Example sentences of "[verb] [is] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conclusion to be drawn from the above discussion is that while market forces undoubtedly constrain management behaviour , the disciplinary framework they impose is far from complete . |
| 2 | The only other twentieth-century example I have found is also from an Irish-born writer : ( 198 ) I 've been made scream with pain in other ways . |
| 3 | If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal . |
| 4 | What this means is far from clear . |
| 5 | The amount of line I allow a bream before striking is usually from nine to twelve inches . |
| 6 | The earliest temple-sculpture we possess is not from a Doric temple but from an attempt to monumentalise the old form . |