Example sentences of "was [adj] from [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mutual cooperation was undesirable from the generals ' point of view , because it was n't helping them to win the war . |
| 2 | But I 'm five feet dead and it would n't look so bad if I was narrow from the legs up . |
| 3 | It was clear from the responses of other staff members that the science department 's experience in this area was regarded as a valuable springboard for wider developments across the curriculum . |
| 4 | Head of fisheries David Jordan said : ‘ It was clear from the responses that opposition to the proposed scheme was widespread . ’ |
| 5 | It was clear from the records of yields per hectare that the era of ‘ miracle ’ grains was over . |
| 6 | It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 . |
| 7 | It was clear from the stories . " |
| 8 | It was clear from the reports on fifty-nine cells in this guberniia that collaboration between the party and the people was minimal . |
| 9 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 10 | It was clear from the representations that had been made to the Chief Whip 's office that there were many on the back-benches who would oppose my succession ; there was no similar anti-Macmillan faction . |
| 11 | Calling in Mrs Thatcher to amplify his own quiet words , he started to say things which explained why his party was different from the others . |
| 12 | ‘ Finally , a letter came which was different from the others . |
| 13 | The British liked to think their system was different from the others , but it is not easy , in examining the literature , to discover exactly where in practice the difference lay . |
| 14 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 15 | This tree was different from the others because it had branches hanging down very low . |
| 16 | On " same " trials all the letters were identical ; on " different " trials at least one letter was different from the others . |
| 17 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 18 | But I realized I was different from the Brazilians , and that was when I started to rediscover my own identity . ’ |
| 19 | One of them was Guardsman Johnny Cooper who had managed to join the Scots Guards while still under age and who was very impressed by his commanding officer : ‘ he was different from the officers I had come into contact with up to that time . |
| 20 | The fast process would ensure that each cortical neuron tended to respond to an input feature that was different from the features of other cortical neurons . |
| 21 | It was fresh from the margins of that land he 'd first suspected in New York . |
| 22 | In its origins , it was indistinguishable from the institutions which became the independent Public Schools . |
| 23 | He would blend into Wimbledon until he was indistinguishable from the trees , the homing children , the lollipop ladies , or the gables on the red brick houses . |
| 24 | Inside there was a cabinet against the window with a clock facing outwards so that it was visible from the cars and a telephone in direct communication with the depôt . |
| 25 | An official statement declared that the decision was separate from the talks on the bases , but that it had been " influenced " by the Philippine government 's demand for the fighters to be removed by September 1991 . |
| 26 | I replied that we were studying and writing , a fact that was obvious from the books , dictionaries and papers scattered over the table and the bed . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 28 | The principle and practice of the programme were assessed to determine whether screening was helpful from the perspectives of both families and health professionals . |
| 29 | Life presumably evolved there because it was safe from the horrors on the surface . |
| 30 | She was safe from the men , but the men themselves were now in need of quick rescue . |