Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 2 | Mortality of immatures ( n =791 ) , subadult females ( n =451 ) and mature females ( n =355 ) was calculated from a cohort study ( June-September ) where a given site was visited every 20 days . |
| 3 | The figure was calculated from a population of 74,014 taken from the electoral register at September 10 last year . |
| 4 | The amount of urokinase type plasminogen activator antigen in the samples was calculated from an eight point standard curve of urokinase type plasminogen activator ( 0–5 ng/ ml ) . |
| 5 | Bogdan Ursu was plucked from a grim Romanian orphanage by an aid organisation and brought to Middlesbrough . |
| 6 | It was withdrawn from a British primary school in 1987 . |
| 7 | How does the Minister react to the case , of which I have informed her right hon. Friend the Secretary of State , in which home help provision was withdrawn from an elderly couple , both of whom are severely and progressively disabled ? |
| 8 | Palatine was formed from a group of small regional breweries in 1960 in response to the contemporary brewery ‘ merger boom ’ . |
| 9 | Figure 5 is the PAS-score trajectory for Lowndes Queensway , the second largest furniture and carpet retailer in the UK , which went into administrative receivership in August 1990 , exactly two years after it was formed from a £450M leverage buy-out . |
| 10 | AN electrically-heated wing mirror was ripped from a Ford Sierra car parked in a layby next to its owner 's home in Church Street , Alton on Saturday night . |
| 11 | The Seasiders looked to be on their way but as so many times this season their poor defensive marking was exposed from a set piece . |
| 12 | A slight pause for impact was extended as , through the slightly open doors , loud , long — and naturally absolutely unconnected — laughter was heard from a four-year-old playing in the corridor . |
| 13 | In what police say was a tragic coincidence , gunfire was heard from a house across the street . |
| 14 | Albrecht was given from a reduced sentence because she had turned state 's witness . |
| 15 | ‘ And I was taught from an early age that you do n't turn your back on those kind of responsibilities . ’ |
| 16 | His pastime started when he acquired drawings of an Australian type of whistle and shortly afterwards a Canadian design was received from a fellow steam enthusiast in the South of England . |
| 17 | Local businesses responded generously to an appeal from School , and a generous grant was received from a fund which had been set up by leading industrialists to help Independent Schools to provide buildings and equipment for Scientific teaching and research . |
| 18 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 19 | A written apology was received from a boy who had accidentally , while playing badminton , caused damage to a picture . |
| 20 | A request was received from a household asking for support to turn down an application for a garage but it was deemed not a function for the Association . |
| 21 | His front leg was paralysed from an old road accident , our vet guessed the owners had abandoned her rather than pay for the amputation . |
| 22 | Here , by the use of the collective pitch control , not available to Cierva Autogiros , the aircraft was flown from a standing start at an angle of about 45° . |
| 23 | This vehicle was developed from a 1963 patent . |
| 24 | It is said that the first of the Macchi flying-boats was developed from a captured example of the Lohner E type . |
| 25 | This model was developed from a study of 11 villages in Nottinghamshire , where immigration had created a division between newcomers and locals . |
| 26 | Using scores derived from the Jarman underprivileged area index for this purpose seems to have face validity — the index was developed from a survey of one in 10 British general practitioners who were asked to weight social factors according to how much they thought they increased workload . |
| 27 | The document , which was developed from an exposure draft issued by the ASB in July 1991 , explains the authority , scope and application of accounting standards as well as setting out the procedures under which standards are issued and their relationship to international accounting standards . |
| 28 | TEACHER Jane McKenna was sacked from a riot trial jury yesterday for not paying attention . |
| 29 | A JUROR miffed that his £1.20 travelling expenses were not being paid was sacked from an Old Bailey case yesterday . |
| 30 | A knife wound had severed her jugular vein and her jaw was broken from a punch or a kick , the jury was told . |