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01. The [source] of the river is somewhere in the mountains.
02. His heavy drinking is the [source] of all his problems.
03. The BBC is the official [source] of news in England.
04. The main [source] of jobs for teenagers in this town during the summertime is the tourist industry.
05. [Sources] within the police department say that many officers feel that marijuana should be legalized.
06. The main [source] of income for many street performers is tourists.
07. The [source] of a lot of the maple syrup produced in the world is the state of Vermont.
08. Albert Einstein once said that the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the [source] of all true art and science.
09. There is a Thai proverb which states that work is the [source] of all good.
10. A housefly can transport germs as far as 15 miles away from the original [source] of contamination.
11. The center of our galaxy is a powerful [source] of energy.
12. Low-fat dairy products are an excellent [source] of dietary calcium.
13. Our chief [source] of fresh water is the rainfall that collects in lakes and rivers.
14. Because work is so central in our society, it is a major [source] of personal and social identity.
15. Mozambique is one of the world's finest [sources] of seashells.
16. For decades, the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been a [source] of conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
17. Beer and wine were valued as important food [sources] in the Middle Ages in Europe.
18. Wind is now the world's fastest growing [source] of power.
19. Oil is the world's most important [source] of energy.
20. Common [sources] of indoor air pollution include tobacco smoke, biological organisms, building materials and furnishings, cleaning agents, copy machines, and pesticides.
21. All ingredients used in our restaurant are organic, and are [sourced] locally.
22. By [sourcing] fruits and vegetables from local farms, we can be sure that they are grown organically.
23. The basic [source] of all surface water on our planet is precipitation.
24. The chants of the Roman Church were the [source] and inspiration of a large proportion of Western music up to the 1700s.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Source — Engine …   Википедия

  • source — [ surs ] n. f. • v. 1354; sourse XIIe; fém. de so(u)rs, anc. p. p. de sourdre 1 ♦ Eau qui sort de terre; issue naturelle ou artificielle par laquelle une eau souterraine se déverse à la surface du sol. ⇒ fontaine, griffon, 1. point (d eau).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Source — may refer to:Film and television* The Source (documentary) , a 1999 documentary movie about the Beat generation * The Source (film) , a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD… …   Wikipedia

  • source — Source. s. f. Endroit où l eau commence à sourdre, à sortir de terre, pour avoir un cours continuel. Claire source. vive source. source qui ne tarit jamais. ce ruisseau ne provient pas des pluyes, c est une eau qui coule de source. trouver une… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • source — n 1: a point of origin the source of the conflict 2: one that supplies information held the reporter in contempt for refusing to reveal her source Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • source — Source, Origo, Scaturigo, Scatebra, Caput riuulorum, a surgendo. La source d une lignée, là ou toute la lignée rapporte son commencement, Genus. La source dont vient tout le mal, Seminarium. La source dont procede quelque tristesse, Fons moeroris …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • source — [sôrs] n. [ME sours < OFr sourse < pp. of sourdre, to rise < L surgere: see SURGE] 1. a spring, fountain, etc. that is the starting point of a stream 2. that from which something comes into existence, develops, or derives [the sun is our …   English World dictionary

  • Source — Source, n. [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F. source, fr. OF. sors, p. p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre, to spring forth or up, F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or raise up, to spring up. See {Surge}, and cf. {Souse} to plunge or swoop… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Source — [sɔ:s] die; <aus engl. source »Quelle«, dies über altfr. surse zu lat. surgere »entstehen«> die Eingangselektrode beim Feldeffekttransistor …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • source — ► NOUN 1) a place, person, or thing from which something originates. 2) a spring or other place from which a river or stream issues. 3) a person, book, or document that provides information or evidence. ► VERB ▪ obtain from a particular source.… …   English terms dictionary

  • Source — (fr., spr. Surs), 1) die Quelle, der Ursprung; bes. 2) die Handelsquelle (wo eine Waare aus der ersten Hand bezogen wird) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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