Example sentences of "from [pron] [pers pn] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Anne-marie de Waal Malefijt , from whom I borrow these examples , wickedly observes : ‘ If interpreters from similar cultural backgrounds can not agree upon the meanings of symbols , how different must be the symbolic meanings assigned by people with different cultural experience ! ’ |
| 2 | Some feed more or less directly on sediment , from which they extract edible particles . |
| 3 | AT first they build temporary shelters by weaving a kind of palm branch into matting from which they make little houses . |
| 4 | Yet they equally commonly affirm the observation that by taking on additional ‘ jobs ’ from which they derive real enjoyment and satisfaction , their energy and resources seem , paradoxically , to be replenished rather than further drained . |
| 5 | For some people this may be self-imposed ; for me , my work forms part of it — it is something which I enjoy and from which I get considerable satisfaction . |
| 6 | You will cross the Firth Viaduct from which you have fine views of the Pentland Hills . |
| 7 | However , it is not really necessary to understand exactly what imaginary time is — just that it is different from what we call real time . |
| 8 | He took a piece of tracing paper over the old one though and Germanicised it and took it away from what we call Old English . |
| 9 | It is now trying to ram through retrospective legislation to undo a decision of the law lords that ought to save Britain 's building societies from what they consider double taxation . |
| 10 | Agency staffers want the Commission to seek a Federal court injunction barring Microsoft from what they consider abusive practices . |
| 11 | And without any lead-up she said , ‘ From what I gather some people take the mickey out of her down there because of her name , punning it like , and she being a bit fat . |