Example sentences of "are [vb pp] from [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three issues associated with institutional aims and objectives : ( i ) the extent to which they are aims and objectives rather than social platitudes and/or moral aspirations ; ( ii ) the extent to which objectives are differentiated from aims and are capable of implementation ; and ( iii ) the extent to which they refer to teaching and non-teaching staff as well as children . |
| 2 | However , as further proceeds are received from disposals already agreed , the high level of indebtedness will reduce . |
| 3 | But as news of this service spreads , and more referrals are received from GPs and district nurses , the hospice needs more volunteers . |
| 4 | They will suffer still more communication deprivation if ‘ uneconomical ’ public telephones are withdrawn from villages ; yet , sadly , in the early 1980s many rural public telephone boxes are being removed by British Telecommunications , in spite of campaigns to retain them , because they are not felt to be economically viable . |
| 5 | Most adverbs in this category are formed from adjectives and the -ing form of verbs : pleasing-pleasingly . |
| 6 | Presumably the remaining 20% are formed from combinations of these four classifications : |
| 7 | They are formed from megakaryocytes which , in the final process of maturation , become amoeboid in shape and their pseudopods penetrate the marrow sinusoids . |
| 8 | Colloids are distinguished from suspensions by the size of the dispersed particles . |
| 9 | Professions are distinguished from trades by the length of training , the depth of special knowledge and by codes of behaviour . |
| 10 | He explained that there was a difference between a statement such as : ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by embodying the spirit of cathood , as opposed to that of doghood ’ , and a statement such as ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by a combination of characteristics ( such as the possession of retractable claws , … and the inability to swim … ) which , in the aggregate , describe the genus Felis as opposed to the genus Canis ’ . |
| 11 | He explained that there was a difference between a statement such as : ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by embodying the spirit of cathood , as opposed to that of doghood ’ , and a statement such as ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by a combination of characteristics ( such as the possession of retractable claws , … and the inability to swim … ) which , in the aggregate , describe the genus Felis as opposed to the genus Canis ’ . |
| 12 | I am trying to give you hard facts , tell you how the traits of human personality are carried from parents to offspring , tell you accurately how the environment modifies inherited characteristics . |
| 13 | Flakes of a fatty substance are excreted from glands between the joints on the underside of the worker bee 's abdomen . |
| 14 | ‘ They have n't found some of the performance capabilities that are expected from micro-kernels , ’ he says , adding that ‘ Solaris has a very modular kernel , and we 've made some of the micro-kernel mistakes already . ’ |
| 15 | We need to ensure that the management of community care is improved to meet the needs of those who are discharged from hospitals and , more particularly , of those who have never been long-stay patients in our hospitals for the mentally ill . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | However , it is noticeable in a number of studies reviewed here that rather similar patterns are reported from studies undertaken in different locations . |
| 18 | It also , by the simple fact of providing a space in the school day where girls are separated from boys , can relieve the stresses for girls who may be suffering harassment from their male peers — in or out of the classroom . |
| 19 | " Too many ill-presented , ill-written and extremely long-winded scripts are seen from candidates who seem to have little idea even of the basics of sentence construction . " |
| 20 | The retirement age in Japan is often as low as 50 years , so Japanese old people are turned from producers into consumers long before their time . |
| 21 | Beyond this a third detector picks up all the energy of hadrons — particles like protons and mesons that are built from quarks . |
| 22 | Data are collected from parents and children , primarily through standard anthropological methods . |
| 23 | Generally the remains are collected from vets and cremated in bulk unless there is a special request for ashes in which case the pet would be dealt with separately . |
| 24 | The most significant of these time-and-material savings , perhaps , is that line management are freed from forms and paper work they would otherwise have to complete . |
| 25 | Once waters are freed from solids and are soft , it is important to prevent further contamination , particularly by iron rust from piping . |
| 26 | In Britain and the United States judges are selected from lawyers , usually only after many years in practice , in Britain as an advocate , and in the United States as an advocate or in a legal post within the government . |
| 27 | Some compartments in the model could be subdivided : for example , radionuclides are transferred from animals to people by drinking milk or by eating the animal meat , and while the consumption of milk is a fast pathway , that of meat is slower . |
| 28 | Normally , release prints are made from a duplicate ( 'dupe' ) negative , much as the pictures in this book are made from dupes of the ( expensive , irreplaceable ) slides borrowed from agencies . |
| 29 | Patterns are made from drawings and are three dimensional representation usually in wood of the product . |
| 30 | Foam mattresses are made from layers of different density foam , but they do n't offer the support of a sprung mattress and some people find them too warm to sleep on . |