Example sentences of "was [verb] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a good deal of arguing , Fagin managed to reduce the amount Sikes was demanding from five pounds to three pounds . |
| 2 | The frequency of peristalsis in the duodenum was calculated from this sequence at 14 contractions per minute . |
| 3 | The coeficient of variation ( SD ( 100% ) /mean ) was calculated from this variance component model for each variable of the model . |
| 4 | The new movement worked vigorously to redefine the domain of sexuality-developing concepts of identity and sexual difference , even a vocabulary of satisfaction and pleasure , which was differentiated from social purity . |
| 5 | They found that no dye was formed from pure aniline ; that magenta was usually a mixture of two dyestuffs ( 1 and 2 ) ; and that the products formed could be controlled by the proportions of the component amines . |
| 6 | The space before him was formed from two segments of the crypt 's arcading — the room had been devised in the nineteenth century for use as an office for the vergers . |
| 7 | Throughout the 1970s he was involved in trade union activities in opposition to the communist regime , and as a result was dismissed from several jobs . |
| 8 | Some domestic beet production was diverted from human consumption to cattle feed to make room for Cuban imports ’ ( Bonsal : 1971 , p. 208 ) . |
| 9 | Fortunately , he was diverted from any inquiry into the sexual morals of the camp by a report that boys were playing football on the Sabbath . |
| 10 | He was banished from last summer 's Olympics after a drugs test showed traces of the banned steroid Methandianone . |
| 11 | The sense of national community is not helped by exhortations to cheer for England in Test Matches and the implication that those who do not are in some sense not good British citizens , and yet this sort of crude and simplistic interpretation of the obligations of citizenship was heard from some politicians in 1990 . |
| 12 | To inhibit uptake or radioiodine by the thyroid , Lugol solution 2–3 mg/kg per day was given from 7 days before until 7 days after treatment . |
| 13 | Hammond was posted from 261 Squadron to the Middle East due to ill health . ) |
| 14 | The cod catch was to be reduced to 98,270 tonnes , from 118,700 in 1989 , and the haddock quota was to fall from 62,500 tonnes to 41,700 . |
| 15 | Evidence in this report was gathered from 12 groups and individuals some of whom were prepared to have their names and the names of their organisations go on the record . |
| 16 | It is undoubtedly true that in this period when new political lordships and principalities were replacing the Carolingian empire , and Europe was recovering from external attacks , the church was far more an upholder than a hammer of kings and other rulers . |
| 17 | It was also said that money was received from Dutch Shell and Courtaulds . |
| 18 | Funding was received from one Norwich newspaper , the Eastern Daily Press , who agreed to support the project over a three year period . |
| 19 | A total of 12,500 entries was received from 19 countries in all categories of the competition , which was judged by a panel of people picked from all areas of US life . |
| 20 | A dealer was sacked from one firm because he had leaked disloyal comments to the Press , and the tape was played back to him as evidence . |
| 21 | The capital was distinguished from provincial cities and towns on three counts : it was at least five times the size of any other , almost ten times as rich , and possessed a vastly more complex social and occupational structure . |
| 22 | The reality of things was hidden from ordinary folk like him . |
| 23 | The strained conformation is illustrated in Fig. 1 b , together with a section of the electron density map for which the tripeptide His15-Ala16-Arg17 was omitted from all calculations . |
| 24 | But I was not ready for the sheer , throat-tightening beauty of virtually the entirety of this CD , which contains all eleven of Jenkins 's six-part Fantasias ( a twelfth may be spurious , and was omitted from this recording ) as well as the other works for six-part viol consort , the two Pavans and two In Nomines . |
| 25 | Ascitic fluid was aspirated from 10 patients ( nine men , one woman ; age range 37–62 years ) with alcohol induced ascites and 10 patients ( four men , six women ; age range 31–85 years ) with sytologically confirmed malignant ascites ( six ovarian ; one oesophageal ; two stomach , and one colonic carcinoma ) . |
| 26 | Extra revenue was to come from higher telephone and unemployment insurance charges , but the cost of unification was still expected to increase the public-sector deficit above the DM140,000 million ( approximately US$94 , 580 million ) projected in December 1990 [ see p. 37904 ; for end-January rise in Federal Bank discount rate see p. 37978 ] . |
| 27 | He was rescued from breathtaking rent rises by Cornelissen , from where he continues to supply artists and calligraphers . |
| 28 | Ostensibly defending the sanctity of the Sabbath against the joyful musical interruptions of the Salvationists , it was reported from one area that rioting Skeletonites were dressed in ‘ coloured rags and tinsel , masks , helmets , and other pantomime clothing ’ , and in several localities police chiefs found it necessary to ban Salvation Army processions for fear of riots . |
| 29 | The " veil " was lifted from British domination and a protectorate proclaimed with the coming of the First World War in 1914 . |
| 30 | When I was finally called one wintry Monday by the neighbours , she looked quite dreadful ; her faced was bruised from several falls the previous night , she was struggling for her breath , her legs and thighs were painful and very swollen . |