Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portable models could be hung from a ring on the rim so that the datum line was horizontal . |
| 2 | Or a pair of full-length curtains could be hung from a pole across the wall in front of the bow , framing the windows by day and closing off the alcove at . |
| 3 | These could be hung from a decorative pole , perhaps set well above and extending beyond the sides of the door , to enable the curtains to be drawn well back . |
| 4 | The door was open and orchestral music could be heard from a radio somewhere within . |
| 5 | If tile 4 were out of the way , as in c , the position b could be obtained from a by sliding the tiles 7 , 8 , 3 , 5 , and 1 in a loop . |
| 6 | The intention was to attempt to educate staff at an early stage in the benefits which could be obtained from a computerized system . |
| 7 | He agreed that he would enquire as to what terms could be obtained from a finance company and would then telephone Mrs. Hamblin to see if they were acceptable . |
| 8 | Answer guide : An opportunity cost is defined as the maximum benefit which could be obtained from a resource if it were used for some alternative purpose than the opportunity under consideration . |
| 9 | Chiaro , inevitably , finds herself distinguishing " dirty " jokes from " Irish " ; " political " jokes from " sick " ; and it would be very interesting indeed if a book could be written from a more socio-cultural perspective on such topics as subject , teller and listener . |
| 10 | To see if topical streptokinase , as in ‘ Varidase ’ ( streptokinase and streptodornase ) could be absorbed from a wound site and produce a similar response I measured anti-streptokinase titres in patients with wounds . |
| 11 | He was protesting at the injustice of the world ; the word ‘ referendum ’ could be distinguished from a flood of complaint . |
| 12 | Recognising the value of this support from the credit industry , we believe however that still more could be gained from a new body set up to promote money management education , both in schools and outside . |
| 13 | What I wish to argue here is that far more could be gained from a serious study of others ' methods and findings . |
| 14 | This value is consistent with our earlier results for a number of catarrhine species and with the results of Hárosi and of Baylor , Nunn and Schnapf for macaques , but it is extremely unlikely ( ) that our sample could be drawn from a population with a ratio of 2:1 , the ratio that has been proposed for man on the basis of psychophysical measurements . |
| 15 | We will call inferences of this type bridging inferences in order to distinguish them from all the possible inferences which could be drawn from a particular sentence . |
| 16 | The advocates of massive aid hint at all sorts of threats facing us if we do not hurry to the rescue , but are the dangers from a collapsing state greater than what could be expected from a revitalised Russia ? |
| 17 | But it was precisely the kind of initiative which could be expected from a small , isolated and frustrated group of political activists . |
| 18 | What all the " finishing " processes had in common , apart from a degree of exertion greater than was needed for hand-setting but not necessarily greater than could be expected from a normal young woman , was that these were tasks an apprentice learned only towards the end of his time . |
| 19 | While it is important to know that your sample size is big enough for safe conclusions to be drawn ( that effects are ‘ statistically significant ’ ) , this is secondary in comparison with the issue of whether a relationship can be given a causal interpretation or is merely the spurious result of the operation of third factors ; the relationship between the number of fire engines and the amount of damage caused could be derived from a sample size of ten thousand and still utterly mislead if taken at face value . |
| 20 | He accepts as a basic premise the truth of all world religions , and he acknowledges the benefit that could be derived from a sympathetic study of the Scriptures of different faiths . |
| 21 | If a German resident wishes to acquire a dollar deposit balance , he must sell his own DM deposit balance to an American ( in reality the dollars could be purchased from a non-US resident ) . |
| 22 | Strictly a child could be excluded from a pub garden if it is used principally as a drinking area . |
| 23 | Unlike advertising , however , they could be excluded from a definition of mass media because by twentieth-century standards they did not spread their messages quickly and simultaneously , nor to audiences that were large in relation to the communities within which they circulated . |
| 24 | Bombs could be attached quickly via a special Saro winch , and when a London was moored its weapons could be loaded from a general-purpose dinghy in good weather . |
| 25 | The idea was to test whether any subject could be chosen from a batch without giving misleading results . |
| 26 | For example , one animal could be removed from a collection while the children close their eyes . |
| 27 | There is nothing essentially new in thus narrowing the scope of will ; most of mankind throughout most of its history seems to have taken it for granted that they were moved by forces from beyond them and mysterious to them , which might lift them above or drag them below the capacities of which they might presume to be in command ( in Christian theology , the unpredictable visitations of divine grace assisting a will otherwise impotent to resist the Devil ) , and in the present century , ever since Freud demonstrated that the same conception of man could be translated from a religious into a psychological language , we have found ourselves thinking our way back to it . |
| 28 | Alternatively the retained profit could be deducted from a calculation of the profit and loss account balance carried forward so as to arrive at the profit and loss account brought forward . |
| 29 | Griffiths made it clear that care and support could be provided from a variety of sources . |
| 30 | For instance , the users and data might be at different sites , support in their use and access could be provided from a additional site , and the extracted data processed at a further one . |