Example sentences of "[is] [adv] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , it is only from such studies , at whatever degree of reflection or theoretical remove , that we can begin to shape , test and substantiate our conceptual descriptions . |
| 2 | Some see this as indicating a constant relegation battle come the winds of March , but I believe it is only from such a lowly position , lulling opponents into a false sense of security , that we can wreak havoc on the rest of the League . |
| 3 | Zeta Aurigæ is of great importance to astronomers , because before totality ( that is to say , the moment when the blue star passes completely behind the red companion ) begins the light of the blue star comes to us through progressively deeper layers of the supergiant 's atmosphere and provides information about the composition and structure of the supergiant itself ; but the magnitude range is only from 3.7 to 4.2 . |
| 4 | A key issue which must be addressed in this debate is not what most favours the sons and daughters of those families already committed to higher education , important though this is , but rather which funding system will most likely encourage first-generation entrants to higher education from social groups not hitherto persuaded to participate , because it is only from these groups that the necessary growth of an education and trained population can actually come . |
| 5 | It is only from some insistence , within some other social and cultural order , that signals should always be singular in dimension — indicating ‘ pure art ’ and the ‘ purely aesthetic ’ in manifestly specializing , and then both emphasizing and excluding , ways — that these historical and sociological complexities are resisted . |
| 6 | Foucault notes that , at the same time as the Annales school and others were constructing a history according to the long durée , in the history of science , philosophy , and literature , attention was turning in exactly the opposite direction , that is away from vast unities towards phenomena of rupture , discontinuity , displacement and transformation , towards different temporalities as well as architectonic unities . |
| 7 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 8 | It 's away from all the other planets and things , it 'll just keep moving . |
| 9 | Appointment is normally from 1 January for two years , and may be renewed . |
| 10 | Given that the net flow of support is normally from older to younger generations , we should expect support in this direction to be more extensive . |
| 11 | Marks & Spencer predict they will sell one prawn for every person in Britain this month — 56 million in all — and that 's just from one brand . |
| 12 | Their money is largely from wholesale sources so interest rates are uncompetitive during times of high base rates . |
| 13 | The amount of line I allow a bream before striking is usually from nine to twelve inches . |
| 14 | The athletes have a class to themselves and the overall winner is always from this section . |
| 15 | Other beans come from Brazil , but the finest cocoa is still from Central America . |
| 16 | The Chinese government is looking at ways to protect the panda 's home from further destruction . |
| 17 | For high-pass walkers there is also from that road end a track up the spectacularly wild little valley of the Etzli which climbs up to the south . |
| 18 | But even that 's far from unacceptable . |
| 19 | It 's not going to press you back in the seat on acceleration or break any speed records , but it 's far from sluggish — a 119mph top speed , in fact , and 0–62mph in 12.8 seconds . |
| 20 | It 's far from agile , but certainly adaptable . |
| 21 | It 's far from luxurious … but to Maurice , the Mariner 's Hall hostel in Gloucester is a five star hotel . |
| 22 | It 's far from fast and there is some body shake over very rough roads . |
| 23 | It 's far from intuitive , and galling to waste as much time as it takes . |
| 24 | Inside there are few complaints ; it 's not luxurious , but it 's far from basic . |
| 25 | It 's often from untypical or casual routine events that lasting impressions are made . |
| 26 | ( 10 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars ( 11 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars and it 's possible that there is no life on Mars ( 12 ) It 's possible that there 's life on Mars , and in fact it is now certain that there is Now from this set of dilemmas the notion of implicature offers a way out , for it allows one to claim that natural language expressions do tend to have simple , stable and unitary senses ( in many cases anyway ) , but that this stable semantic core of en has an unstable , context-specific pragmatic overlay — namely a set of implicatures . |
| 27 | Even Fig. 14 , for the Simple model , has only 6.5 per cent of squares with absolute differences greater than 1000 but , as might be expected , the range is now from -3506 to +11 204 . |
| 28 | It is far from surprising that Mr Llambias stresses the importance of using an intermediary , but his reasons for doing so are cogent . |
| 29 | Given the abstract nature of our alphabetic system for representing language , and the abstract nature of our wholly context-free numerical system , their acquisition is far from immediate or straightforward . |
| 30 | It is true that the actual distribution of property in society is far from equal ; but it is not so skewed as to give any individual a monopoly of economic power . |