Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [be] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The last two groups to perform are from Donegal and Leitrim . |
| 2 | Tonight , police said one of the drivers killed was from Northampton . |
| 3 | The other parties represented were from the France unie grouping , from either the Mouvement des radicaux de gauche ( MRG — Left Radical Movement , Emile Zuccarelli pres. ) or the Union pour la démocratie française ( UDF — Union for French Democracy , Valéry Giscard d'Estaing ch . ) . |
| 4 | They 're keen bird-watchers and their best sightings have been from the laboratory windows which overlook very special conservation areas . |
| 5 | The models illustrated are from the Colt Roto range , available through branches of The Loft Shop . |
| 6 | All the previous imports had been from Germany , but one of the most influential imports of the early 1960s was made by the Elsdens , who looked to Holland for their import . |
| 7 | Much of the major investment in this country 's telecommunications infrastructure in recent years has been from BT , which has made a much bigger contribution to the Exchequer than it did in the 1970s , as it is more efficient , more productive , sells more services , makes more money and pays more tax . |
| 8 | The most dramatic shift in recent years has been from soft to underwire garments , which provide greater support and ‘ shape ’ . |
| 9 | According to a government report published on Aug. 9 , cases of espionage in Switzerland involving agents from Eastern Europe continued to increase ; 65 of the 91 cases recorded from 1980 to 1988 involved these countries , most of which desired technological rather than political or security information , and over the same period 17 of the 24 diplomats and officials expelled were from Eastern Europe . |
| 10 | Species whose populations decreased were from a variety of habitats including open fields and farmland ( Skylark and Yellowhammer ) , ponds ( Moorhen ) , scrub ( Whitethroat ) , wetlands ( Sedge Warbler ) , woodlands ( Stock Dove ) , aerial feeders ( Swallow and House Martin ) and many generalists particularly at home in gardens ( Wren , Dunnock , Robin , Blackbird and Song Thrush ) . |
| 11 | ‘ The materials used are from building sites and they 're all associated with destruction . ’ |
| 12 | The most intense competition that the London derivative exchanges face is from the other 23 European exchanges . |
| 13 | Ballistics experts proved the pellets had been from two air rifles found in Dines ' car . |
| 14 | Most purchasers had been from south-east Asia . |
| 15 | Their increase in money wages had been from 21s 9d to 36s ( £1.08 — £1.80 ) , an increase of 66 per cent . |
| 16 | The enquiries have been from those in government , both central and local , researchers as well as students , and schoolchildren . |
| 17 | Unless otherwise indicated , the documents discussed are from the Minutier Central , Archives Nationales de France . |
| 18 | Italian radio reports say the others killed were from Germany and Kenya . |
| 19 | It 's like the re , most latest ones have been from like six years ago . |
| 20 | As a winter visitor this species ' distribution is very similar to that of the Slavonian Grebe , but there is now no regular wintering locality , although most recent records have been from the western end of the county and Rye Harbour . |
| 21 | Most breeding records have been from lakes or ponds with good marginal vegetation , such as Shillinglee , Lurgashall , and Burton ponds , or from small , sometimes quite insignificant , streams and marshes in the interior . |
| 22 | ‘ Most approaches have been from smaller chemical plants . |