Example sentences of "[adj] from [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he has an interesting idea that we can set up democratic procedures to protect the minority within those procedures so that tyranny of the majority is something that afflicts only certain types of democracies , but if we have other types of democracies then we can protect the minority and the idea for proportional representation is often claimed in this light , but actually it does n't work as an idea , because although it allows a minority to be represented , represented is a different from being protected and so even if there 's a member of parliament with the one member of parliament with your unpopular views , that does n't mean that your unpopular views wo n't be made illegal say , because the fact that there 's one member of parliament wo n't mean that |
| 2 | It was damp from being buried in the leaves . |
| 3 | One in five appellants had made some attempt to obtain advice prior to the hearing , but only one in eight appellants is represented by an expert , as distinct from being accompanied by another member of the family or a friend without expert knowledge . |
| 4 | As he did so , he found a jar of water and a flat loaf of bread still warm from being baked in the hot ashes . |
| 5 | Only ‘ serious ’ disorders should excuse the accused from being found guilty . |
| 6 | They do not protect the less powerful from being killed , sexually exploited , deprived of what little property they possess , or physically and psychologically damaged through the greed , apathy , negligence , indifference , and the unaccountability of the relatively more powerful . |
| 7 | So Waleran goes where his roots are , to keep them safe from being torn up , even if he must do homage to Anjou for the soil they 've been firm in for generations . |
| 8 | This ideal , as everyone knows , is far from being satisfied . |
| 9 | It is clearly necessary to cater for all the languages in the group and ‘ double ’ resourcing or ‘ triple ’ or even more , has been possible for us with Nuffield Foundation funding , but it is far from being seen as an obvious need by those who hold the State sector purse strings , for example ! |
| 10 | Its not known if the Government will take on any of the reports recommendations but as far as the campaigners are concerned the battle is far from being lost . |
| 11 | It is still far from being accepted . |
| 12 | Social life is very far from being governed by shrewd logic and sweet reason . |
| 13 | Unknown to the client , DPR 's facilities were far from being computerised . |
| 14 | The dynamics and importance of H pylori reduced altered mucosal peptic activity is far from being clarified . |
| 15 | I have argued that the individualist case is far from being closed ; but why do its exponents not see this for themselves ? |
| 16 | Certainly the debate on how close chimpanzees and humans are is far from being closed . |
| 17 | The intermingling of theory and practice is shown in the first place by the fact that the systematic study of politics is far from being confined to institutions of higher learning , even though academic political studies , like the social sciences generally , have undergone a remarkable expansion during the present century . |
| 18 | However , despite section 89 , the statutory pre-emptive rights are far from being entrenched ; in certain circumstances they can be modified or waived . |
| 19 | The tension between structure and agency , necessary and contingent recurs in political activity ; any political outcome is far from being predetermined or even appropriate . |
| 20 | First , different ideals of the good far from being excluded will form the starting points of the argument about a doctrine of justice . |
| 21 | The acid rain problem may have disappeared from the headlines but it is far from being solved . |
| 22 | Clough will consider it a much needed morale booster if he can get Keane 's signature on the new deal , even though the battle to keep him at the City Ground is far from being won . |
| 23 | First , it revived international concern over what had often been called the ‘ forgotten war ’ — although it had by then lasted longer than the Second World War , it was still far from being brought to a formal end . |
| 24 | The " heresy " was that " if a person engaged to act for a client ought to act fairly and impartially towards the person with whom his client is dealing , then he is immune from being sued by his clienthowever negligent he may have been " . |