Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [indef pn] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have n't been in London for months , so it must be someone from round here . |
| 2 | The motives of the instigators might be anything from pure love of a believed-in ‘ god ’ , to nothing more than an ignoble desire to surpass in magnificence the work of a rival religion or area of influence . |
| 3 | The flanks of both the male and female carry a large area of colour which might be anything from bright pink to pale mauve , but in every case this colouring is far more intense in the male . |
| 4 | It depended entirely on the screw as to how full they filled it ; it could be anything from half-full to full . |
| 5 | Glebes could be anything from large farms to little or nothing . |
| 6 | Their involvement , if it materialises , may be anything from straightforward advertising on the equipment , on Mir , and even on the astronaut , to support for scientific experiments . |
| 7 | This may be anything from increasing brand awareness to improving specific aspects of the brand image . |
| 8 | On modern waste systems this is relatively easy , but on old-fashioned systems it may be anything from difficult to impossible — and care needs to be taken not to crack a ceramic basin when unscrewing a tight cleaning eye . |