Example sentences of "a [noun] derived from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the ingredients contained in these products are : anise , cantharides ( or ‘ Spanish fly ’ , a chemical derived from the dried bodies of beetles ) , estrogens , fennel , ginseng , golden seal , Korean ginseng , licorice , mandrake , minerals , nux vomica , sarsaparilla , strychnine , testosterone and vitamins . |
| 2 | An older term than ‘ formative assessment ’ , diagnostic assessment is a metaphor derived from the medical world . |
| 3 | Its theme is the recovery of a man who , in the very moment of death , is saved , and dedicates the rest of his life to God , a theme derived from the Biblical account of King Hezekiah . |
| 4 | RJ2.2.5 , a mutant derived from the human B-lymphoma cell , Raji , is unable to express the MHC class II genes because of a recessive transcriptional defect attributed to the lack of an activator function . |
| 5 | Traditionally it was supposed that the teacher 's authority to inflict punishment on a pupil derived from the implied delegation of parental authority . |
| 6 | In order to isolate cDNA clones representing the entirety of the Oct-11 mRNA , various mouse cDNA libraries were screened with a probe derived from the Oct-11 POU domain . |
| 7 | He painted with the meticulous craft of the Elizabethan limner in a style derived from the elaborate concoctions of mannerist court portraiture ; a style soon to be swept away by the tide of the baroque brought to England from Flanders by Rubens and Sir Anthony Van Dyck [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | Because of the confusion which might result from the use of economy in the context of the market Hayek labels the market order a ‘ catallaxy ’ — a word derived from the Greek verb Katallassein which means not simply ‘ to exchange ’ but ‘ to admit into the community ’ and ‘ to change from enemy into friend ’ . |
| 9 | These brochs ( a word derived from the Old Norse borg — a citadel — later transmuted into borough ) nearly all followed one basic pattern : that of a large circular dwelling with drystone walls up to 15 feet thick , and some of them as much as 50 feet high . |
| 10 | ( In 1983 , for example , there was a Justice for Divorced Fathers candidate , one representing Freddie 's Alternative Medicine party , and another standing for Law and Order in Gotham City — a label derived from the old Batman comic book series ! ) |