Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [to-vb] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 2 | Following the Olympic bronze medalist Denis Stewart 's decision to retire from competition after a poor performance in the world championships in Belgrade , two months ago , the No.1 spot was up for grabs . |
| 3 | The election of Sir Michael followed Namaliu 's decision to retire from politics in order to spend more time with his wife who was seriously ill . |
| 4 | It was all the more remarkable given Franco 's condemnation , years earlier , of the loss of the last remnants of the Spanish empire , as he saw it , without a fight , and his disapproval of General Primo de Rivera 's decision to withdraw from Morocco in the 1920s . |
| 5 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 6 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Mr Ray Harding , the New York attorney formerly representing Yugoslavia and now Croatia , expressed his firm conviction that Sotheby 's attempt to withdraw from proceedings at the stage is premature and should not be allowed until the pre-trial discovery process has been completed . |
| 7 | Financial considerations may have played as big a part as stupidity in explaining the military administration 's failure to switch from smooth-bore to rifled muskets before the Crimean War . |
| 8 | Mott , Hay & Anderson , the tribunal ruled that Mr Brennan 's refusal to move from London to Newcastle to be unreasonable . |