Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] from the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last few questions were omitted from the last Journal and are given here . |
| 2 | We know an older nave existed by the wall Paintings over the chancel arch , these paintings uncovered by Mrs Baker A.R.C.A. were dated from the 12th century . |
| 3 | Both lustre and blue-on-white wares were made from the mid-thirteenth century to the late fifteenth century at Malaga and a typical example of a wide dish decorated in lustre and blue is shown in Figure 6.1 . |
| 4 | The combat troops were drawn from the Seventh Infantry Division , part of an 8,000-strong party of reinforcements dispatched to Panama on Wednesday night . |
| 5 | Patient years of observation were measured from the first date of a prescription up to the patient 's death or 31 October 1990 . |
| 6 | The young Aberdeen side were relegated from the first division of the indoor league , but they are better disciplined outdoors and with such a wealth of talent at their disposal they will take some shifting . |
| 7 | COWDENBEATH , following their 3-1 defeat at Meadowbank on Saturday , were relegated from the First Division . |
| 8 | Some pieces , like the hydria acquired by the Second Marquess of Sligo ( lot 22 ) were known from the nineteenth century , as was the Amphiaraos stamnos ( lot 24 ) which appeared in an early drawing by Benndorf published in Berlin in 1833 , after which it disappeared , only to surface again in this collection . |
| 9 | The counties with the most charters are Kent , Somerset and Worcestershire , and here large blocks of land were defined from the seventh century onwards , particularly when they were granted from kings to early monasteries . |
| 10 | The later theory of instincts , which included the death instincts , as well as the sexual instincts which were retained from the first formulation , seemed to solve the theoretical difficulties that arose with the first theory of instincts . |
| 11 | On the other hand , though , all descriptions of climbing here were excluded from the last Pembroke guide by the Climbers ' Club 's editor for the volume . |
| 12 | Abortion was another ; abortifacients , some of them potentially effective like ergot and savin , were advertised from the eighteenth century onwards in journals and handbills ( Potts , Diggory , and Peel 1977 ) . |
| 13 | Data were returned from the first fly-by and from the next two , on 21 September 1974 and 16 March 1975 . |
| 14 | With Dewey 's permission , UDC was developed from the fifth edition of DC . |
| 15 | The Old Town was developed from the 11th century , originally within defensive walls , around the rock on whose peak is situated the famed Edinburgh Castle . |
| 16 | The work carried out shows the area was occupied from the 1st century to the 4th century . |
| 17 | I sat with my head between my legs and looked at the dirt-encrusted toenails of the silent Yugoslavian on my left until-'Jennings ' was called from the next room . |
| 18 | Along the cliffs are quarries where alum was extracted from the seventeenth century until the late nineteenth century . |
| 19 | A small intestinal biopsy specimen was taken from the third part of the duodenum , and routinely processed for histological examination . |
| 20 | DISGRACED sprinter Ben Johnson , who was banned from the last Olympics for taking drugs , was arrested in Barcelona yesterday . |