Example sentences of "is obtained from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such information is obtained from maps and from hydrological and meteorological records . |
| 2 | Inspiration is obtained from gardening books — which Bill buys and reads avidly . |
| 3 | Godwin illustrates on a small scale the proximity of cesspool and pump ( Fig. 34a ) which an investigator in the town of Stafford in 1866 found to be a more general rule : ‘ The water supply of the whole town is obtained from wells , many of them in close proximity to receptacles of filth ; and I am in the habit of saying , partly in joke , but principally in earnest , that the persons living at No. 6 drink the water that is made at No. 7 . |
| 4 | For this and other reasons we recommend that most of the fibre is obtained from vegetables , salad , and fruit , which does not have this effect , and that you do not simply spoon on dollops of bran in order to increase fibre intake . |
| 5 | This mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen is obtained from methane , higher hydrocarbons or coal |
| 6 | This is made by adding water to ethylene gas , which itself is obtained from oil . |