Example sentences of "[det] would [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could partition off part of the tank for the other fish but this would detract from the overall appearance and may not necessarily work . |
| 2 | This would detract from the goodwill for which the purchaser has usually paid a premium . |
| 3 | Some would suffer from the cold , others from the heat , and still others would become badly matted and tangled without their daily grooming . |
| 4 | Neither the seamen nor their leaders , Shinwell admitted , had heard of the Queensberry rules ; " they had one common characteristic , a belief that toughness and a bellicose attitude were as good a rule of life as any and while many seamen were of a friendly disposition and hated trouble , some would attack from the rear and use a razor or a broken bottle " . |
| 5 | If the abolition of the B Specials and the other limited interventions had brought such plaudits on the mainland and from Irish republicans , how much more would result from the abolition of the government and parliament of Northern Ireland ! |
| 6 | They discussed two histories of music recently advertised , and Boswell believed each would suffer from the other . |