Example sentences of "[pron] name from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sevillana are similar to Flamenco and take their name from the Andalusian city of Seville , from which they originate . |
| 2 | They introduced themselves as self-confessed leaders of the Maillotins , the French word for ‘ clubs ’ , a secret society of the Parisian poor who attacked the rich and earned their name from the huge cudgels they carried . |
| 3 | Greenwich 's famous clipper ship gets her name from the cutty sark or short chemise ( a loose-fitting dress or under garment ) , which her figure-head wears . |
| 4 | He vaguely remembered her name from the literary magazines , where she was quite well thought of . |
| 5 | In my garden at Wells I have a wonderful well — indeed , there are five of them and the city of Wells derives its name from the five springs in the palace grounds . |
| 6 | Legend has it that the bridge got its name from the plaintive cries of the prisoners as they were escorted across it . |
| 7 | The church gets its name from the adjacent hospice where pilgrims on their way to or from Rome once stayed . |
| 8 | This is a 7½ inch gauge which runs parallel with the standard gauge tracks and collects its name from the adjacent coal yard . |
| 9 | The village took its name from the Roman road or straet known as the Gartree Road which passes close to the little limestone church of St Giles that now stands all alone on the skyline . |
| 10 | This elongated , rocky finger , which gets its name from the ancient word for dragon , is said to resemble the creature at rest . |
| 11 | These terraces grew into the village we know today as Middleton St George , which took its name from the ancient parish in which it was situated . |
| 12 | With this in mind , the Zipper Club , which gets its name from the distinctive scar left after surgery , aims to help people before , as well as during and after treatment . |
| 13 | The valley takes its name from the Entlen torrent , a tributary of the Little Emme , which races down to join it from the slopes of the Glaubenberg mount which separates this valley from the parallel valley in which lie the Lungern and Sarnen Lakes ( and the road from Brunig Pass . ) |
| 14 | Derives its name from the central Persian village where it evolved over 200 years ago , and is a more delicate and sensuous variation of the mina-khani composition . |
| 15 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 16 | The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated . |
| 17 | The Pit derives its name from the steep galley down from an old tin mine , which the Badlands surfers must negotiate to reach the beach below . |
| 18 | The boteh design ( pl. 26 ) derives its name from the Persian word for " a cluster of leaves " , which it only partially resembles , and is familiar in the West as the primary motif of the Paisley design . |
| 19 | Takes its name from the Persian word for crab , but is probably based on either a floral or animal form . |
| 20 | It is no surprise to learn that this village got its name from the local industries of smelting silver and iron . |
| 21 | The hawthorn is the oldest of the hedgerow trees , for it gets its name from the Old English word haga , ‘ a hedge ’ or ‘ an enclosure ’ , and it was used from Saxon times onwards to make impenetrable fences — the hedge-thorn . |
| 22 | The Old Forge Mews development in Arundel , Sussex takes its name from the old Grade 11 listed forge building on the original site . |
| 23 | The village had been recorded in Domesday Book and had taken its name from the Old Danish personal name Thurulf and the earlier Anglo-Saxon suffix tun . |
| 24 | The Lakeside new station takes its name from the nearby lake , where a by-pass road scheme is under construction . |
| 25 | The fish gets its name from the unusual formation of the teeth which are elongated on the upper and lower jaws near the middle of the mouth . |
| 26 | The Vampire Plec gets its name from the unusual formation of the teeth which are elongated on the upper and lower jaws near the middle of the mouth . |
| 27 | Slateford village took its name from the predominating rock of the area and the ford which was a major crossing point of the river . |
| 28 | Rightly called Yoredale in the Middle Ages after the river Ure which flows through it , the dale later came to take its name from the little market town of Wensley , further down the dale . |
| 29 | There was reported controversy at a meeting of the SI council on Nov. 23-24 in Geneva , Switzerland , over proposals , principally from the West German and Austrian socialist parties , that the SI establish formal links with ruling " ex-communist parties " in Eastern Europe , especially with the Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP — which had changed its name from the Hungarian Socialist Workers ' Party ( HSWP ) in October — see p. 36960 ) . |
| 30 | The Wilder Kaiser is very comfortable gasthof , which takes its name from the magnificent mountain range that rises behind Scheffau . |