Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] from [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These adaptive coping skills are differentiated from maladaptive coping skills , such as the long-term use of tranquillizers , abusing alcohol , food and drugs , avoiding situations , and behaving in a passive , non-assertive manner .
2 Archaic Greek coins are found in hoards from Egypt and the Levant , as they were exchanged for goods , perhaps grain or slaves ; many hoards of Roman silver and gold coins are known from southern India because they were exchanged for luxury items such as exotic spices and perfumes , rich silks and precious gems .
3 Some 1:10000 maps are derived from basic scale 1:1250 and 1:2500 maps .
4 Practitioners need a clear understanding of the processes by which social inequalities of various forms are derived from prejudicial and stereotypical attitudes .
5 Conversely , if spatial resolution is optimized in the sense that opposing inputs are drawn from neighbouring cones , then the surround inputs can not always be drawn from a single class of cone .
6 Predictably , the basic patterns are inherited from colonial times and often ( at some remove ) from the English Board Schools of the early 1900's ; hence the three term year , the five day week , the six or seven year cycle , the age five or six entry , the forty minute period .
7 The uppers are made from durable leather with a padded leather ankle support .
8 Authenticity and quality are the Bradstone trademarks ; many of its paving and waling products are taken from natural stone masters in order to reproduce the varying surfaces and edge details of quarried or weathered stone .
9 The Bach Flower Remedies are prepared from non-poisonous wild flowers — they are benign in their action , non-addictive and can be taken by people of all ages .
10 All the ties are made from hand-printed Chinese silk .
11 Remotely-sensed images are read from magnetic tapes and stored as disc files .
12 The snakes are made from rolled-up pieces of multi-coloured fondant , but you could use bought jelly snakes instead to save time if preferred .
13 The speakers are drawn from various countries and include Maria Teresa Escohotado , who teaches at Madrid 's Complutense University , on the restoration of Spanish mural paintings ( 7 May ) ; Christian Lahanier , of the Laboratoire de Recherche des Musées de France , on the analysis of high-definition images ( 21 May ) ; Raul Enriquez , of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Mexico , on the application of nuclear magnetic resonance to the study of organic fixatives in pre-Columbian wall painting ( 11 June ) ; and finally Cristina Sànchez del Real , of Mexico 's National Institute of Anthropology , whose subject is a project to save the archaeological site of Cacaxtia ( 25 June ) .
14 The temperature controls of some Barclays branches are controlled from central computers in London and Coventry .
15 Their subtle colouration quickly blends into the aquarium , and many of their designs are modelled from actual logs and rocks .
16 Just eight per cent of homes are rented from private landlords — compared with 45 per cent in West Germany and around 33 per cent in the US .
17 On average some 40 per cent of our daily calories are derived from dietary fats .
18 Most modern baths are made from acrylic plastic or glass fibre reinforced plastic ( grp ) , which is relatively inexpensive , and can be moulded easily into different shapes .
19 Under the Education Reform Act opted-out schools are prevented from charging fees for a period of five years .
20 A similar trend applies to private secondary schools , since 70 per cent of children in HMC secondary schools are recruited from private primary schools .
21 The purpose in defining these three classes of organization was to consider the question ( Anthony , 1978 , p. 165 ) : ‘ How , if at all , would business organizations be distinguished from other organizations for the purposes of developing accounting concepts ? ’
22 Anthony 's purpose in offering the above categories was to help answer the following question : how , if at all , should business organizations be distinguished from other organisations for the purpose of setting accounting standards ?
23 42,000 pupils in independent schools were assisted from public funds , amounting in all to some £11m. each year .
24 FUNDS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM SPECIAL SERVICES DEPT .
25 There is a traditional image , outlined in most popular police histories , that the English policemen who served in the period from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries were recruited from artless agricultural labourers .
26 The antisense and sense ( control ) probes were derived from opposite strands of the same plasmid .
27 Rectal CSA values in women showed a tendency of being slightly higher than male values at all pressure steps with a significant difference at 3 and 5 cm H 2 O. Biomechanical parameters were calculated from rectal CSA pressure relations .
28 The ward cars were converted from open parcel vans , already provided with sliding doors on the sides and ends .
29 According to our criteria for transplantation , 11 potential transplant candidates were identified from detailed study of case notes ( Figure ) .
30 Three subjects were excluded from final analysis because of protocol violation ( two patients aged over 65 , one patient with portal vein thrombosis ) .
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