Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] came from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest sectoral rise came from the independent fund managers where funds rose 30 per cent to £31.7 billion by the end of 1992 . |
| 2 | The great cultural influence came from the monastic settlements , where the Cistercian Order was most active . |
| 3 | And a grievous weeping came from the last of the three reeds . |
| 4 | Although it is tempting to trace the historical antecedents of subcontracting to the pre-industrial ‘ putting-out ’ system , the crucial impetus came from the very rapid expansion in manufacturing output from the later 1950s . |
| 5 | An answering sigh came from the fair-haired girl standing next to her . |
| 6 | Most of the basic equipment came from the British General Post Office , then responsible for Britain 's telephone system . |
| 7 | As O'Grady and Kyle went down the 8th another sudden roar came from the expectant crowd waiting round the 11th . |
| 8 | The black fungal mass of her sex quivered , and odd sounds came from the Green Jack 's hollow mouth , like whistling gasps . |
| 9 | A terrible laugh came from the younger man . |
| 10 | His long nose came from the latter and more specifically from a genetic type unit near the Dead Sea . |
| 11 | But it hurt him in some way to admit that one of his key men came from the wrong end of the Bible , so to speak . |
| 12 | She was still pondering on this mystery when a low whistle came from the other side of the ditch . |
| 13 | The biggest Nazi vote came from the rural districts , and the lowest came from urban areas , where the SPD , KPD and DNVP were still firmly based . |
| 14 | Angry whispers came from the other men . |
| 15 | The initial impetus came from the Managing Director of one of the largest of the Harris Tweed manufacturers — the son of a crofter and himself a fisherman in his early days The Association was , however , given its distinctive shape and its constitution by the first chairman , Rev. Ian Carmichael , a Gaelic-speaker from Lismore who was a minister in Stornoway at the time , and who had had considerable experience of welfare work in industry , and had been for some years vice convener of one of the largest local authorities in Scotland . |
| 16 | The other motivation for European Union came from the newly-freed countries of Central Europe themselves , who favoured it in the knowledge that only a strong Community , closely knit in a European Union , would have the resources and united will to assist them towards eventual EC membership . |
| 17 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 18 | The only light came from the big fire . |
| 19 | All the doors off it had been closed , and the only light came from the open archways at its beginning and end . |
| 20 | When we got out of the car , we found the only sound came from the chirping crickets . |
| 21 | The only sounds came from the other end of the room where the woman was splitting the artichokes and tossing them with a splash into a big plastic bowl . |
| 22 | For the second year in succession the largest contribution to economic growth came from the financial and business services sector , which grew by 15 per cent , compared with 10.1 per cent in 1989 . |
| 23 | If the key role in opposing James 's pro-Catholic policies came from the Anglican establishment , and in particular from the clergy , how did they justify doing this , given their professed attachment to the principles of non-resistance and passive obedience ? |
| 24 | Italic type came from the rapid , flowing writing of chancery scribes . |
| 25 | The only optimistic statement came from the third cadre of military transport , which had recently held two cell meetings . |
| 26 | The military muscle came from the large and predominantly Serb-officered Yugoslav National Army , which wanted to keep as many of its privileges as possible . |
| 27 | It was quite an exciting and exacting task to work out the meaning of basic Christian terms , for in Burmese almost all the abstract nouns and religious words came from the religious language of Buddhism . |
| 28 | The zoos ' founding stock of lar gibbons came from the wild , and the usual way to catch gibbons is to shoot mothers and take away their infants , many of which die before they reach their destinations . |
| 29 | Decision-making on change was decentralised , especially in manufacturing ; the initiative for changes involving new equipment came from the industrial establishment in the majority of cases , although requiring the approval of head office ( in most cases ) or divisional office ( in a minority of cases ) . |
| 30 | More damning evidence came from the small survivor , Harry Symmonds . |