Example sentences of "[be] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're from MID . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , ca n't you tell they 're from bloody dictionary , all the wording on the letter . |
| 3 | The bulk of translations are from Western languages ( and predominantly English ) into other languages — very little is translated from Chinese or Hindi into Western languages . |
| 4 | Four of the committee members are from developing countries , and the experience of several of the others has been mostly in these countries . |
| 5 | ‘ Bob , these two gentlemen are from Fraternal & Equality , an insurance company . |
| 6 | ‘ They are from Fraternal & Equality , the insurance subsidiary of INCUBUS . ’ |
| 7 | In eight LEAs surveyed in 1987 by the Commission for Racial Equality , the overall percentage of teachers who were from ethnic minorities was 2% ( Ranger , 1988 ) ; the percentage of the total population of these LEAs who are from ethnic minorities is about 8.5% ( OPCS , 1982 . |
| 8 | The European loans are from Swiss and English collections , from the Musée d'Orsay , Versailles and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna , with the greater part coming from Italian collections , private , public and those of banks . |
| 9 | Order seeds — the most interesting selections are from Chiltern Seeds ( mail order only ) and Thompson & Morgan ( also from garden centres ) . |
| 10 | Most of these are American ( 50 ) ; 14 are British , 12 are German and the rest , with the exception of Asahi and Mitsui from Japan , are from other European countries . |
| 11 | Population turnover is high , large numbers are not registered with GPs , high proportions are from other cultures or homeless , refugees are common — in the North Thames regions an estimated 120 000 — and AIDS causes many deaths . |
| 12 | Those reported here are from other countries . |
| 13 | Over a third of smoking induced deaths are from lung cancer and another quarter are from chronic obstructive lung disease — bronchitis and emphysema . |
| 14 | FFr180.5 million ( FFr80 million are from central government ) are flowing into the Grenoble museum . |
| 15 | Two of the best young swimmers in the land are from central south … that 's offical at the world cup meet in sheffield Jamie King of swindon and karen rake from Aylesbury were amongst the records |
| 16 | Others are from similar drums in the temple of Apollo at Didyma , and there is one from a small statue at Miletus . |
| 17 | My family and I have been subjected to unprovoked stone-throwing and spitting by gangs of youths who I presume are from right wing groups . |
| 18 | Of particular policy interest will be the analysis of the living standards of households dependent on supplementary benefit to assess how different they are from average living standards . |
| 19 | Of these , seven are from rural sites , although Fishbourne accounts for four of these examples due to the inclusion , here , of minor figural works . |
| 20 | The majority , however , are from rural sites , often with several mosaics in the same building . |
| 21 | The data for developed countries are from official vital statistics and special surveys ( with the official data having greater credibility than similar registered data for less advanced nations ) , while the material for developing countries has been taken mainly from results of the World Fertility Survey and the WHO Collaborative Studies on Health and Family Formation . |
| 22 | Many of the works are from private collections and have not previously been exhibited . |
| 23 | Many of the photos are from private collections . |
| 24 | At present , the only available data on the addition of intravenous heparin to full-dose aspirin plus thrombolysis are from non-randomised comparisons . |
| 25 | The figures in Table 5.1 are from cross-sectional data , obtained in 1980 , and could therefore be misleading as indicators of changes in households over time . |
| 26 | They are from upper-working-class , semi-affluent backgrounds , the Demi-Semis . |
| 27 | I mean , Ride are from bloody Banbury , how happening is that ? ’ |
| 28 | The values given here are from subsequent heating and cooling cycles applied slowly . |
| 29 | Once a match between Cornwall and Lancashire would have included the cream of English rugby , but tomorrow only a handful of players are from top clubs . |
| 30 | ‘ The fabrics are from top manufacturers such as Osborne & Little , but we can use others to make up sample boards for our customers if we prefer . ’ |