Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [vb pp] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grand mean is derived from the four group-mean data points of b . |
| 2 | The oil-finished neck is made from the customary maple , with the headstock scarfed on in what is rapidly becoming the ‘ old-fashioned way ’ . |
| 3 | Its blue and white facade is separated from the sandy beach by only 50 yards of lush public gardens . |
| 4 | As to the persons , the High Priest is distinguished from the whole nation , and the rulers … from the mass of the common people … |
| 5 | The term is borrowed from the Greek word for pointing or indicating , and has as prototypical or focal exemplars the use of demonstratives , first and second person pronouns , tense , specific time and place adverbs like now and here , and a variety of other grammatical features tied directly to the circumstances of utterance . |
| 6 | The control signal for the switch is derived from the first divider bistable ( at twice the core switching frequency ) by differentiating the square wave and clipping off the negative pulses with a diode . |
| 7 | Where an action is transferred from the High Court to the county court , Ord 17 , r 11 ( automatic directions ) apply to those actions not within Ord 17 , r 11(1) subject to any directions already given in the High Court ( No 3 Amendment Rule 1991 ) . |
| 8 | If all three colours overlap ( such as in the fifth matrix ) then a black dot is printed from the black ink reservoir . |
| 9 | In the first example below , 743 for Drawing is taken from the main schedules , and 03 for Dictionaries is added from Table 1 to make the notation 743.03 for a dictionary of drawing . |
| 10 | In flights , each lock is separated from the next by a space and has its own independent gates . |
| 11 | This gives the ratio of Venus 's mass to that of the Sun , and the mass of the Sun is obtained from the dominant elliptical part of the orbit of any planet just as the mass of a planet can be determined from the orbit of a satellite around it . |
| 12 | The height of each bar is read from the vertical axis . |
| 13 | The 17th Century Wide Work or New Work is separated from the White Work ( known by this time as the Deep or Old Mine ) by a steeply inclined bed of well cleaved ashes and tuffs which , in places , have been found suitable for roofing slate . |
| 14 | If a work is recovered from the current person in possession by the original owner , no compensation need be paid . |
| 15 | Oregano is derived from the Greek cros , mountain and ganos , joy , beauty , and in Greece it was woven into the crown worn by bridal couples on their wedding day . |
| 16 | The new provision differs from the old in one significant way , by altering the terminology in which the Act is couched from the senior police officer 's ‘ opinion ’ that he is unable to prevent the serious public disorder to ‘ reasonably believes ’ that the imposition of conditions will not enable him to preserve order . |
| 17 | For reasons of classification and sample size , not all the headings in Tables 3.1 and 3.2 are comparable , and law is omitted from the first and medicine from the second . |
| 18 | This approach does not necessitate measuring the ‘ maturity ’ of the heated sample , and therefore this source of error is eliminated from the constructed cumulative yield . |
| 19 | The large headstock is in keeping with traditional Vox styling , although this means truss rod adjustment is achieved from the other end of the neck . |
| 20 | If a portfolio is constructed from the three above securities with weights of w 1 =0.3 , w 2 =0.3 , and w 3 =0.4 , what would the factor weightings be and what would be the expected return ? |
| 21 | The gallery is approached from the first floor . |
| 22 | It can be a rather gloomy spot , though a series of large trees growing along the clifftop — allied to the cliff 's aspect — means the place is sheltered from the prevailing winds . |
| 23 | As the circle is turned from the frontal plane 75° , 60° , 45° etc to the CVR so the minor axis becomes shorter . |
| 24 | The membership is drawn from the various sectors of librarianship — public libraries , academic libraries , school library services and special libraries — and members are invited to serve on SPILL for a term of 2 to 3 years . |
| 25 | The experience curve is derived from the earlier learning-curve theory , used for years by production engineers to estimate direct labour requirements and by cost accountants in industries such as aircraft building . |
| 26 | Beautiful , but often brutal , nature is freed from the watchful control of man , and is totally at one with itself and its sometimes grisly inhabitants , whose primary motivation is day-to-day survival . |
| 27 | One eye 's cut from the flowered turf : |
| 28 | Our spontaneity is such that even in obeying ‘ Be aware ’ attention is drawn from the dark side of the world towards the light . |
| 29 | Spoken language interpreting , because it takes place only in one medium ( i.e. sound ) , ensures that two languages can not be mixed directly , and the use of an interlanguage is discouraged from the earliest stages of language learning . |
| 30 | For a process to be economically viable it is essential that the optimum yield of desired product is obtained from the raw materials . |