Example sentences of "[is] derived from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This is derived from quadrant II . ) |
| 2 | ( This is derived from quadrant I , via quadrant III . ) |
| 3 | A hundred years ago the average person ate less than 25 per cent fat in their diet ; today half our energy is derived from fat in different forms . |
| 4 | Into this Garden of Earthly Delights the selected trainee Assassins were carried while unconscious with drugs [ " assassin " is derived from hashashin — " hashish-eaters " ] . |
| 5 | The claim that the concept ‘ red ’ or any other concept is derived from experience and from nothing else is false . |
| 6 | However , in case of foreign participation in excess of 20 per cent of the equity or 5 million forints the assessment is reduced by 20 per cent , but if more than half of the income is derived from manufacturing goods or carrying on the business of a hotel , and the stock capital exceeds 25 million forints and the foreign participation exceeds 30 per cent , then during the first five years the tax is reduced by 60 per cent and thereafter by 40 per cent . |
| 7 | Methanol is derived from fossil fuels — coal , natural gas , heavy oil , etc . |
| 8 | The substances used were methyl tertiary butyl ether ( MTBE ) which is a product of methanol , and ethyl tertiary butyl ether ( ETBE ) which is derived from corn . |
| 9 | ( ‘ Lysodeikticus ’ is derived from Greek and means ‘ an indicator of lysis ’ . |
| 10 | Fracture length is derived from stimulation modelling provided the fracture height and width are correctly assumed . |
| 11 | It was certainly grown by the Anglo-Saxons , as the name is derived from gar , a lance , and leac , a leek , both Anglo-Saxon words , referring ( depending on your authority ) to the shape of the leaves , the tips of the cloves or the stem . |
| 12 | Much of the methodology described in this chapter is derived from work in Dr Martin H Johnson 's laboratory , Department of Anatomy , Cambridge , during the past 10 years and I should like to express my gratitude to all members of the laboratory past and present for their contribution to it . |
| 13 | Our knowledge is derived from work constructed in more permanent materials — stone , marble , mosaic , brick — and such buildings were naturally the more important ones and not necessarily typical of the whole . |
| 14 | Overlook the oddball Cynos badge on the back ( Cynos is derived from cynosure , or centre of attention ) and the cute rear-drive Toyota coupe has plenty going for it . |
| 15 | In the UK there used to be two taxes that tax wealth per se rather than the income that is derived from wealth . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) The primary meaning of democracy is government which is derived from public opinion and is accountable to it . |
| 17 | Its dynamism is derived from faith in the potential for human transformation which beggars the imagination of a disillusioned generation . |
| 18 | For example , on average some 25 per cent of calorie intake is derived from alcohol and sugar . |
| 19 | Sweat is derived from blood plasma and blood salts . |
| 20 | Any pinkish tinge is derived from blood in the tissues under the skin . |
| 21 | Power in business is derived from confidence , a confidence drawn from the balance sheet , by the generation of wealth . |
| 22 | Unlike all other HIS products , sucralose is derived from sugar — so it tastes more like sugar than any other sweetener . |
| 23 | That the information contained in the statement reproduces or is derived from information supplied to the computer in the ordinary course of those activities . |
| 24 | However , what is behind Quine 's refusal to admit a prior substantive concept of reality — a corollary of his rejection of the a priori — is that our broadest conception of reality is derived from science ; ‘ science identifies and describes reality ’ and without science we have no way to think or talk about it at all . |
| 25 | My sister and I were investments that did n't pay off for the income that is derived from investment is unearned income : having made that initial payment , the investor need make no further effort . |
| 26 | One of the best forms of supplement is haemoglobin iron which is derived from beef blood and is completely natural ( virtually 100% of it is used by the body compared to very low utilisation by the body of synthetic iron-ferrous salts ) . |
| 27 | GRE forms a major component in the formula for determining the actual resource allocation , or the Block Grant ( £8.5 milliards in England for 1985/6 ) , which consists of the transfer from Central Government to augment the income that is derived from property rates . |
| 28 | NO is derived from arginine in a reaction catalysed by NO synthase , and inhibitors of the enzyme have been reported to block the induction of LTP r140–143 . |
| 29 | The MR signal is derived from energy released from hydrogen nuclei when subjected to a radio frequency pulse within a uniform magnetic field . |
| 30 | The South therefore includes countries like Saudi Arabia with about 10m people and a GNP per capita of $12,230 per annum ; however , most of its income is derived from oil exports and investment income , and in economic and social terms it is still regarded as an underdeveloped country . |