Example sentences of "from [pron] it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of London 's earliest planned suburbs , it began to be laid out in 1773 on the estate of Henry Penton , MP for Winchester , from whom it took its name . |
| 2 | Its mile-long street , continuously built up along the side facing the loch from which it gets its name , has many shops , banks , garages , hotels and guest houses , patronised by customers from a wide area and by the touring motorists who pass through and invariably halt . |
| 3 | The association was founded in 1965 ( on 21 June , from which it takes its name ) , when some 80% of all school teachers staged a demonstration to protest against a new " Law of Retirements " , which increased by one third the period of service necessary to qualify for a pension . |
| 4 | The video is a shoddy deal , though , with muffled sound and only lip service paid to the Mother Of All Rockumentaries from which it takes its title . |
| 5 | The statutes from which it derives its powers are either public statutes or private statutes . |
| 6 | One , on the separate title page of the Metrical Psalms , has the motto ‘ God is my helper ’ and the device of a goose , from which it derives its nickname of the ‘ Goose ’ Bible . |
| 7 | An alternative draft platform for the forthcoming congress , drawn up at the Democratic Platform 's founding conference in January and from which it took its name [ see p. 37235 ] , was criticized for not attempting to make " a constructive contribution to the formulation of party strategy " and for concealing designs to turn the CPSU into a " shapeless association with complete freedom for factions and groupings , i.e. practically to dismantle it " . |
| 8 | Neville Duke 's P.1067 back at the airfield from which it made its record breaking run along the Sussex coast . |
| 9 | It is also widely used throughout Persia and Afghanistan — although , ironically , not in the Persian town of Senneh from which it derived its name . |
| 10 | Purchase decisions may need substantial information flows , whilst a well organised enterprise will also keep up-to-date on the main trends , developments and events involving the companies from which it buys its inputs . |
| 11 | His conception of the ideal institution is clearly at variance with the real competitive environment in which the BBC exists and from which it draws its sustenance . |