Example sentences of "order [to-vb] [noun sg] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they 'd been sent down into the rock no doubt still with orders to draw blood from the air . |
| 2 | In 1976 the Labour Government was forced to impose curbs on public expenditure in order to obtain assistance from the International Monetary Fund . |
| 3 | However , relational DBMS require the user to be aware of the relations that have been set up in order to obtain information from the database , including keys and foreign keys used to join relations . |
| 4 | There is , for instance , the problem of what kind of heart would be needed to propel a large body , and the question would arise as to whether , in the case of very tall animals , a higher blood pressure would be required , with commensurately tougher blood vessels , in order to pump blood from the heart to the brain . |
| 5 | Metal collars with long steel spikes were undoubtedly the favourite form of protection against throttling , although Punch ( 13 December 1862 ) also dreamt up ‘ great coats made a-la-porcupine … with spring daggers at the elbows and sharp spikes all up the back ’ in order to discourage attack from the rear . |
| 6 | It was as if by revealing a hint of softness to Nutty , knowing that she suspected him of acquiescing in order to save Firelight from the chop , a girlish affection betrayed , he then behaved more churlishly than ever to make up for it . |
| 7 | Some depositors , in order to maximise recovery from the fund , assigned sums of £20,000 to friends and relations . |
| 8 | The first canals were constructed between 1757 and 1761 in order to transport coal from the mines to the towns and factories ; in the years 1791–7 the canal system expanded rapidly , and by 1815 covered most of England 's transport requirements in the industrial field . |
| 9 | A contract of sale is made in order to transfer ownership from the seller to the buyer . |
| 10 | They are likely to bend forward and flex the limbs in order to gain relief from the tightness . |
| 11 | The current chapter will discuss ways in which all levels of analysis can suggest alternative or additional candidate letters , words ( or perhaps phrases ) in order to supplement information from the pattern level . |