Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [verb] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As a biologist , my main interest has for some years been human genetics , the study of the way in which various characteristics are passed from parent to offspring . |
| 2 | Secondly , as the weights are derived from analysis of individuals there is a serious problem of applying them at the level of wards or districts where the information is readily available only in aggregate . |
| 3 | The knowledge that words are read from left to right , and from the top of the page to the bottom . |
| 4 | Western blot analysis using anti-serum against expressed proteins detected each corresponding subunit of HeLa TFIIF ( Fig. 1B , 1C ) providing immunological evidence that the recombinant proteins are derived from expression of cDNAs for each subunit of TFIIF . |
| 5 | In other words , how many bytes of data per second are moved from disk to memory . |
| 6 | Clauses referring all disputes under a contract to an expert are encountered from time to time in practice . |
| 7 | WHILE a growing number of British companies are switching from petrol to diesel-engined cars to improve fuel consumption and cut costs , one company , originally at the vanguard of the diesel movement , has dumbfounded the experts by reversing its decision and going back to petrol . |
| 8 | Vagrant birds of South American origin are reported from time to time on the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands ; their presence indicates repeated possibilities for colonization , but they invariably disappear quickly . |
| 9 | According to whale scientist Dr Roger Payne , the toxins are passed from generation to generation through the mother 's milk , with the toxin concentration increasing with each successive generation , eventually threatening the species with extinction . |
| 10 | Each year , about half-a-million workers are switching from cash to payment through a bank account . |
| 11 | It is important that the world 's under exploited plants are saved from extinction as if the plants were utilised properly they could help reduce occurrences of famine as the varieties of plants are suitable to many different climates . |
| 12 | Undertakings are given from time to time in personal injury cases . |
| 13 | In lime-soda-softening , small amounts of the metals are removed from solution with the calcium and magnesium , and , with prior aeration , large amounts can be dealt with by this process . |
| 14 | Consider a translate instruction in which ( a ) The source and destination strings are scanned from right to left ; ( b ) Each entry in the translation table contains both a value to be inserted in the destination string , and the address of a new translation table for the next source character . |
| 15 | Star commands and their associated qualifiers are converted from lower-case to upper-case if necessary . |
| 16 | These general principles are derived from experience by induction . |
| 17 | In the autoshaping procedure , pigeons are confronted from time to time with presentations of an illuminated disc ( a response key ) signalling the delivery of food . |
| 18 | These figures are derived from Census of Population figures and produce a different total work force from Census of Employment figures . |
| 19 | where pension contributions or charitable gifts are deducted from pay for tax purposes , and keep a separate record of the amount of gross pay used for NI purposes . |
| 20 | Well I , I would n't disagree with it , but I , but I , the description is perfectly plain to ensure that effective arrangements are established from liaison between the various departments of the County Council and the appropriate organizations such as the emergency services . |
| 21 | Finally , the Rampton/Swann statistics themselves provide evidence that the educational achievements of Afro-Caribbean children and young people are increasing from year to year at a higher rate than those of other groups . |
| 22 | When people are fleeing from fear of imprisonment , torture or death , they will use any means available to reach a safe country . |
| 23 | Apart from the wide range of orientation techniques used , the fact that orientation techniques are switched from year to year within individual libraries , and the fact that maybe several different techniques might be employed in any single library in any one year , is further illustration of uncertainty in this important area of user education . |
| 24 | Agricultural produce and game are excluded from liability under the Act unless it has undergone an ‘ industrial process ’ giving it ‘ essential characteristics . ’ |
| 25 | Interest rates are adjusted from time to time to reflect market conditions , and will be chosen to balance long-term inflows of deposits with the demand for loans : higher interest rates attracting more deposits and reducing the demand for loans . |
| 26 | Materials are covered from graphite to felt-tips , to pastels — the latter not really suitable for sketchbooks , probably , but ideal for preparation for oils . |
| 27 | A family run wine bar where hot and cold meals are served from noon to 7 pm . |
| 28 | Thus numeric operands are held in sign-and-magnitude form , with the sign on the right , since operands are processed from right to left . |
| 29 | Since instructions are processed from left to right on this computer ( unlike data which is processed from right to left ) , the characters of an instruction are picked up until a word mark is reached ( indicating the beginning of the next instruction ) ; the instruction is then executed . |
| 30 | Interestingly , though , most of the audition selections are chosen from work of the last twenty years ; most young students will go for contemporary work . |