Example sentences of "derived from [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The political power which some women have exercised sometimes and in some places in the past and other societies has derived from their position in a familial or kinship group . |
| 2 | Their specific programme was derived from their conception of the causes of crime . |
| 3 | Rational Dissenters themselves exemplified a variety of doctrinal positions derived from their commitment to individual enquiry in matters of belief . |
| 4 | It is perhaps not appropriate to insist that Zuwaya , resisting government regulation , had an image of a different kind of economic order , consistent with or derived from their image of Arab government , and opposed to the principles of Islamic socialism . |
| 5 | The Formalists ' preoccupation with form derived from their preoccupation with the specificity of literariness and never constituted an end in itself . |
| 6 | It was ensured primarily through the ‘ building tender ’ system : Some prisoners had a special status , half-recognized officially , derived from their job of ‘ tending the building ’ ( hence the name ) , that is , to make sure that the cell blocks were kept clean . |
| 7 | There are five canvases from the ‘ Transparence ’ series , predominantly blue in tonality , their honeycomb structures loosely derived from her study of crystalline formations in Egypt . |
| 8 | One woman explained that her union commitment derived from her pregnancy as a teenager . |
| 9 | It will bring with it some very focused ideas about binary compatibility and implementation issues that face the industry , derived from its experience with the 88000 . |
| 10 | It 'll bring with it some very focused ideas about binary compatibility and porting issues that face the industry , derived from its experience with the 88000 . |
| 11 | The second half of the year witnessed a superficially arcane debate on vodka which touched on the whole question of government finances ( because more than one-third of the state 's revenue derived from its involvement in the vodka trade ) . |
| 12 | He let Turgenev know that he had enjoyed his Sportsman 's Sketches , but his interest in them probably derived from his love of hunting rather than from the fact that the stories cast aspersions on serfdom . |
| 13 | Partly it resulted from a preference in his subject-matter for concrete cultural and social detail over Adorno 's tendency towards abstraction of social process : for instance , he offered something like a phenomenology of the ‘ shocks ’ inherent in modern city life ; he discussed actual and potential production practices within modern media , derived from his enthusiasm for Brecht 's ‘ epic theatre ’ ; he focused less on the totalities of aesthetic form than on the fluidities of technique , the conditions of production , and the variable nature of reception . |
| 14 | Gandhi 's antipathy to preaching , which was characteristic of the Christian missionary activity he was acquainted with , may have derived from his attitude to mission work in general , but it is more likely that he considered a man 's life to be a more effective testimony to the truth of his religion that his words . |
| 15 | ( His views derived from his experience in two roles , as a Professor of Geology at Edinburgh University , and as the editor of scientific journals ) . |
| 16 | ( His views derived from his experience in two roles , as a Professor of Geology at Edinburgh University , and as the editor of scientific journals ) . |
| 17 | His name was derived from his habit of wearing a blue hood of coarsely woven cloth which masked his face . |
| 18 | Pearson 's technique as a biographer derived from his career on the stage . |
| 19 | A more revolutionary proposal of his was that England players should train together regularly , an idea derived from his visit to Holland , where the national players came together for coaching once a week , and were given lectures and ‘ homework ’ exercises . |
| 20 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 21 | His own connection may have given him military credibility , but his political credibility derived from his role as a central figure in his brother 's polity . |
| 22 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 23 | Perhaps one should ‘ allow that a certain knowledge derived from our experience of the appearances of things should be termed genuine knowledge ’ . |
| 24 | Some religious traditions emphasise that certain events in the world can be considered to be God 's actions , and have claimed that what we know of God is derived from our interpretation of these events . |