Example sentences of "stemmed from [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Part of the justification for censorship in the first place stemmed from competing conceptions of the priesthood .
2 The dispute stemmed from new contracts introduced in October 1990 under which dentists receive four-fifths of their income from carrying out a range of 300 operations .
3 Intermixed with this division were differences which stemmed from strong commitments to domestic policies of social welfare on the one hand and the belief that Britain should pursue a world role on the other .
4 There was also a form of opposition to perestroika that stemmed from outdated patterns of thinking and the self-interest of those who had become used to living at the expense of others .
5 The war of 1689 – 97 saw a long series of such contacts between the belligerents almost from its outbreak ; and the final settlement stemmed from protracted discussions between French and Dutch emissaries in 1694 – 96 .
6 The scandal stemmed from unsecured loans made by three state-owned commercial banks ( State Bank of India , national Housing Bank and United Commercial Bank ) to one of the country 's leading stockbrokers , Harshad Mehta .
7 Certain acts , for example the re-organization of the higher courts in which indictable offences are tried , and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 , stemmed from Royal Commissions or similar forms of independent inquiry .
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