Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was intended to run from 5 to 8 October , but whatever the purpose underlying the move , the respite for those at the battlefront was brief . |
| 2 | A loud cry was heard coming from somewhere underneath them . |
| 3 | ( 84 ) The tune was heard to come from no further away than where the track slings around the shoulder of the hill . |
| 4 | The £500 white van , which was reported stolen from Wallasey , eventually crashed into a field by the Post House hotel , on Wrexham Road , in Chester . |
| 5 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | Cleveland teenager Carrie Gallagher , 13 , who caused concern when she was reported missing from her home in Declarden Road , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , had been staying overnight with a friend . |
| 7 | It is understood he was reported missing from a dependency unit at South Cleveland hospital earlier in the day . |
| 8 | It is understood he was reported missing from a dependency unit at South Cleveland hospital earlier in the day . |
| 9 | She was carried screaming from the siege house , where she lives with her parents . |
| 10 | If the EEC did wish to go beyond the 1962 agreement on agriculture , the arrangements of which were in any case due to expire in 1965 , if financing was permitted to come from the EEC 's own resources , and if the latter were to be levied on imports , then it was sensible for the EEC budget to come under the control of the European Parliament . |
| 11 | Officially , no one was permitted to resign from B.P. ; we were presumed to know too much . |
| 12 | Unemployment , however , was expected to fall from 8.1 per cent in 1988 to 7.9 per cent in 1989 due mainly to increased job opportunities in the manufacturing sector , whose contribution to GDP was estimated to have expanded from 24.4 per cent in 1988 to 25.6 per cent in 1989 . |
| 13 | The North 's share of the world 's energy consumption was expected to decrease from around 70 per cent to 60 per cent by 2020 , but in that time the proportion of the global population living in the South would have grown from 75 per cent to 80 per cent . |
| 14 | In response to higher than expected government revenue in 1989 , as a result of an increase in the value of exports , especially oil , projected revenue for 1990 was set at naira 47,657million ( US$1.00=N 7.6627 as at Jan. 8 , 1990 ) , of which N 38,628 million was expected to come from crude oil export ( based on a estimated price of US$16 per barrel ) and N 9,029 million from non-oil sources . |
| 15 | Total expenditure was expected to rise by 19 per cent to TSh141,248 million , of which 30 per cent was expected to come from foreign loans and assistance . |
| 16 | For 1990-91 revenues and grants were forecast to increase by P653,000,000 over the revised 1989-90 budget to total P3,318 million , 63 per cent of which was expected to come from mineral exports . |
| 17 | Increased revenue was expected to come from additional indirect taxes , including sales taxes on fuel , cars , fruit and some beverages ; cars would be taxed at between 50 and 500 per cent , depending on engine capacity , and fuel prices were to rise by about 30 per cent . |
| 18 | Revenue from tax and non-tax sources was estimated at TSh118,547 million , while some TSh85,653 million — about 42 per cent of the total budget — was expected to come from overseas donors . |
| 19 | The funds thus obtained , which would be repayable over a five-year period , represented only about 15 per cent of the estimated cost of making good damage to infrastructure [ see p. 38362 ] ; most reconstruction funding was expected to come from oil revenues . |
| 20 | Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) . |
| 21 | A major source of opposition to the return of Rawlings to power was expected to come from the Nkrumahist parties . |
| 22 | Another grandmother , while ‘ an unwearying entertainer ’ to her grandson , ‘ a familiar friend , ever kind — too indulgent ’ , was a less welcome guest to his parents , for whom her presence was ‘ not an altogether blessed arrangement ’ , and she was expected to retreat from the parlour to her own room upstairs well before the master of the house returned from work . |
| 23 | The public-sector deficit was expected to expand from 33,900 million pesos in 1989 to at least 55,100 million by the end of 1990 . |
| 24 | The budget deficit was expected to grow from Esc439,000 million in 1989 to Esc601,000 million in 1990 , or around 7.5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) ( the 1989 figure of 4.3 per cent of GDP being unusually low , partly because of accelerated revenue collection as a result of tax reforms ) . |
| 25 | Even though the fear of violence may have been justified in this case , the 30-mile zone and the fact that the disorder was expected to emanate from other than the marchers make the implications of the case disturbing , even in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | Inflation as measured by the retail price index was expected to drop from a year-on-year rate of almost 11 per cent in October 1990 to 5.8 per cent by May 1991 , but " core inflation [ was ] likely to fall less rapidly " . |
| 27 | This is because the need to reform was felt to arise from the normal attitude of aristocrats in the Germanic world that churches which they had helped to establish were a part of their material property . |
| 28 | The failure of the CPT , Apto 's successor , which had the endorsement of the activist wing of the Roman Catholic Church and of the leading CNT and CUT labour confederations , to emulate the May success was attributed to its failure effectively to mobilize its supporters , which in turn was felt to stem from its mistaken belief that the Colorados were a spent political force . |
| 29 | During the thrilling 3–3 draw between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest , Mr Clough was seen to emerge from the Forest dug-out and engage one of the linesmen in animated conversation . |
| 30 | Later she was seen phoning from the office . |