Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [noun pl] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 2 | Its origins were a combination of expediency and of arguments derived from the public service rhetorical tradition . |
| 3 | Results using these techniques are in broad agreement with those of the split-brain studies and with findings obtained from patients with unilateral cerebral lesions . |
| 4 | Indisputable evidence for the movement of goods is provided by commodities which came from the Continent , and at times originated from even further afield . |
| 5 | If I can put it in , not , I hope , in a boastful way , but to illustrate how important this is to us , about forty per cent , getting on for half of the income of the Education Area last year , was made up not of normal University funds , but of funds attracted from outside to support research from private foundations and from government departments like the Department of Education and Science . |
| 6 | All this , but with examples drawn from chess instead of from whist and bridge , is what Wittgenstein has in mind when he says that the term ‘ language-game ’ is meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity . |
| 7 | But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long . |