Example sentences of "[was/were] missing from " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had in his background two things which were missing from Fisher 's background . |
| 2 | Two pairs of hands were missing from the dutiful applause that greeted his speech . |
| 3 | One or two books were missing from the study shelves ; perhaps guests had simply borrowed them and taken them to their rooms . |
| 4 | The burgundy skirt was smeared with grime and buttons were missing from her gaping blouse . |
| 5 | although many famous names were missing from the register : notably Moffatt , Nadin , Legrand ( already sure of retaining his crown and recovering from a knee operation ) , Rabatou , Godoffe , Cortijo and Edlinger . |
| 6 | The man 's shako had a red , white and blue cockade , and some of the shako 's overlapping brass plates were missing from its leather chin-strap . |
| 7 | It claimed that not 325 objects but 463 objects were missing from the museum . |
| 8 | On 3 August 1989 officers pursuing inquiries on behalf of the P.C.A. also visited Warwick Crown Court and found that the original interview notes regarding the appellant 's case were missing from the court file . |
| 9 | If you were missing from the house overnight , I would be worried . |
| 10 | The great double doors of the palace had been smashed inwards by a hammerblow from an American Civil War vintage sixty-five pounder naval gun , which the rebels had somehow recovered from the sunken Atlanta , transporting it on an ox-drawn cart since the wheels were missing from its carriage axles . |
| 11 | ‘ And when you discovered Nicola and David Parkin were missing from the party , you did n't go down to the office again ? ’ |
| 12 | I suspected small sums were missing from my purse . |
| 13 | The green paperweight and the blue glass cat were missing from the chest-top . |
| 14 | Shannon ( 1951 ) demonstrated that there is over 50% redundancy in the English language by investigating the ability of readers to predict what letters were missing from words . |
| 15 | Declarations were missing from 15 of the 40 theses , and ten recorded no consultations ( 40% ) . |
| 16 | On Boxing Day , three actors were missing from the matinée performance of The Importance of Being Earnest . |
| 17 | Large sums of money were missing from the business , and while his colleagues now realised that her father was ill — and obviously had n't deliberately intended to commit any kind of fraud — nevertheless , the money had had to be replaced as quickly as possible . |
| 18 | But the £2,500 suite and other items were missing from the load delivered in January . |
| 19 | Both were missing from the side which won 4-2 at Colchester United on Friday evening and the Robins ' boss has to decide whether to stick with the makeshift back four which performed so well at Layer Road . |
| 20 | Fragments of paper were missing from some of the pages and quite a few names were faded , some almost beyond recognition . |
| 21 | Taffy spent five days cleaning , polishing , painting he copied the motives which were missing from and old nineteen hundred and eight B U machinery catalogue which he examined with a watchmaker 's glass . |
| 22 | One might suggest then that the ‘ major project ’ Holdaway recognized was missing from the college inventory is still to come ! |
| 23 | It was also necessary to fabricate and fit a new rotating cowl to replace the louvred terminal which was missing from the apex of the south-east roundel . |
| 24 | They are a genuine substitute for the talk and shared companionship that was missing from his first year at Oxford . |
| 25 | Time and time again he was missing from inside 6ft . |
| 26 | Indeed , only one voice was missing from the chorus . |
| 27 | When an audit showed money was missing from the hotel , 45-year-old Sandra Walker told police she knew but ‘ covered the loss ’ in the books ‘ in the hope of catching the thief when he stole again ’ , Guildford Brown Court heard on Friday . |
| 28 | The packet had been ripped open and a small bite was missing from one corner . |
| 29 | Last year I ran it because it was missing from my curriculum vitae . |
| 30 | When it was done the old man remarked that his dog was missing from it . |