Example sentences of "to [be] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seems to be from a good family , and we want to trace them . |
| 2 | At the other extreme , women still childless at age 32 were more likely to be from a professional background with few brothers or sisters , and with mothers who themselves married late , and to have more than average personal ambition and parental interest . |
| 3 | It seemed to be from a small freshly lit fire and it went unwaveringly into the still April air until it dissolved in the far blue . |
| 4 | Such a candidate had , among eight conditions , to be from a political party outside parliament but favourably disposed to the parliament , and to be able to " reassure the popular masses , the international sector , the industrial and commercial sector , the middle classes and the army " . |
| 5 | Gray had stated that the painter 's view of a landscape had always to be from a low point . |
| 6 | The opening lead looks unlikely to be from a strong diamond holding and thus you decide to play small from dummy at trick one . |