Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] from [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 2 | The former were usually made from sites of easy access , often ‘ stations ’ exactly pointed out by West and other writers . |
| 3 | The Dorians were traditionally descended from Greeks who entered the country during the dark ages , the Ionians and Aeolians from those who were there already . |
| 4 | Views on some of these questions were also obtained from teachers in second-phase schools by questionnaire . |
| 5 | Radio cassettes , golf clubs and wheel trims were also stolen from cars in Darlington . |
| 6 | Reports of thinking and imagery were also elicited from subjects woken from light , Stage 2 sleep . |
| 7 | Shells were also machined from forgings produced elsewhere . |
| 8 | The Prince of Wale 's eyes flicked speedily over the unusual evening dress of the gathering as battered top hats were speedily removed from heads and a lady with long droopy drawers swept a curtsy . |
| 9 | Regenerative working ceased and the equipment was gradually removed from Nos. 44–51 and they were provided with ordinary equipment . |
| 10 | We forgathered at one o'clock for a glass of Suze , a bitter aperitif which was probably made from artichokes because the label on the bottle carried a picture of one . |
| 11 | RNA was also prepared from cells infected in the presence of either cycloheximide or cytosine arabinoside , which would allow the detection of RNAs synthesized in the absence of protein synthesis and DNA replication , respectively ( 29 ) . |
| 12 | Additional information about clients ' social characteristics ( for example , marital status ) and drug-using behaviour ( for example , method of use ) was also collected from agencies which routinely recorded such details , namely GPs , the Drugs Council , and the Detoxification Unit . |
| 13 | Responsibility for interpreting Marxist thought was also removed from intellectuals and centralized in the leadership of each national communist party , or even in the Comintern offices themselves . |
| 14 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 15 | Provolone , another hard Italian cheese , was originally made from buffalos ' milk ( as was Mozzarella ) , but is now made from cows ' milk . |
| 16 | Maximus Ongkili , senior aide of Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan , the Sabah Chief Minister , was unconditionally released from police custody on March 2 . |
| 17 | In 992 the navy was seemingly formed from vessels already in existence , but in 1008 the Chronicle says that they were built . |
| 18 | Gastric juice was then collected from patients undergoing routine diagnostic gastroscopy who had fasted for at least eight hours . |
| 19 | Jo 's hair was towel dried and put into sections , the mixture was then applied from roots to ends whilst it was still warm . |
| 20 | Some of it was undoubtedly derived from associations with British India , where graveyards abounded in miniature pagodas and obelisks . |
| 21 | But what is certain is that the slaves themselves were the most able-bodied young people available and that the most valuable section of Africa 's labour force was systematically removed from generations of agricultural families , whose farming routines were devastated . |