Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun sg] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Entrants had to pick one of the four sections and develop their design from the abstract ideas that they found there . |
| 2 | King Priam 's widow Hecuba and other women await their fate from the victorious Greeks . |
| 3 | Now that when , as soon as I get my cheque from the British Legion for two hundred , roughly . |
| 4 | While there are a few things in digital technology which have no possible representation in analogue form — infinite impulse response filters are a good example — most digital blocks derive their shape from the original analogue function . |
| 5 | The government and President Mubarak derive their legitimacy from the overwhelming support of the Egyptian people . |
| 6 | Assigns acquire their meaning through association with other signs or words and so are more complicated than signs , which derive their meaning from the direct experience of the individual ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 7 | All moral rules it seems , derive their strength from the original incest taboo and lose their reliability if this taboo is weakened . |
| 8 | One approach is to time the passage of the Sun , from one side ( or — limb ’ ) to the other , across a fixed meridian ( north-south ) wire , and calculate its size from the known rotation rate of the Earth ; another depends on measurements of the solar disc using a micrometer screw at the eyepiece of a telescope . |
| 9 | Now settled here , she is helping Bunty Matthias with co-ordination for Harlemation , and has danced on Neneh Cherry 's video for ‘ Inner City Mama ’ , putting into practise her experience from the early Manhattan break-dancing scene . |
| 10 | If you rent your home from the local authority and want to move within your present locality , the housing department may be able to recommend a housing association in addition to their own accommodation . |
| 11 | This season 's eye and lip colours take their cue from the current international designer collections . |
| 12 | Sevillana are similar to Flamenco and take their name from the Andalusian city of Seville , from which they originate . |
| 13 | In kung fu the hands take their shape from the particular animals whose fighting techniques the practitioner is imitating . |
| 14 | Josef gave us a thank you letter from the Red Cross , and a teacher told us that Britain supplies more aid to Croatia than any other country . |
| 15 | Choose a dressing table to match the style of your bedroom — just take your pick from the wide variety available . |
| 16 | This process is guaranteed by the spirits of the earth , who withdraw their protection from the human community when it is divided by quarrelling . |
| 17 | We too can take a cup and drink our fill from the living water of light , of true knowledge , logic and love combined . |