Example sentences of "to remove [noun] from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Even before August 1991 , this group had tried to remove Gorbachev from the post of general secretary of the Central Committee .
2 It 's function in helping to remove toxins from the bloodstream is useful in most illnesses .
3 It has been rumoured for the past year that there are moves afoot to remove Cork from the list of Tarmac championship rounds .
4 From this account of 1773 , two things can be noted : the miners first offered a price , and the objects of their anger were merchants intending to remove corn from the locality .
5 The material being drilled is effectively broken up by the drill bit , and the rotary action of the drill bit is primarily to remove debris from the hole .
6 The only cure , however , is to remove lead from the water system altogether , by replacing old pipes and tanks .
7 According to The Hindu of March 31 , Lal had acted in order to pre-empt a possible move by Singh to remove Chauthala from the party and also in order to convey a message to the Prime Minister that any action against his son " could not only evoke resistance but provoke counterattacks " .
8 The eight-month-old baby is recovering with Middlesbrough foster parents following the operation to remove water from the brain .
9 Another major problem for speech systems is interference from background noise , since it is necessary to remove sounds from the input data that are not part of the speech signal .
10 An entry can be made by any part of the accused 's body or by an instrument held by the accused to intimidate someone in the building or to remove goods from the building .
11 Between Aug. 9 and 13 , 24 people were killed in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg after Inkatha supporters arrived , armed with spears and clubs , to take part in what was billed as a non-political clean-up operation to remove rubbish from the township .
12 A Trust spokesman said the volunteers were hoping to remove grass from the marsh so reeds can spread across the water .
13 If a cooker hood can not be fitted , an extractor fan can be fitted into the kitchen window to remove air from the kitchen .
14 The system should allow the system manager to remove users from the system , either individually or en masse , without causing data to be lost .
15 Clary eye lotion ( to remove grit from the eyes )
16 Now EMLA , a local anaesthetic cream , can be applied one hour before an injection , to remove pain from the site .
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