Example sentences of "have stemmed from " in BNC.

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1 And part of the demand for a centralized curriculum , dictated from above , has stemmed from the confused notion that such a curriculum would be not only vocational and future-directed , but strict , narrow , and exact , containing within itself its own criteria of rightness and wrongness .
2 Crucially , though , failure has stemmed from the harsh way in which some of the more valuable players have been treated .
3 In the last five years , however , many of these centres , though still offering a two-year part-time programme leading to a Certificate in Education ( FE ) , have become part of the provision which has stemmed from the 1975 Haycocks Report , whose recommendations we examine in detail below .
4 This might have stemmed from inadequate foundations , but what evidence there is suggests otherwise .
5 It is possible to speculate that John 's anger may have stemmed from the student turning his attention to the mother ; but whatever the explanation , John responded and reacted to the student .
6 Much of his hatred and contempt of Bella must have stemmed from her involvement in Johnny 's fall from grace .
7 Paviour greeted the visitor with immaculate politeness , but a certain air of acid disapproval which might well have stemmed from nothing more than nervousness .
8 This was achieved by a religious ritual which may have stemmed from one in which the original parricides mutilated themselves ( and especially the organ which was responsible for their incestuous desires ) out of remorse and guilt at what they had done and in mourning for the primal father .
9 Yet if they , or the possible abbatial vacancy , had any connection with the king , both may have stemmed from the unsuccessful attack which the Liber Eliensis records him as once having made on the monastery .
10 Insp Rodgers said : ‘ It seems this could have stemmed from a dispute over parking . ’
11 No satisfactory explanation of this decline has been adduced , but it seems likely to have stemmed from changes in agricultural practice .
12 The inhibitions against introducing full-scale controls against black immigration are likely to have stemmed from their possible impact on Britain 's role as head of the Commonwealth and Colonies and concern over the national and international legality of controls based on colour ( Solomos , 1989 , p. 47 ) .
13 1669 , q.v. ) , appears to have stemmed from his political activities , he proved himself , unlike Denham , to be an inspired choice .
14 The Saudi decision was reported to have stemmed from Saudi Arabia 's determination to force Jordan to fall into line with the Western consensus on the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37637 ; see below for Jordanian endorsement of radical Arab meeting in Amman in mid-September ] .
15 Differences were also reported to have stemmed from Egypt 's opposition to any Iranian participation in a Gulf security system [ see p. 38213 ] .
16 The summit declaration 's notable omission of any plans to resolve the crisis in Yugoslavia was understood to have stemmed from lack of agreement among leaders who were bound by the CSCE 's rule of consensus .
17 In its domestic aspects though , things had gone very differently : Unionist fears about the growth of Labour extremism had been widespread before the war and had stemmed from two different factors .
18 The unit had stemmed from two volunteer rifle corps ( the 7th raised in Southwark in 1859 and the 26th , raised in Clapham in 1875 ) .
19 On that occasion she had put it down to the letter from Doreen , but now she began to wonder if the real cause of his irritation had stemmed from the fact that he had embraced her .
20 Other reports , citing Saddam Hussein 's reference on Sept. 16 to the government 's " lack of serious action " , claimed that Hammadi 's dismissal had stemmed from his failure to tackle the country 's economic problems .
21 Indian officials said that the lack of greater progress had stemmed from the technical complexity of the problem .
22 So far as the debt was concerned , the first success was in converting most of the short-term , high-interest credit which had stemmed from the wartime issue of government bills to a funded 5 per cent stock in 1784 – 5 .
23 Most have stemmed from evidence provided by Boesky three years ago when he was caught making millions on hot tips from his network of investment bankers , lawyers and brokers .
24 There are some striking parallels between the show trials of New York which have stemmed from the Boesky confessions and the Guinness case .
25 The publication of intimate details of private lives without the slightest public interest justification can not be the subject of legal action , unless they have stemmed from a breach of confidence or some other legal wrong .
26 It is understood the talks have stemmed from a meeting between community leaders and senior NIO officials shortly before Christmas .
27 The pit 's financial problems have stemmed from a delay in starting production at the main PC1 coalface .
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