Sentence examples for derivation from inspiring English sources

Jeffrey Dukes, of the University of Massachusetts, in Boston, has attempted to do the sums and work out how much photosynthetic effort lies behind the useful energy that people are able to extract from coal, oil and natural gas fossil fuels that ultimately derive from the bodies of long-deceased organisms.That derivation involves many physical and chemical steps.

The derivation would work just as well if this were inductive knowledge derived from a posteriori observation of temperatures.

Given the restriction on Nec, it is not possible to derive the necessitation of □◇ from A□◇ and that prevents the derivation of 4 and 5 from W4 and W5.

Yet its Persian derivation has connotations of a "royal porte", and the widespread belief among Kazakhstanis is that the city will one day be renamed Nursultan, after the man who had it built.

However, the Chinese term is a direct translation of "dinosaur", the Greek derivation of which is deinos, meaning "terrible" and sauros, meaning "lizard".

Why are the rights to "Happy Birthday" in dispute?The derivation and ownership of "Happy Birthday" have long been controversial, resulting in four lawsuits in the 1930s and 1940s that failed to settle the matter.

Lady Murasaki, who wrote "The Tale of Genji", Japan's literary masterpiece (finished 1,000 years ago this year), wrote of courtiers bringing such rice balls along for picnics, and they were already old fare then.As for the oden by the cash register, the name is a shortened derivation from dengaku, public entertainments at festivals where dancers and acrobats leapt about on single stilts.

The so-called Meridian Hall, created to verify the accuracy of the calendar Pope Gregory XIII promulgated in 1582, is in the Vatican Secret Archives, which hold some 10m documents stored by the papacy over the past 1,200 years.The name is a misleading anachronism that dates from when secret meant private ("secretary" has the same derivation).

The derivation may not be found in dictionaries, but he was on well-trodden ground in linking divorce to money.

Nothing to do with Texan biker gangs.JOHN HEWKO General secretary Rotary International Evanston, IllinoisSummertime is hereThe derivation of "barbecue" from the Spanish for "beard" and "tail" (Letters, May 16th) is a popular etymology but false.

In the 18th century Samuel Johnson said, "Lectures were once useful; but now, when all can read and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary".Martin GilbertWoking, SurreyGreek mythology?SIR – In addition to the etymological theories about OK discussed in Allen Read's obituary (October 26th), there is also its derivation from olla kala, a Greek phrase meaning, "all good" or "all right".