Example sentences of "from [be] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . |
| 2 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
| 3 | And this , far from being a containment ( transgression presupposing and thereby ratifying the norm it contravenes ) , is one condition of the norm 's undoing . |
| 4 | But then the other faction , the shattered remains of the erstwhile " confident " party , had argued rather differently … far from being a sign of collapse it was , in fact , a sign of the Collector 's resolve , his determination not to submit to oppression , to fight back , in other words . |
| 5 | Far from being a symbol of modern decay , it was a symbol of prosperity . |
| 6 | The role of loyal officers and police in the events of 17–20 July demonstrates that while the rising may have been predominantly military in character it was far from being a rising of all the military . |
| 7 | Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ‘ subsidiarity ’ is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 9 | I was changing rapidly from being a boy , in so many ways , to a man . |
| 10 | She had become reconciled to the idea of an eternal shadow ; she discovered that , far from being a threat , her bodyguards were much wiser sounding boards than many of the gentleman courtiers who fluttered around her . |
| 11 | A director found guilty of an indictable offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 has been disqualified from being a company director for two years ( p 102 ) . |
| 12 | But because he was guilty of an indictable offence , he was also disqualified by the Assistant Recorder from being a company director for two years under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 . |
| 13 | Ken , as that star , received star treatment from this reviewer of the revue — which incidentally got its title from being a company of eight performing at eight o'clock each evening . |
| 14 | It barely represented the true drama of the moment , though Nicholson was better informed than most on the subject because apart from being a friend of Polanski , he gleaned first-hand accounts by attending the trial of Manson and his disciples , whose story proved to be more gruesome than even Hollywood could either manufacture or exploit in a movie . |
| 15 | Help promote and support the activities of the Ulster Orchestra by becoming a Friend and benefit from the privileges that only come from being a Friend of the Ulster Orchestra . |
| 16 | The banks have any number of excuses for this further move away from being a friend to thrifty and sensible private and business customers . |
| 17 | The press has shifted its emphasis from being a backlist publisher , selling books over five to ten years , to selling its frontlist within two years , reprinting when necessary , rather than having vast stocks gathering dust in a warehouse . |
| 18 | Doug Green went on to tutor Jane Dubar : ‘ Actually I think I learnt as actually part of the INSET course more from being a tutor than as a teacher participant . ’ |
| 19 | It was the first real ballet of John 's to be seen at Covent Garden , since his dances for operas had so far all been on a small scale , and it was far from being a success . |
| 20 | ‘ And you 're a long way from being a saint , are n't you ? ’ he drawled mischievously . |
| 21 | Far from being a challenger for power , it could not even hold on to its old citadels . |
| 22 | ( Is there anything else you would rather be doing at the moment , apart from being a housewife and a mother ? ) |
| 23 | It moved from being a component in the domestic strategy for the conquest of power to the key element in the overthrow of world capitalism , founded now upon an alliance of European workers and the nationalist movements of Asia . |
| 24 | From being a principle which all but the most radical or " extremist " were anxious to disown , it became one which all but the most reactionary claimed to believe in . |
| 25 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |
| 26 | ‘ Flaubert is writer of rare merit , — he replied , using Gustave 's family name in a manner that shocked me , ‘ but he is held back from being a genius by ill health . ’ |
| 27 | It knows that the pageant derives its reality from being a circus and it demands that the circus fulfils rationalized functions . |
| 28 | Far from being a jackpot for commuters , the compensation payouts are hardly likely to be worth the flutter . |
| 29 | Kano State Radio is the mouthpiece of the government of Governor Abubakar Rimi , which is a very different thing from being a PRP radio station ; indeed , the PRP , led by the late Aminu Kano , had the doubtful distinction of being without any mass media outlet at all during most of the period between the 1979 and 1983 elections . |
| 30 | I knew it from being a kid , but I did n't even know the name of it . ’ |