Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approximately half the force were from the Commonwealth — Aussies , Canadians , New Zealanders , South Africans , Rhodesians and even from as far afield as Hong Kong , Fiji and the West Indies , this all made for healthy competition . |
| 2 | The thrill of seeing Araminta in bathing dress , even in the distance , segregated as the gentlemen were from the ladies , made his heart race . |
| 3 | National government and household administration were from the middle of the sixteenth century separate entities . |
| 4 | To the right of the main buildings there was an open veranda or gallery with balusters and a sloping floor and entry was from the house . |
| 5 | On his brief visit to Cambodia he met Dith Pran for the first time , but his longest stretch was from the beginning of January 1975 until the fall of Phnom Penh in April of that year . |
| 6 | He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari . |
| 7 | The largest proportion were from the West Indies , Malaysia and Mauritius . |
| 8 | It meant also that ITV companies were from the start a kind of conglomerate — by definition . |
| 9 | In the south , that is Denmark and southern Sweden , the influence was from the Baltic : Holland , northern Germany and Poland . |
| 10 | The CNAA was from the beginning anxious to ensure progress towards greater democratic government in institutions , particularly , as we have seen , in the creation and proper functioning of academic boards . |
| 11 | Akbar was from a desert land-train clan . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Tracing the original owner , I found that the wood was from a timber outbuilding , and has been left to the tender mercies of the council or the local pyromaniac . |
| 14 | The top cutting was from the Sunday Times ; underneath , she spotted items from both the Guardian and the Sun . |
| 15 | Basil 's widowed father , a natural son of the Earl of Sandwich , formed part of Wordsworth 's circle of London friends , and the proposal that Wordsworth and Dorothy should become responsible for the child was from the beginning an important part of their plans for life at Racedown . |
| 16 | Although he has been with the organisation since his teens , the appointment was revolutionary since Mr Newmarch was from the investment side of the business , rather than an actuary . |
| 17 | The main office entrance and the entrance to the Foreign Secretary 's residence were from the court . |
| 18 | Clare 's cry was from the heart . |
| 19 | This inquiry was from a third-year pupil who had seen Prestel demonstrated in the information skills course where there is an emphasis on career information and the pupils use the large collection of Career materials in the library . |
| 20 | The letter that had caught Anne 's attention was from a girl who said she earned one pound seventeen shillings and sixpence a week . |
| 21 | He was alarmed at the possibility that this lad was from the village and that the village was rife with gossip . |
| 22 | The pop was from an airgun , not a bullet , being fired . |
| 23 | The third doubtfully determined outcome was from a builder who had been in financial difficulties . |
| 24 | The decline into the poverty of the inter-war years was from the heights into the depths . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In 1957 , 74 out of the top 100 firms were from the United States ; in 1972 the figure was 53 . |
| 27 | This reflects the consensus in reports on economic evaluation and , as all the source studies were from the United Kingdom , the discount rate recommended by the Treasury . |
| 28 | One member of the staff team of nine had nursing training ; two had been teachers and the rest were from a variety of other backgrounds . |
| 29 | Although that lifeboat station was not operating during the war the crew were from a lifeboat family , one of whom was awarded a Bronze medal for Gallantry some 30 years later . |
| 30 | The Antipodean gentleman was from the Textile Museum in Melbourne which is where the carpet is now displayed . |