Example sentences of "be from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blacks , like Bailey and Wint who were in athletics , tended to be from established occupational and social backgrounds and , to them , sport may not have yielded a direct material benefit . |
| 2 | Erm , I do n't , I do n't know what er people are er afraid of , or frightened of really , j just by sending a couple of delegates from the trades councils that would er voice the concerns of the rank and file , it 's not going to er set any dangerous precedents , and let's , let's not forget that those people would be from recognized trades unions as well . |
| 3 | Such " success " as there may be from legal prohibition of alcohol or other addictive substances is gained at the expense of creating the suffering of " Dry Drunks " . |
| 4 | to be from protected dreams , owls hooting relentlessly at larks . |
| 5 | However , the addition of these fats has not been universally accepted and some members of the EC and the US maintain that the cacao portion of chocolate , which includes cocoa butter , must be from pure cacao nib , which contains approximately 55 per cent true cocoa , otherwise the product must be described as chocolate flavoured . |
| 6 | The point is that if you just ring America , you might as well be from outer Albania for all they care . |
| 7 | Both the spine and the cross-spar must be from resilient material . |
| 8 | It is offering unlimited loans said to be from Global Finance Corporation , of Delaware , America . |
| 9 | The cellular source of soluble ICAM-1 ( sICAM-1 ) in samples of healthy blood donors seemed to be from mononuclear cells , because sICAM-1 was only detectable in cell culture supernatants of lymphoid cell lines and peripteral blood mononuclear cell cultures . |
| 10 | I have noted that flicking is very common where such a substrate is used and I think it may be from mechanical irritation of the gills by tiny bits of coral suspended in the water . |
| 11 | But it would be stretching the meaning of citizenship to regard these rights — however desirable they may be from other points of view — as forming part of an enlarged ‘ citizenship ’ . |
| 12 | The statements can be from other children in the class or they might be standard scientific explanations . |
| 13 | None had been seen at that time in the Harwell experiments that preceded ZETA but Kurchatov announced that the Soviets were seeing some neutrons which were due to fusion occurring , but were unlikely to be from thermonuclear fusion because the rate of their production did not vary with current in the expected way . |
| 14 | The badges , now faded , appear to be from various air forces which fought during World War Two . |
| 15 | A population increase of about 3.5 million was forecast in the South-east in the period 1961–81 , just over 1 million of which would be from net inward migration , the remainder in the form of natural increase . |
| 16 | Some appeared to be from famous historical figures ; the signatures on these were Oscar , John A , Edmund , Edward Morgan , James . |
| 17 | This may be from chronic stress , where our stress tap drips constantly a small amount at a time for months or years , or from sudden stress , when we encounter a specific fear , problem or major life event , which causes the stress tap to turn full on . |
| 18 | Patients readmitted to hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding shown endoscopically to be from oesophageal varices were classified as having failed surgical therapy . |
| 19 | It describes a social-psychological process whereby heroin and its associated cultural knowledge ( for instance , how to use it ) are spread by means of communication and exchange between individuals who live in close proximity to one another , but who may be from different social groups . |
| 20 | We would therefore not expect a yield curve to be constructed using both government and corporate bonds , since these would be from different risk classes . |
| 21 | The texts tend to be from old archaeologists . |
| 22 | A number are not known to be from previous material , and Wulfstan may have taken them from records of Cnut 's administration . |
| 23 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 24 | Thirdly , there are amendments in the name of the Government of the er Noble Earl Lord which are Amendments ten , fifteen and twenty and these provide for greater flexibility in the size of police authorities , again between sixteen and twenty-four members to be determined by the Secretary of State and for the Bill 's existing proposition that er fifty per cent of the members should be er and only fifty per cent of the members , should be from local authorities that er er er er that er of the remainder some should be magistrates and some should be members appointed by the Secretary of State and finally er there is a series of amendments er by the Noble Lord , Lord , Amendment seventeen , eighteen and twenty-two and those provide again with flexibility of size for er police authorities that half of the members should be from local authorities and the other half should be magistrates . |
| 25 | Local printing will be done at a minimum of 400dpi and more likely 800dpi while bulk reproduction will be from high speed photocopier derivatives that provide double-sided printing , collation and finishing . |
| 26 | But he notes that three-quarters of the dose would be from heavy ions , whose biological effects are ‘ poorly understood ’ . |
| 27 | Monasteries , hopeful of future gain , could frequently have preferred their entrants to be from wealthy families . |
| 28 | Support will be from Sweet Tooth and Of Cabbages And Kings . |
| 29 | Support will be from Sweet Tooth and Of Cabbages And Kings . |
| 30 | ‘ We expect the majority of our turnover to be from overseas markets , ’ he said . |