Example sentences of "a [noun] from [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The judge may read in words which he considers to be necessarily implied by words which are already in the statute , and he has a limited power to add to , alter or ignore statutory words in order to prevent a provision from being unintelligible or absurd or totally unreasonable , unworkable or totally irreconcilable with the rest of the statute . ’ |
| 2 | It 's a change from being stuck in Abingdon ! |
| 3 | They imply also that the organization is prepared to make more mistakes , but to carry the consequences in view of the greater benefits to the organization as a whole from being action-oriented . |
| 4 | Do you think that there was a changeover from being practical , I mean can you remember seeing that transition from the very practical shade to the , to , to the light fitting becoming something decorative ? |
| 5 | I am by no means certain , however , he is right because , if he is right , the silence of the Act as to whether applications can be made ex parte or inter partes — which means , in my judgment , they could be either in appropriate circumstances — has been by the Rules cut down to deprive a party from being able to make an ex parte application . |
| 6 | These form today 's big stick : their owners hope that , by possessing the ability to kill tens of millions of people and destroy the fabric of modern industrial society , they will prevent an enemy from being stupid enough to risk all by waging all-out war . |
| 7 | Nothing in section 13 is to prevent an act from being actionable in tort on a ground specified in section 13(1) where ( a ) the contract interfered with in respect of which the action is brought is not a contract of employment and ( b ) there has been secondary action which does not satisfy the requirements of section 17 . |