Example sentences of "[Wh det] come from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I have a figure in front of me which came from the International Air Transport Association who say that in January something in the order of sixteen flights were cancelled , and airlines lost more than five hundred million pounds in revenue , of which three hundred million was lost by European airlines . |
| 2 | The Chedworth crosses were all cut on the stones which came from the octagonal basin of the nymphaeum . |
| 3 | Called ‘ porter ’ after the Covent Garden market porters who drank it , it was characterised by its distinct , dark colour , which came from the roasted barley it contained . |
| 4 | He even uses words which come from the Old Testament Book of Daniel and they recognised that and here they 've got this pathetic looking individual in front of them threatening to destroy the temple , threatening to this , that and the other and here you 've got this power Sanhedrin who ca n't recognise him really as the Messiah and yet there 's a ring of truth about some of things that he 's talking about . |
| 5 | In short , his argument is that it is the very abstraction which confers the material advantages of modern science , and the social advantages of both modern freedom and equality , which is also responsible for the dilemmas of exploitation and alienation. the central conflict is not , therefore , one between liberalism and equality , which come from the same root , but one emerging from a recognition that both of these entail consequences which may turn against the interests of the subject . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , UMNO is using the tactics that come with experience : Malaysia 's prime minister , Dr Mahathir Mohamad , is ostracising the Kelantan chief minister and putting the squeeze on the state 's budget , two-fifths of which comes from the federal government . |
| 7 | But the balancing act does not have to be done in the United States with regard to AFDC ( and other programmes , such as Medicaid ) , because the government which distributes the benefits ( at the State level ) is not also responsible for raising most of the money to pay for them ( which comes from the Federal government ) . |
| 8 | The big firm thus minimises its holding of stock , and the small firm must bear the brunt of stockholding costs by holding sufficient stocks of its own finished goods to meet any order which comes from the big firm . |
| 9 | Australia is some 65% self-sufficient in oil , 90% of which comes from the Bass Strait field . |
| 10 | There was coppa , made from the muscular part of the pig 's neck where it meets the shoulder , and prosciutto , Parma ham , which comes from the same part of the pig as English gammon , and is cured in specially air-cooled rooms up in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma . |
| 11 | The name tystie , which comes from the old Norse language , may refer to the birds ’ high-pitched , ‘ reedy ’ call . |
| 12 | Not many developing countries would now see the activities of TNCs as impinging on their sovereignty … there are clear indications of a new pragmatic approach which comes from the growing belief that developing countries can negotiate agreements with TNCs in which the benefits of foreign investments are not necessarily outweighed by the cost ’ ( UNCTC , 1988a : p. 314 ) . |