Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] take from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The name is taken from the Greek reuo , to set free , because it was thought to be effective in so many ailments .
3 The second example is taken from the early years of the nineteenth century .
4 This curious species is preserved in a fine-grained sandstone as an external mould — that is , all the original shell material has been dissolved away , but this still allows an accurate view of the original organism , especially if an artificial cast is taken from the natural mould .
5 If a piece of tissue is taken from the posterior margin of a mouse limb bud and grafted into the anterior region of a chick limb bud , it too can specify additional digits , but the digits are , of course , chick digits .
6 THIS TALE is taken from the twelfth-century De Gestis Herwardi Saxonis , which tells the story of Hereward , an eleventh-century rebel who opposed the Norman invaders in the Fenlands .
7 This phrase is taken from the European Council 's own ‘ Declaration on the Environment ’ signed in Dublin in 1990 .
8 Gas is taken from the Regional Transmission System at times of low demand , usually overnight , and put into storage to be used at times of higher demand such as the breakfast and tea-time periods .
9 The Woodward list is taken from the published account of the research .
10 The classic response to this situation is to take from the rich and to give to the poor on the grounds that the poor spend their money much faster than the rich .
11 This part is taken from the first 4 bars of the Pride And Joy solo and illustrates a great device for filling out the sound of your lines .
12 Some water boards insist that all cold water taps in the house are taken from the rising main ; others insist that only the kitchen tap is taken from the main and that all others are fed from the roof tank .
13 The term structure is taken from the physical world where objects relate to each other differently .
14 In most houses , with what is called an indirect cold water supply , the rising main goes directly to a cold water cistern , typically situated in the loft ; in others , with a direct cold water supply , the supply for taps and fittings within the house is taken from the rising main itself .
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