Example sentences of "[adj] [is] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several parts of Ayrshire had rock thought to be good for making curling stones but the rock which was , and still is , most popular is from the islet of Ailsa Craig . |
| 2 | Convinced is from the Greek word elenkhó0 , meaning ‘ convince ; convict ; usually suggests putting a person to shame ; telling someone his fault is in view . ’ |
| 3 | The following is from the Guerrillas ' recent ‘ Letter to Uncle Sam and the News Media ’ : |
| 4 | The concave is from SMA [ Santa Cruz ] so it 's fully dialled . |
| 5 | " So now you 're going to have what might well prove to be a boy , very likely is from the way you 're growing . |
| 6 | In June , because of the group 's recent financial performance and higher debt levels , our debt rating was downgraded by Moody 's from Aa3 to A1 ( the rating in 1990 ) and by Standard and Poor 's from AA to AA- . |
| 7 | The most vigorous is from Professor Theodore Van Laue , allowing ‘ no chance for a liberal constitutional Russia whatsoever ’ . |
| 8 | Perhaps the most beautiful is from Delphi , a girl supporting an incense-burner ( fig. 80 ) . |
| 9 | Amongst the many lovely views , the most glorious is from the swimming pool , across the olive groves to the Church of San Leolino with a semi-circle of Chianti hills as a backdrop . |
| 10 | ‘ I wonder if she 's into kinky stuff — still you can guarantee that their idea of perverted is from behind . |
| 11 | The Liberal Democrats are implicated in this question too , since they are as far away from their ‘ breakthrough ’ as Labour is from office . |
| 12 | and the blue is from tape eleven to twenty |
| 13 | The line in Provençal is from Bertran de Born 's ‘ Planh for the Young English King ’ , which Pound had translated splendidly as early as 1909 . |
| 14 | This organisation happily ploughs a furrow totally at odds with the notion of free trade , by making it as difficult as Possible for non-German companies to sell their wares in Germany without DIN approval — even where EEC law says that the only approval necessary is from the country of origin . |
| 15 | The most recent is from a translation of Between Blue and Blue , a French novel by Raymond Queneau , best known for Zazie in the Metro , ‘ Well , Lamelie ’ , said Cidrolin , ‘ while you 're waiting to get married , do you want to be entertained or educated ? ’ ’ |
| 16 | The grace to feel that the meaning and purpose rings true is from the same source . |