Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.

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1 But while tanks revved in Lima 's main square , Washington shut off aid to Peru , worth nearly £200 million , and signalled it might veto new loans from multilateral institutions .
2 The proposal attracted strong opposition , some arguing that it might withdraw legal protection from the weak and vulnerable , others arguing that the fundamental ethical problems could not be satisfactorily resolved by legal definition .
3 The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call .
4 Mr Major bragged about his opt-out from the social chapter , saying that it would attract foreign investment from Britain 's neighbours .
5 As an incorporated vehicle , it would ring-fence past claims from new capital-providers .
6 It would be a stronger party because it would win popular support from all sections of the unionism by advocating equitable social and economic policies and by removing power from the undependable unionist élites .
7 He had written to the Office of Fair Trading to ask if , in the absence of any interest by the Government , it would seek formal assurances from Ford on future investment levels , research and development expenditure , training , component sourcing and the development of the dealer network .
8 It would save some patients from being precipitated into depression and the concomitant risks of treatment with ECT .
9 Tonight the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford said it would take two patients from the airlift .
10 London 's International Stock Exchange said it would cut 350 people from its staff of 2,800 in the first stage of a big slimming campaign .
11 The Czechoslovak Environment Minister , Ivan Dejmal , said it would need substantial aid from the European Community and other foreign sources .
12 But if it goes down that route , it will face some criticism from its members .
13 And it will bring blessed relief from your personal nightmare for up to ten hours .
14 And it will generate extra revenue from the extra uses .
15 It will reprocess spent fuel from nuclear power stations in the UK , Japan , Germany , Switzerland , Holland , Sweden , Italy , Canada and Spain .
16 Even with the best economic policy it will take two years from this point to go through the unavoidable stages of deflation and recession to reach the start of recovery .
17 But , like the suspects index and INDECS , it will receive partial exemption from the Data Protection Bill , now in committee stage in the House of Lords .
18 If you thread the yarn through any other sections of the yarn mast , when knitting it will cross any yarn from a holder to the right of it .
19 It requires great skill on the part of the teacher to match tasks to attainment levels and in reality it will prove unusual starting from a core to have a task which only addresses one level within one target .
20 It will purify evil vapours from the air , make you breathe more easily and allow more restful sleep . ’
21 Unless it can pull some rabbits from a hat , the losing consortium , led by Northrop and McDonnell Douglas , will see the YF-23 ( which resembles its sleek and costly stablemate , the B-2 bomber ) consigned to a museum .
22 On the other hand it can isolate quiet pupils from the action , and very quick pupils can ignore slower ones without intentional cruelty .
23 In Safrane , the engine has been deliberately tuned to favour torque output with the result that it can deliver 115 lb-ft from 1,500 rpm upwards — so producing an extremely flexible power curve .
24 He reckons the bank has shown it can attract personal savings from building societies and is confident the new NatWest Life company , a joint venture with Clerical Medical , will reap rewards .
25 The ponderous patent application process seems to be unsuited to a fast- moving technology as it can take several years from initial application before a patent is finally granted .
26 It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt .
27 Our silence offers God an opportunity to speak to the soul and it can provide blessed relief from over-activity and the torrent of speech and song with which we assail both his ears and our own .
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