Example sentences of "but that [be] [adj] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's far from the case . |
| 2 | And people get depressed , like when they 're dealing with bereavement , that 's an event in a person 's life and causes short term dis , short term , very intense distress , but that 's different from the way we 're constructed through the media and all sorts of ways to be super mothers , super wives , super kiddie and a super this that and the next thing which none of use can meet all these demands at one go ! |
| 3 | But that is far from the case . |
| 4 | But that is far from saying that the testator 's son is to be legally obliged to carry it out . |
| 5 | The scientific underpinning of such an idea is necessarily speculative , but that is far from saying that it is a nonsense : such clouds are at least as complex , in terms of interacting molecules , as human beings . |
| 6 | In the United Kingdom the legislature has effectively long since surrendered the power of the purse to the executive , but that is far from being the case in the United States . |
| 7 | I suggested a second or so ago that the ordinary reader , unsure of what to make of the shifting realities of Joyce 's writing , might defensively assume that no such hesitations would trouble the experienced reader , but that is far from being a homogeneous class . |
| 8 | But that is different from a decision about an investment project , in which future guesses about profits are compared with capital costs . |
| 9 | To be sure , God 's Spirit is at work in the East and everywhere , but that is different from saying that he contributes to beliefs which deny the truth that he has inspired . |
| 10 | I am in favour of that , but that is different from setting up international agencies whose legislation and ideas may have devastating effects on industries in western countries while leaving eastern countries to carry on processes over which the rest of us have no control . |
| 11 | There was indeed a section 88 investigation here , carried out by Mr. Shaw , an assistant chief constable of West Yorkshire Police , but that was separate from , although no doubt assisted by , the investigation into the appellant 's complaint . |