Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After two years of difficult negotiations , the agreement seemed to be a brand plucked from the burning . |
| 2 | Thus Since the mixture boils at one atmosphere ( 760 mmHg ) , the sum of the two partial pressures must equal one atmosphere : Tables of data show that , at 98.6°C , Substituting this value and the experimental data into the above equation we obtain Note that the molar mass calculated from the formula is 93.13 g |
| 3 | In females it generally consists of a group of stout bristles which lies beneath the extended fore Wing and engages there in a retinaculum formed from a patch of hairs near the cubitus . |
| 4 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 5 | If the mean levels for one hour and two hours are plotted , then a line intersecting the two points can be taken back to the y-axis ( Fig 7 ) and the hourly uptake calculated from the slope , thus : |
| 6 | Payments can be stopped and the money withdrawn from the account at any time . |
| 7 | His claim was later proven and the drug withdrawn from the market . |
| 8 | It is quite feasible that band members will have contributed to the composition of songs in different amounts , so the income received from the band 's songs is often split to reflect this . |
| 9 | Human wealth is the source of income received from the sale of labour services , while non-human wealth is the source of all other incomes ( that is , incomes received from the ownership of all kinds of assets , like government bonds , company stocks and shares , and property ) . |
| 10 | The waterproof feathers of many marine birds , underlain by a dense blanket formed from the aftershafts of individual feathers , enhance insulation and serve also to keep out wind and snow . |
| 11 | The Birmingham case differed from the Guildford one , he said , with evidence over and above uncorroborated statements . |
| 12 | If your edit was a deletion , this command inserts the text deleted from the Scrap into its original place in the document before deletion . |
| 13 | The dog 's god is a scrap dropped from the table . |
| 14 | Those taking part come from a variety of backgrounds and have spent several months or in some cases years receiving instruction in the faith , usually as part of a parish group . |
| 15 | The greater part come from the area around the Black Sea , concentrating especially on the Urartian Empire ; relations between the Greeks and the Thracians and Scythians ; and the art of Sarmatia . |
| 16 | These are essentially the notes of an F♯ minor arpeggio approached from a semi-tone below . |
| 17 | Seaweed torn from the beach , all that distance away . |
| 18 | The Prince dropped from the saddle and ran into the house . |
| 19 | Strong , virile performances of two of the finest of all Tudor settings of the Mass come from the choir of St John 's College Cambridge on a label not normally associated with early music , mid-price EMI Eminence . |
| 20 | This technique originated from the need for correction , as colour dries differently from its appearance when wet . |
| 21 | Two of the small number of Liberals representing Quebec in the federal parliament resigned from the party in response to Chrétien 's election . |
| 22 | Internal strife within the Conservative Party ( CP ) surfaced when five members of parliament resigned from the party on Aug. 13 . |
| 23 | In fact Wordsworth liked geometry ; he describes the ‘ pleasure gathered from the elements / Of geometric science ’ ( Prelude 1805 vi , 135–87 ) , and in the famous dream in Book V of The Prelude the two things to be saved from the impending Deluge are ‘ Poetry and Geometric Truth ’ . |
| 24 | The programme developed from a pilot study with four students per firm . |
| 25 | I worked my way along the haphazard-looking perimeter fence formed from the tombs of kings and bishops ; all one piece , all stitched together by a web of carved stone and iron railings . |
| 26 | The word may also be applied to the small cursive script developed from the uncial . |
| 27 | The Corporation may cancel this Policy by sending seven days notice by registered letter to the Policyholder at his last known address and in such event will return to the Policyholder the premium less the pro rata portion thereof for the period the Policy has been in force or the Policy may be cancelled at any time by the Policyholder on seven days notice and ( provided no claim has arisen during the then current period of insurance ( subject to the relative International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) being returned to the Corporation the Policyholder shall be entitled to a return of the premium less premium at the Corporations short period rates for the time the Policy has been in force calculated from the date upon which such Card is received by the Corporation . |
| 28 | Two weeks before Christmas , however , an example of the feedback received from a school leaver was : ‘ I like the course very much , I like the autonomy it affords and the subject availability . |
| 29 | If children were egocentric , the capacity to sustain an effective dialogue would be impossible , for this requires the ability to switch speaker and listener roles constantly , to monitor the effects of one 's messages , and to modify them according to feedback received from the listener . |
| 30 | This should be at the centre of the designer 's attention throughout the development of the unit — indeed , starting with preliminary ideas of what options the program should present to the user and then refining and extending them , the program will develop in tune with the feedback received from the classroom . |