Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] from [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herschel reasoned that a relatively nearby star would show a parallax shift against the background of more remote stars if it were observed from opposite sides of the Earth 's orbit . |
| 2 | We would n't turn it down because it 's made from new materials Indeed we welcome the use of such material in the countryside |
| 3 | And if it is diverted from national savings , it does not help anyway . |
| 4 | Cholesterol , whether it is absorbed from dietary sources or manufactured in the body , is transported in the blood to the tissues needing it . |
| 5 | Masturbation can be a source of considerable pleasure , once it is removed from traditional ideas about immorality , and its adverse effects on health . |
| 6 | This unsaturated fatty acid satisfies several of the requirements for a retrograde messenger : ( 1 ) it is released from cultured neurons into the extracellular medium by the activation of NMDA receptors , ( 2 ) there is an increase in its efflux and postsynaptic availability following the induction of LTP , ( 3 ) inhibitors of phospholipase A 2 , an enzyme that liberates arachidonic acid from phospholipids , block the induction of LTP r134–135 , and ( 4 ) the transient application of arachidonic acid to hippocampal synapses causes a slow-onset potentiation . |
| 7 | Strains in glass — as in most other transparent solids — become visible in polarized light and sunlight is partially polarized especially when it is reflected from non-metallic surfaces such as a road or the paintwork of a car . |
| 8 | It was gleaned from local inhabitants . |
| 9 | The hawthorn is the oldest of the hedgerow trees , for it gets its name from the Old English word haga , ‘ a hedge ’ or ‘ an enclosure ’ , and it was used from Saxon times onwards to make impenetrable fences — the hedge-thorn . |
| 10 | Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources . |
| 11 | Wherever jade was used in early times it was derived from alluvial sources . |