Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The top cutting was from the Sunday Times ; underneath , she spotted items from both the Guardian and the Sun .
2 Founded in 1883 , its relationship to the cooperative movement was from the start problematic .
3 Since most of the surplus food was from the lowlands with irrigation water originating in the highlands , widespread deforestation in the latter areas had had very serious effects upon the ability of South Korea to feed itself .
4 Hence the likelihood that his diaries would have contained material of a secret nature which needed to be suppressed by legal and governmental intervention was from the outset slight .
5 She listened for Patrick 's cry but the only noise was from the Kenny children as they squabbled over a piece of bread , and Maggie was sitting on the bed with the baby sucking in vain at her scrawny breast .
6 A complex lighting system had once worked , but now the only illumination was from the gaps in the roof which allowed streams of sunlight to pour through into the empty , lifeless environment .
7 He said that at times it appeared that the only effective opposition to what was becoming a single-party government was from the press .
8 The Antipodean gentleman was from the Textile Museum in Melbourne which is where the carpet is now displayed .
9 The nearest clean water was from the standpipe in the churchyard ; they did not like to wash their finds there , because the water was for the flowers on the graves , but Martha fetched some in a bucket .
10 The other report was from the DC who had called on Garland 's daughter , Anna , and her mother .
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