Example sentences of "which was [verb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it would be mixed with the hot water in a possing tub , which was made from wood in the early days , but eventually we acquired a zinc one . |
| 2 | The defendants decided to enter this market and they made a drink called " Keeling 's Old English Advocaat " which was made from Cyprus sherry and dried egg powder , an inferior but cheaper drink . |
| 3 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that in Ayrshire we are extremely proud of the new hospital which was built from start to finish within five years , a record for anywhere in the country ? |
| 4 | Silicon Valley Group Inc , San Jose and Canon Inc have agreed a 10-year partnership to develop and produce advanced deep ultraviolet step-and-scan photolithography equipment : under the agreement , Silicon Valley Group , which was saved from oblivion with the help of IBM Corp , will retain full ownership of its Micrascan technology , and Canon will license the technology to market in Japan and other Pacific Rim nations , with the exception of Korea . |
| 5 | The style of the place was very much mid-seventies , a long open-plan corridor of painted brick which was saved from cheapness by the rich texture of the veneered doors and woodwork of the offices down its length . |
| 6 | Acting on this belief , he has : taken one of the most outspoken current-affairs programmes , ‘ Vzglyad ’ ( Outlook ) , off the air ; confiscated the property of the independent news agency Interfax , which was saved from closure only by the intervention of Boris Yeltsin and the Moscow city council ; suspended a free-thinking television news show called ‘ TSN ’ ; and consigned Radio Russia , Mr Yeltsin 's mouthpiece , to a frequency where most of the population can not hear it begin its broadcasts with phrases like ‘ In another move reminiscent of Stalinism , President Gorbachev today … ’ |
| 7 | Treasury policy , especially from late 1947 , was to badger the colonies to provide data on which a rigorous system of dollar exchange control could be imposed , a system which was imposed from December 1947 . |
| 8 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 9 | Following the installation of a suspended ceiling of plasterboard and plaster skim coat below these joists , a headroom of 2.6m ( 8–1/2ft ) could be achieved in the new upper storey , the floor of which was formed from boards nailed to 50 x 150mm ( 2 x 6in ) joists at 400mm ( 16in ) centres . |
| 10 | MI6 is supposed to operate only outside Britain although it does occasionally get involved in projects within Britain such as the Crabb affair of 1956 ( see Chapter 3 ) , which was bungled from start to finish . |
| 11 | Faced for the second time with the collapse of Balliol 's rule , Edward once again mobilized an army , this time for a winter campaign which proved unpopular with the troops and which was abandoned under pressure from Philip VI to conclude a truce , which was to last from Easter to midsummer 1335 . |
| 12 | ‘ I understand that some of the passengers on the jet , which was flying from Bahrain , got together and helped pay his fine . |
| 13 | Whereupon he opened a huge cupboard which was filled from top to bottom with homemade jams , marmalades , chutneys , and pickles — some of which were five years old ! |
| 14 | In 1988–90 the annual accounts showed a deficit of £4 million which was met from reserves . |
| 15 | The floor was entirely covered with sheet lead , which was protected from wear by oak slats , and the sides , to a height of 3ft were sheathed with stout zinc sheets . |
| 16 | Completed engines are test-driven on a rig mounted on a Doane chain-driven bus which was acquired from California when Miaco was set up . |
| 17 | The fertiliser , Richardson 's Nitro Pack 2644 , was packed onto two pallets on a lorry which was stolen from Belleeks , in south Armagh . |
| 18 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 19 | POLICE yesterday picked up a discarded safe which was stolen from Darlington Health Authority 's offices . |
| 20 | Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow , which was rescued from closure three years ago , has launched the first of two ferries for the Red Funnel line . |
| 21 | Six farms , one shooting lodge , one private house and eight cottages are all built of a white brick which was brought from Derbyshire . |
| 22 | Although the exterior of this building was plain in brick and stucco , the interior was magnificent in colour and decoration with marble faced walls and floors and a wealth of sculpture and relief ornamentation much of which was brought from Greece . |
| 23 | The innkeeper and the attendants were Yek , but the place was thronged with foreign traders , part of a caravan which was travelling from Kinsai to the western coast . |
| 24 | According to a report the next day on Soviet television a powerful home-made bomb had been placed in a carriage of the train , which was travelling from Georgia to Moscow . |
| 25 | The international share sale is the latest in a series of foreign initiatives by Portugal 's fastest growing bank , which was started from scratch by a group of industrialists in 1985 and now ranks fourth in terms of assets in a country notorious for its profusion of banks . |
| 26 | But politicians always speak in terms of percentages and real terms so let's look at the total tax which was demanded from people in the city in the past few years . |
| 27 | One cash register which was rented from Equipment Supplies at an annual rental of £200 . |
| 28 | A CANINE hero who helped save a dog which was dying from rat poison is now looking for a good home . |
| 29 | Monoclonal anti-ICAM-1 antibody mAB 7F7 was kindly provided by Dr M P Dierich ( Innsbruck , Austria ) ; as an additional control we used a different anti-ICAM-1 antibody , mAB 84H10 , which was purchased from Dianova ( Hamburg , Germany ) . |
| 30 | The imposition of an additional levy on alien exporters in 1303 had led to English merchants playing a major part in handling wool shipments later in the century , but it was Edward III 's war taxation for his French campaigns , much of which was derived from levies on wool exports , which did most to promote the development of cloth manufacture in England , by creating a tariff barrier which raised the costs of the raw material to the foreign manufacturers . |