Example sentences of "often [vb past] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this had been increasingly called into question : women campaigned for equality , divorced people and unmarried parents became more assertive , and theologians showed that what had been claimed as universal truths often arose from particular cultures and societies . |
| 2 | For many upper-class men , prostitution appeared both necessary and inevitable ; and their objections to raising the age of consent often arose from the fear that either they or their sons might be threatened by new legislation . |
| 3 | Such thefts often arose from grants of benefices known as precariae ( from preces , the " prayer " or " request " which had to be offered by the recipient ) on church lands . |
| 4 | The satraps often revolted from the Great King , but when Alexander invaded , they fought to repel him . |
| 5 | The reined-in impatience which so often emanated from Ian was absent , Theodora 's gravitas mitigated and Julia 's social nervousness sedated . |
| 6 | They often suffered from vaginismus , but they invariably praised their husbands for being ‘ exceptionally kind ’ , passive , totally understanding and ‘ so good as not to bother me ’ . |
| 7 | It contrasts markedly with similar past projects which often suffered from appalling industrial relations and were sometimes years late . |
| 8 | Extensive as the network of government may have been , kings delegated much power to the handful of men holding the office of ealdorman ( or earl ) , who often came from families rich in land . |
| 9 | There was infestation of rats and mice , with lice , bed- and wood-bugs , cockroaches and beetles , to back up the rivers of excreta which often flowed from common lavatories situated on tenements , between floors . |
| 10 | I wanted to see her smile , hear the little chuckle that so often bubbled from her as we spoke , and just watch her move about . |
| 11 | Professor Andrew Greeley extended this by drawing attention to the special sensitivity of the sufferers , by which they are easily hurt , which he found often resulted from an unhappy childhood . |
| 12 | Private stations often resulted from deals done by railway companies with landlords as part of the purchase of land for railway development . |
| 13 | Socioeconomic differences themselves often resulted from racial discrimination , especially in employment and housing . |
| 14 | At the beginning of this chapter I noted how the distinctions made between political systems often emerged from current political conflicts and preoccupations , and this feature is very much in evidence in the political sociology of recent decades . |
| 15 | To bulk up the reference list by including citations to work never read , and often cribbed from other researcher 's Reference Lists . |