Example sentences of "[noun pl] were drawn from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Situated in Mayfair , directly across the park from her own house , its clients were drawn from the highest echelons of society . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the ranks of that clergy were drawn from the common people themselves . |
| 3 | The combat troops were drawn from the Seventh Infantry Division , part of an 8,000-strong party of reinforcements dispatched to Panama on Wednesday night . |
| 4 | The 1,100 delegates were drawn from the ruling Congolese Party of Labour ( PCT ) of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso , and from approximately 100 opposition groups . |
| 5 | In Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century , for example , the highest-ranking bureaucrats were drawn from the land-owning class , while the bourgeoisie constituted the hegemonic class . |
| 6 | Even before 1905 a large minority and probably even a majority of their members were drawn from the lower classes . |
| 7 | The crowds were drawn from the popular classes . |
| 8 | Most ministers were drawn from the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 9 | Its priests were drawn from the ruling houses of the tribes , many of whose sons became Druids , and sometimes even the kings themselves , as in the case of Diviacus , the friend of Caesar . |
| 10 | After 1905 , however , a growing proportion of party cadres were drawn from the working class . |
| 11 | The 115 raiders were drawn from the Independent Companies as No.11 Independent Company carrying half the British stock of Thompson sub-machine guns : 20 tommy-guns . |