Example sentences of "derived from their [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 . |