Example sentences of "was not [vb pp] from [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The famous mithraeum was not built from scratch but was adapted from a grotto/nymphaeum , the remains of which are still attached to the present structure to a height of twelve metres .
2 At the beginning of Mary 's reign Sir Ralph Sadler was not saved from ejection from the office of Master of the Great Wardrobe ; yet his life tenure did preserve him as Keeper of the Hanaper in Chancery from 1535 until 1587 .
3 Living meant constant activity to obtain food , shelter and clothing , and the way of life was an integrated one in which work was not distinguished from leisure , and every activity contributed towards the survival of the individual and the community .
4 [ Ascariasis in man : The type species , Ascaris lumbricoides , occurs in man , and at one time it was not differentiated from A. suum , so that the pig was thought to present a zoonotic risk for man .
5 Even though information was not collected from women who were 45 years old or over , the pregnancy wastage in the older childbearing ages for which data were obtained seems to be of devastating proportions .
6 In upholding Peck 's committal order , Judge White said Mancroft was not protected from arrest under Parliamentary privilege or as a peer of the realm in a situation where the courts were exercising their punitive disciplinary powers .
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