Sentence examples for derived too much from inspiring English sources

GE bond yields have also risen about 1.5 percentage points, or 150 basis points, in recent months, partly due to the general retreat toward risk-free Treasurys, but also over concern that GE has derived too much of its income from expanding its balance sheet.

On The Sword of Shannara, she thought this: The Sword of Shannara has drawn extensive criticism from critics who believe that Brooks derived too much of his novel from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Even when United were relegated the following season it was hard to derive too much pleasure: Dundee were already down.

We can't derive too much comfort from the repetition of patterns in the markets, he said, noting the adage that while history doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes.

Intuitively, a logic is inconsistent if it permits us to derive too much.

It is a legacy that imposes immense expectations on the Cardinals coach, Billy Hicks, and his kids, a tension that is sustained throughout the book: the Scott County players are at once admired and burdened by a community that derives way too much of its identity and esteem from the fortunes of a bunch of boys in shorts.

Some schools, such as Highgate School, have prominent and active groups – although even they came under fire from a former chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Council who reportedly believes homophobic bullying "derives from too much media coverage".

Though I never managed to beat my linguist mother, or poetry-quoting-mathematician father, I learned to derive (perhaps too much) pride from small wordish successes that still buoy me when the days get long.

It might come as no surprise that I derive a little too much enjoyment from saying "I told you so".

Titled "Basketball Dropped From 35,000 Feet at Moment of Impact" (its distortions were derived by computer), it owes too much to Mr. Koons's work from the 1980's.

Serenity can be an ethical failure, Robinson suggests, if it derives from complacency, from being too much at ease with oneself.