Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [vb pp] from [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together with the Normande , the cattle of Brittany helped to create breeds as geographically distant as the Canadian and the colour-pointed Mauritius White , both of which are descended from stock of the old types : the Canadian was developed from cattle which accompanied French settlers in the seventeenth century and the Mauritius White in the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | A special class are Paterson 's bowel nosodes which were prepared from cultures of intestinal bacteria obtained from patients with specific health problems . |
| 3 | The universities are not formally sub-divided , but informal groupings based on origin and type distinguish between Oxbridge ( Oxford and Cambridge ) , the large federal university of London founded in the early nineteenth century , the larger ‘ civic ’ universities established later in the nineteenth century in provincial cities ( e.g. Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Bristol ) , the smaller civics such as Exeter , Hull or Leicester , the ‘ new ’ universities founded ab initio in the 1960s , such as Lancaster , Essex and Sussex , the ‘ ex-CATS ’ such as Aston , Salford and Bradford , which were upgraded from Colleges of Advanced Technology at around the same time , and the Scottish , Welsh and two Northern Irish universities . |
| 4 | This means that instead of being a monolithic operating system running monolithic applications , the program just calls in bits of code as they are needed from libraries of routines — rather the same way that ICL Plc 's VME mainframe operating system works . |
| 5 | This means that instead of being a monolithic operating system running monolithic applications , the program just calls in bits of code as they are needed from libraries of routines — rather the same way that ICL Plc 's VME mainframe operating system works . |
| 6 | It 's made from layers of plastic resins , with a clear wear layer protecting the printed design , and frequently with an air cushion layer between this and the backing , for extra comfort and warmth underfoot . |
| 7 | It is known from studies of collocations that the information derived from co-occurrence information is optimised at a distance of four words . |
| 8 | There is evidence to suggest that he was descended from Judas of Galilee , leader of the Zealots a century and a quarter before , and from the Zealot commanders at the capture and subsequent siege of Masada . |
| 9 | It may be that Aethelwald 's genealogy does not survive because his family did not claim descent from Ida and it is possible that he was descended from Oswine of Deira . |
| 10 | He was gone from sight of man for eight months . |
| 11 | He was saved from isolation of the mind by a lucky proximity . |
| 12 | Still others claim he was adapted from tales of the Norse god ODIN , and his fleet-footed mount Sleipnir . |