Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In country as in town , the aristocrat accepted — in theory at least-that wealth and position were indivisible from a commitment to the social good . |
| 2 | These were strictly extras ; he did n't even trust the IP people not to make a demonstration of some kind ; these were non-Danuese from a couple of malai islands one hundred kilometres north-east . |
| 3 | But the reason she fell so easily and so heavily would seem to be that she was light-headed from a mixture of drink and pills . |
| 4 | The case was instructive from a number of standpoints but particularly in the way it appears to demonstrate the ability of LM potencies to reach the parts which other potencies can not reach ! |
| 5 | I had one camera on Michael all the time and recorded him separately , using fewer cameras on the rest of the action , because it was impossible from a rehearsal outside the TV studios to anticipate the reactions . |
| 6 | His eyes were an astounding blue and his complexion was ruddy from a life spent mostly at sea . |
| 7 | The effect of this policy on the cost of living was evident from a report in August 1991 by the National Statistical Commission that consumer prices had risen by 144 per cent since October 1990 . |
| 8 | She was bone-weary from a day 's back-breaking labour , but it was essential that she finish what she was writing , for she had a deadline to reach and that deadline was the day after tomorrow , her half-day , and she had barely begun her task . |
| 9 | The Oxford Regional Health Authority is well served by community hospitals , where outpatient clinics are held in addition to those in general hospitals , so none of the participating practices was far from a provider unit . |
| 10 | And even though his kiss was far from a lover 's caress , she felt her body respond , acting as though it had broken free from the control of her mind , curving into him , begging for more of his savage domination . |
| 11 | General George C. Marshall , the US Secretary of State , was far from a League of Nations idealist . |
| 12 | There was grass and vegetation in her left hand ; her maternity smock was bloodstained from a stab wound in the side of the neck . |
| 13 | The trip was educational from a golfing point of view . |
| 14 | The common law was opposed to actions in tort and the landlord was immune from a tort action in respect of dangerous premises ( Cavalier v Pope [ 1906 ] AC 428 ) . |
| 15 | Councillors were known to have had reservations about an earlier plan which included a staff flat on a second storey because , although it was felt this was desirable from a security point of view , it contravened various planning guidelines . |