Example sentences of "to come from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learnt that people think it is very important to have money and to come from a good family . |
| 2 | That 's the message to come from a new book on Highgrove co-written by the Prince and environmental journalist , Charles Clover . |
| 3 | The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right . |
| 4 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 5 | The only serious threat appeared to come from a small group of exiles in Paris , chief amongst whom was Henry Beaumont , who had gathered together exiles from Lancaster s movement and some of the nobles who had lost lands in Scotland . |
| 6 | A Hampshire hotel hit on a clever country house compromise with gentle piano recordings that appeared to come from a live performer in the next room — creating a delightful backdrop to afternoon tea . |
| 7 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 8 | Here users tend to come from a wide variety of backgrounds , and press for an equally wide range of requirements . |
| 9 | A better understanding of electronic publishing is likely to come from a multidimensional approach which draws on different types of similarities between topics and offers alternative ways of structuring knowledge . |
| 10 | She knew that the one thing that her mother would never provide money for was a training in medicine , so she wrote eventually to the Boys ' Own Paper to ask them how to go about it , inventing a letter that was supposed to come from a badly-off boy whom she thought would enlist their sympathy . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | The heading ‘ Letterman productions , Hollywood , London , paris ’ , with a movie camera logo , seems to me to come from a comic book , but it obviously reminds Mr Shah of his brief association with Ava Gardner , Clark Gable and John Ford . |
| 13 | She screamed , a cry that seemed not to come from a human throat , a deathyell of mortal agony and longing . |