Example sentences of "[prep] be from " in BNC.

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1 In the present case the poles of are from equation ( 12.4 ) simply and rejecting the pole the procedure for finding yields This being the physically realisable transfer function , in it is restricted to being imaginary and , checking back , when expression ( 12.6 ) is indeed the transfer function in agreement with equation ( 12.3 ) .
2 She found herself looking covertly at the bed , which had so much the air of being from a foreign country .
3 Wayne 's going-out stuff , all hung over the back of his one upright chair , had the definite air of being from another world altogether .
4 ‘ I have always been immensely proud of being from Derry and though I left Derry many years ago , Derry never quite left me . ’
5 Well when it was started up , the first unit that I was with was from the shop floor at Bloxwich Lock and Stamping and erm it took the nucleus of people off the shop floor and then after we 'd finished our ten hour shift during the summer or when we could , we started foot drill training in the yard of the factory .
6 Well I was er Er the school days from were from er eleven to fourteen and er tt of course during that time we had the opportunity to try and pass for grammar .
7 And the horsepower range we work from is from seventy six , to two thousand horsepower .
8 But where the uproar has come from is from people who have thought that they had got binding court agreements .
9 The fourth man in is from New York City , he was the gunner and engineer of the crew , he is now deceased .
10 He quoted the dismissive comment of the writer of the volume on British Painting 1530–1790 in the Pelican History of Art : ‘ To discuss the Sartorius tribe and such painters is no business of the historian of art , no matter how bitter the accusations of neglect are wont to be from those specialist writers who sometimes confuse the history of art with praising famous horses . ’
11 If the death is then considered to be from natural causes , the coroner will issue a notification that he does not consider it necessary to hold an inquest , and this may be given to the relative to take to the registrar or sent to the registrar direct .
12 Only a day earlier , another pro-Palestinian group calling itself the ‘ soldiers of justice ’ - believed to be from Abu Nidal 's organisation — had claimed responsibility in Beirut for the murder of the Belgian Jewish leader , Joseph Wybron .
13 A High Commission official has interviewed Selahattin Ozberk , 30 , and a doctor who examined him said that he is potentially suicidal and has scars which appear to be from beatings in Turkey .
14 Mortified , all the other political leaders voted to change the rules to exclude the far-right MEPs from their new posts , especially after it was discovered that Mr Le Pen 's man for Israel was likely to be from West Germany 's Republicans , led by an ex-SS officer , Franz Schonhuber .
15 They are thought to be from south China .
16 The badge looks to be from the '50s .
17 In the Williams incident , a caller giving a false name and claiming to be from brokers Hoare Govett rang the Guardian and other newspapers with a story earlier this week claiming that a stake of over 3 per cent had been built secretly by the Barclay brothers .
18 6.2 Discriminant analysis results of neutron activation data for Spanish tin-glazed pottery known to be from Malaga , Valencia and Seville .
19 For instance , the teeth on the famous supposedly Pre-Columbian crystal skull , said to be from Mexico ( fig. 8.7 ) , have been cut with an abrasive wheel .
20 8.7 Crystal skull ( ETH 1898–1 ) , said to be from Mexico .
21 It is offering unlimited loans said to be from Global Finance Corporation , of Delaware , America .
22 Is it because they take in a smaller quantity of vapour or tablet dust ? and how far does the vial have to be from the nose before the dose is inactive ?
23 The Bramante building — it was the architect 's first work in Milan — is thought to be from the finest period of the Lombardy Renaissance and is a masterpiece of space and depth , the more so because of Bramante 's superb use of a perspective fresco beyond the High Altar .
24 She seems to be from a good family , and we want to trace them .
25 a sick child ( preferably appearing to be from the past , ie. black and white photo/line drawing )
26 Franca thought , he 's sent her on ahead to fix things up , to have things out , to clarify things , to establish the regime , how things are to be from now on .
27 The one of Otakar I is superb and is said to be from the hand of the master himself .
28 Some appeared to be from famous historical figures ; the signatures on these were Oscar , John A , Edmund , Edward Morgan , James .
29 Once you 've decided on the amount you need to borrow , you can get an indication of what the gross monthly repayments are likely to be from the tables provided in this booklet for amounts up to £5,000 .
30 The humorous implication was that obviously Scotland was a good place to be from .
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