The phrase "a yes from a" is not complete and lacks context, making it unclear in written English.
It could be used in situations where you are referring to receiving an affirmative response from someone, but it needs additional information to clarify the subject.
Example: "After much discussion, we finally got a yes from a key stakeholder."
Alternatives: "an approval from a" or "a confirmation from a".
We have just watched what we thought was a "yes" from a Major UK funding body turn into a "no".
Minutes before final consideration of a bitterly contested measure to give President Bush expanded trade negotiating authority, Mr. DeMint switched to a yes from a no, providing the swing vote in a 215-214 outcome.
A yes from a college doesn't make you somebody; the work you put into earn that yes did that.
It would have been easy to think, "Oh, I'll never get a yes from a guy like that" and settle for someone less noteworthy.
While a "yes" from a junior executive or assistant may not be the final step, your job is to get to the next decision maker.
But while Mr Blair knows well enough that securing a "Yes" from a predominantly Eurosceptical electorate will not be easy, he may still be underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead.The prime minister's biggest quandary is how to make an upbeat case for a turgidly written document of 333 pages that is riddled with deliberate ambiguities.
The group Gun Owners of America released a letter this week demanding a yes from Mr. Donnelly.
A vote on the principle of a two-state solution (which might still elicit a "yes" from both sides) may be a better prospect than submitting any precise land swap to popular scrutiny.
We are all very clear about never undermining or contradicting each other in front of her, but inevitably communication does break down on occasion and she'll hear a "yes" from one parent having had a "no" from another.
Mr. Fowkes, 35, who runs an Internet site, hired Ms. Pease to devise a plan for a Dec. 2 proposal that would elicit a "yes" from Ms. Barnickel, 25,, a health-insurance business analyst who loves vintage chandeliers, flowers, music and all things French.
He will be hoping it is enough for a yes from Hammond.
