Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun pl] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surrounded by the slums of Portuguese and Arab immigrants , the campus drew its students from the middle classes , but did so under an authoritarian system of education that seemed hardly to have changed in 150 years . |
| 2 | He gave the example of a two-year Community Skills course in a local college that drew its recruits from the special schools . |
| 3 | Also , if the deceased person leaves any estate , the local authority will claim its expenses from the legal personal representative . |
| 4 | Where the European issue is concerned , the weakness of this overly consensual approach is underlined by the fact that the Foreign Affairs committee ( which has a sub-committee on European affairs ) takes its instructions from the Foreign Ministry . |
| 5 | The Belfast branch , for instance , with 700 members , draws its officers from the civil service , the Electricity Board , local software houses and the University of Ulster . |
| 6 | The emphasis on animals as endangered species may take its roots from the historical preferences of naturalists and scientists . |
| 7 | According to a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 21 , these would involve a sharp reduction in Soviet aid ( to around US$110 million ) and would require Vietnam to make its purchases from the Soviet Union in hard currency at prices determined by international market rates . |