Example sentences of "is [verb] from [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The value of the work done in some cases ( although less frequently in industrial construction ) is calculated from bills of quantities . |
| 2 | ‘ It has been described to me as an isolated house in the midst of fields , through which are only rough and rutty waggon tracks , and I have been told too , that it is hidden from passers along the road by a dark grove of trees . |
| 3 | Any sound image will do , as long as it is distinguished from others in the system . ’ |
| 4 | Bark is stripped from trees by hand , or with high-pressure water jets . |
| 5 | Mr Clark said : ‘ The tarpaulin is erected like a tent around the cash dispenser inside the bank so that burning is disguised from members of the public passing by . |
| 6 | The treatment that is received from councils by the trade is shoddy and inconsiderate and often disrespectful and contemptuous . |
| 7 | Furthermore , it is planned to market the package , and interest in purchasing the materials is expected from educationalists across the U.K. |
| 8 | Few children interpreted the question as a physicist might , involving the way light is scattered from objects into our eyes . |
| 9 | A conversation is built from pairs of transactions , each pair being a statement or question followed by a response to it . |
| 10 | Trevor uses all the appropriately authentic woods for his models — maple , mahogany , koa and alder — and the hardware and detailing is made from materials including solid silver and mother of pearl . |
| 11 | The beautiful patchwork quilt is made from oddments of Liberty and Thai silk |
| 12 | Now they import flax , mainly from Scandinavia , and much of the cloth they weave is made from mixtures of flax or cotton and artificial fibres such as nylon , Terylene and Acrilan . |
| 13 | Conventional cell : The conventional cell is made from wafers of monocrystalline silicon , the semiconductor material used in microchips . |
| 14 | Example 98 is made from elements in both ( a ) and ( b ) of the above — i.e. the notes B and B♭ , E and E♭ are used : |
| 15 | Diagnosis is made from features on direct cholangiography indistinguishable from those of primary sclerosing cholangitis , but there is no link with inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 16 | Breast milk , the best milk for such babies or for those who have had to undergo an operation during the first few days or weeks of life , is collected from mothers of healthy babies who have more than enough to satisfy their needs . |
| 17 | The insects may be attracted by volatiles , in the way that heartwood borers are attracted from distances up to 2 km to felled Shorea robusta trees in India , as the resin is collected from wounds in the trunk . |
| 18 | The loop operates in the flat floored area of the lower level from the stage to the front of the tiered seating and is fed from signals from the existing amplification system and , therefore , can only be used in conjunction with that system . |
| 19 | The area 1 is a transfer of producer surplus to consumers ; it is not a net welfare gain as it is transferred from producers in the UK to consumers in the UK . |
| 20 | Informed consent is sought from parents on the basis of an information sheet entitled ‘ A new test for baby boys — Do you want it ? ’ printed on blue paper . |
| 21 | ‘ Seeds hay ’ is produced from leys in which the herbage is predominantly introduced species including rye-grasses , alsike , and red clovers . |
| 22 | Since cGMP is extruded from cells after interaction with atrial natriuretic peptide ( ANP ) or brain natriuretic peptide ( BNP ) , it is a possible marker for natriuretic peptides . |
| 23 | Padding is moving from shoulders to chest — yes , bosoms are back ! |
| 24 | The Royal 's confidence indicator , which is derived from reports on annual export performance , future prospects and export profitability , has increased significantly to 27 per cent , reflecting a much greater all-round optimism about export prospects . |
| 25 | The analysis draws throughout on the work done in the last decade by Gruber ( 1974 ) , Herbert ( 1974 , 1977 ) , Ghiselin ( 1975 ) , Ruse ( 1975a , b ; 1979 ) , Schweber ( 1977 , 1980 ) , Kottler ( 1978 ) , Manier ( 1978 ) , Sulloway ( 1979 , 1982a , b ) , Kohn ( 1980 ) , Ospovat ( 1981 ) , and Sloan ( 1983a , b ) and is derived from studies by the present writer ( Hodge , 1982 , 1986 ; Hodge & Kohn , 1986 ) where full reference is made to the documentary sources and secondary literature . |
| 26 | It is known from studies of collocations that the information derived from co-occurrence information is optimised at a distance of four words . |
| 27 | The Tate Gallery 's exhibition continues this process of reassessment through a selection of those earlier works dating before 1960 and including a rare coloured canvas , ‘ Untitled ( Orange Painting ) ’ , which was created in 1955–59 and has never been shown , although it is known from illustrations in catalogues . |
| 28 | Although jewellery is known from burials throughout the Empire , the best evidence for how it was worn comes from Egypt and the Levant in portraits painted on wood and carved in stone . |
| 29 | Both are consistent with an origin in Iran where the material is mined from veins in Khorasan . |
| 30 | The best measure of average grain size , the mean is computed from sizes of particles spread through a range of percentile values . |