Example sentences of "their [noun] from the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first they climbed to the heights to look down on Nature or to survey the scene — encouraging the building of ‘ stations ’ such as the Windermere Octagon ; but after Thomas Gray 's Journal of a Tour in the Lakes ( written in 1769 ) artists began to take their views from the valleys . |
| 2 | Other brat-pack designers , notably Michael Kors , Isaac Mizrahi and Marc Jacobs ( designing under the Perry Ellis label ) , take their notes from the clothes worn in the late Fifties and early Sixties by Audrey Hepburn , Jackie Kennedy and Doris Day ( as dressed by Norell in That Touch of Mink ) . |
| 3 | The ambassador tried to explain what he knew of the sources of unrest and said he thought the mullahs were getting their money from the merchants in the bazaars , not from the CIA . |
| 4 | In the centuries preceding the scientific renaissance in the West , Muslim scholars did far more than merely reproduce their heritage from the Greeks . |
| 5 | Those members of the public who have not had an opportunity to experience contact with the mentally handicapped except in the most superficial way inevitably draw their opinions from the concepts portrayed in the mass media and , above all , from what they see on television . |
| 6 | Tenants are required to purchase all liquor , soft drinks and bar items such as crisps and tobacco from Palatine , though at a discount , and they are expected to make their living from the profits after deduction of rent ( paid to Palatine ) , wages , rates , lighting and heating , etc . |
| 7 | Ultimately , however , directives and rules derive their force from the considerations which justify them . |
| 8 | Emboldened by their mandate from the voters , the parties challenged de Gaulle at every turn . |
| 9 | He could recognize their trades from the clothes they were wearing — dyers , carpenters , wheelwrights , masons , stevedores up from the docks , and several cordwainers : the spikes in their hands looked like daggers . |
| 10 | They lifted their heads from the stones and squinted , as if they 'd only been half aware of interlopers . |
| 11 | Neither would she be shouting about their liaison from the rooftops . |
| 12 | Knowing their speed from the films and their weight and limb lengths , McMahon found that the configuration of motion in human walking perfectly matched what he had predicted from 19th-century physics . |
| 13 | And at one point , showing how the books were formed into the New Testament by the early Church , the report expressed the belief that God gave the early Church its three gifts of ordering of the New Testament , creeds like the apostles ' creed , and the ministry of bishops in their succession from the apostles . |
| 14 | It is clear , however , that in Disraeli 's view , the middle classes take their key from the aristocrats , not vice versa . |
| 15 | How far present-day societies are likely to proceed along this road is a matter of debate ( and I shall return to the question in Chapter 6 ) , but at the least it has to be recognized that in recent years the idea of political action has been very substantially broadened , so that there is already a quite widespread awareness of the variety of ways in which individuals and groups of individuals can assert their dissent from the policies of government at all levels ( for example , the revolt against the poll tax in Britain ) and bring into the arena of public debate alternative policies . |
| 16 | These cults are very adept at using the law for their own ends and parents , I 'm afraid , in their desire to rescue their youngsters from the cults , will have to cross a line . |
| 17 | So far during three days and nights they had seen no sign of a human dwelling and since their escape from the verderers had crossed no man-made paths . |
| 18 | So far during three days and nights they had seen no sign of a human dwelling and since their escape from the verderers had crossed no man-made paths . |
| 19 | Top analysts reckon that the boom could continue with investors switching their cash from the banks and building societies . |
| 20 | These contents of sensation are , despite their difference from the contents of perception , no less distinguishable from that element in an experience which is the subject . |
| 21 | ( iii ) So too are distinguishable the contents of moods , such as feeling good about nothing specific , despite their difference from the contents of both perception and sensation . |
| 22 | Grazing herbivores can often be supplied with all their needs from the growths of various algae present in the aquarium . |
| 23 | Certain villages were strongholds of cattle thieves and their residents derived a significant portion of their incomes from the cattle trade . |
| 24 | In 1294 when the king demanded a half of their incomes from the clergy , a half based upon the revised valuation of 1291 , Canterbury was vacant , and York and Durham were occupied by royal servants . |
| 25 | Together , most of the bodies lost ground in the fifteenth century , and were often forced to ‘ appropriate ’ neighbouring parish churches in order to swell their incomes from the tithes due from the laity ; this frequently became a source of bitter dispute locally , and lay patronage shifted away to the parish churches in the fifteenth century . |
| 26 | The six received their awards from the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain at London 's Royal Garden Hotel . |
| 27 | In the club atmosphere of La Cigale , the spark was always there , the reason why so many have gone out on a limb to should their name from the rooftops , but the Mondays are in danger of slipping into routine . |
| 28 | There was never any doubt that the shops would take their name from the labels in the clothes , which , it was hoped , loyal customers would recognize . |
| 29 | ‘ No , it was a public building , meant to protect merchants and their customers from the elements . ’ |
| 30 | The other approach is to let the TB take its course in the badger population and compensate farmers for losses they may suffer as a result of TB spreading to their cattle from the badgers . |