Example sentences of "[vb pp] from [noun pl] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few children interpreted the question as a physicist might , involving the way light is scattered from objects into our eyes . |
| 2 | The liability of each person is assumed to be determined by the independent contribution of a major locus ( g ) ( a locus that causes a displacement of more than one phenotypic standard deviation between normal and abnormal genotypes on the liability scale ) ; a multifactorial component ( c ) , attributable in theory to a large number of genetic or environmental influences , or both , acting additively and transmitted from parents to their children ; and a random , non-transmitted environmental factor ( e ) . |
| 3 | The women 's organizations are also an important source of information for many refugees who would otherwise be isolated from events in their country and a channel by means of which they can express support for the revolutionary movement : |
| 4 | Parties are usually distinguished from groups by their intention to seek control of the main offices of government . |
| 5 | In turn , this implied that deviants should exhibit a ‘ gap ’ between their conventional aspirations and expectations , and should be clearly differentiated from non-deviants by their adherence to oppositional values ( neither of which turned out to be the case ) . |
| 6 | D. Metcalf and S. J. Nickell , also of the Centre for Labour Economics , analysed retrospective data from the National Training Survey , in which information was elicited from respondents about their careers from 1965 to 1975 . |
| 7 | They were protected from enemies by their isolation and the land they cultivated was boundlessly fertile . |
| 8 | This intuition was confirmed in a study in which we asked graduate students and other members of staff in our department to comment on short passages derived from examples in our corpus . |
| 9 | Using the Jodrell Bank Radio telescope in Cheshire , they had observed the super dense pulsating radio star ( pulsar ) PSR18219-10 for 18 months and deduced from variations in its radio signature that it was being orbited by a planet every six months at approximately the same distance as that from Venus to the Sun . |
| 10 | Peeking around the kitchen door , they saw rubbish being emptied from dustbins into their home . |
| 11 | The last three were taken from forms on which subjects recorded three consecutive defecations , this being done satisfactorily by 77% of the subjects . |
| 12 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |