28 | That was why the lad was different from the other vagabonds . |
| 29 | ‘ You must realize , Raine 3 , ’ he said , ‘ that you are different from the other boys . |
| 30 | The provincial groups with papers in two or three towns were little different from the other independents . |