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Example sentences for "obtained from"

  • Bark for tanning is obtained from oak, hemlock-spruce, species of acacia, &c.

  • The leaves of the former tree yield when bruised a strong aromatic scent; and the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca or of Syria, is obtained from it by making an incision in its trunk.

  • Mahwa of Bengal, furnishes a valuable hard timber, and has edible flowers, from which a potent spirit is distilled; a gutta-percha is obtained from B.

  • More conveniently W, w, and U can be measured from a horizontal surface velocity curve, obtained from a series of float observations.

  • The following are average values of the coefficient of friction for water, obtained from experiments on large plane surfaces, moved in an indefinitely large mass of water.

  • Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.

  • Small streams originate in the Ergenis, but are lost as soon as they reach the lowlands, where water can only be obtained from wells.

  • The poem is written in eight-syllabled trochaic verse, and an idea of its style may be obtained from Longfellow's Hiawatha, which is a pretty true imitation of the Finnish epic.

  • It is obtained from Mallotus philippinensis, Mull.

  • A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal.

  • A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

  • Pertaining to, or obtained from, mushrooms; as, fungic acid.

  • Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine.

  • Picric acid can also be obtained from it by first treating acetylene with sulphuric acid, converting the product into phenol by solution in potash and then treating the phenol with fuming nitric acid.

  • Dilute acetic acid, obtained from wood, is very frequently used as an adulterant of vinegar.

  • A little water is obtained from wells, and some from an aqueduct 7 m.

  • When this is obtained from malt or from malt admixed with other grain the vinegar is called a malt vinegar.

  • The plants that I obtained from Mr. Gardner resemble the Champion so closely, both in foliage and fruit, that I cannot yet distinguish between the mother and daughter.

  • They can often be obtained from a good neighbor whose beds we have watched across the fence, and whose varieties we have sampled to our satisfaction.

  • As the autumn grows cool and moist, layer plants can be obtained from a distance and set out profitably in large quantities.

  • Either as given by Mai, or as represented in the Latin translation of Leontius (obtained from a different codex) by Canisius [Antiquae Lectt.

  • Obtained from a variety of sources, this Text proves to be essentially the same in all.

  • This information is obtained from a photograph of the page procured from Dresden through the kindness of the librarian, Counsellor Dr.

  • Mr. Stokes, the superintendent of the Nuggur division, obtained from me the plan of these pits, and in an equally short time caught upwards of 70 tigers.

  • Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; Ð applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.

  • An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or officinalis).

  • A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.

  • An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.

  • Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple; as, aceric acid.

  • It very much resembles the other formula for the same purpose, obtained from.

  • This formula, obtained from A‘wani´ta, may be repeated by the doctor for as many as eight men at once when about to go to war.

  • This short formula, obtained from ‘wani´ta, is recited by the hunter while taking aim.

  • Such an exposition of the aboriginal religion could be obtained from no other tribe in North America, for the simple reason that no other tribe has an alphabet of its own in which to record its sacred lore.

  • This ballad is published from the collation of two copies, obtained from recitation.

  • This fragment, obtained from recitation in the Forest of Ettrick, is said to relate to the execution of Cokburne of Henderland, a border freebooter, hanged over the gate of his own tower by James V.

  • In China sago is obtained from Rhapis flabelliformis, a dwarfish palm; and some sago is made from it for native use in Travancore, Mysore, and Wynaad, and the jungles in the East Indies.

  • A white meal is obtained from it, having a tinge of yellow.

  • The report was published in full by the National Temperance Society, and may be obtained from it in paper binding for twenty-five cents.

  • One day the Chief's eldest daughter worked and presented me with a pair of deerskin boots with a pretty pattern worked in deerskins of various colours, obtained from dyes of native manufacture.

  • Footnote 63: A bright red colour is obtained from a rock found in the interior.

  • I obtained from Mr. Olenin a plain and unvarnished account of the Yakutsk prison revolt, and subsequent "massacre," which aroused such indignation in England a few years ago.

  • Wild hemp is, however, of very little use as a fibre producer, although a drug is obtained from it.

  • Wolsey persuaded him that the necessary divorce could be obtained from Rome, as it had been in the case of Louis XII.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another poem; barred gate; become acquainted; but instead; chair beside; field hand; good society; grammar schools; haste away; likely enough; more usual; never could; obtained from; obtained leave; obtained mercy; obtained only; obtained the; press through; recent discoveries; return them; then slowly; this history; urban areas; when they saw him; who might; whose existence