Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] water from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each stetch was limited on its two sides by water-cuts or deep furrows that made easy the escape of surface water from the soil ; and in fact the main purpose of ploughing in stetches was — and still is , where stetches continue to be used — to ensure effective draining of the land . |
| 2 | Water from the River Jordan would be diverted for irrigation , and the loss of water to the Dead Sea would be compensated for with sea water from the Mediterranean . |
| 3 | At first light it became clear that HMS Impregnable had carried five miles across shoal water from the Dean to a position about half way between Langstone and Chichester harbours , approximately half a mile from Hayling Island . |
| 4 | By piping water from the perennial spring , this project will provide drinkable water to over fifty thousand people in the region . |
| 5 | There A had hired from B the ground floor of a warehouse , the upper part of which was occupied by B. Water from the roof was collected by gutters into a box , from which it was discharged by a pipe into drains . |