Example sentences of "have stemmed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might have stemmed from inadequate foundations , but what evidence there is suggests otherwise . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Much of his hatred and contempt of Bella must have stemmed from her involvement in Johnny 's fall from grace . |
| 4 | Paviour greeted the visitor with immaculate politeness , but a certain air of acid disapproval which might well have stemmed from nothing more than nervousness . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Insp Rodgers said : ‘ It seems this could have stemmed from a dispute over parking . ’ |