Example sentences of "to remove [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can find their way into waterways by a number of routes — mainly via those sewage systems which are not equipped to remove them in the treatment process . |
| 2 | As they contribute nothing to the signal , it would seem to be advantageous to remove them from the fountain . |
| 3 | Each partner will have the right to inspect the firm 's books , but not to remove them from the place where they are agreed to be kept . |
| 4 | As it becomes increasingly unacceptable for the man to remove himself to the predominantly adult male preserve of the pub , leaving wife and children at home , it becomes imperative for outlets to be found which can cater to the demands of the whole family . |
| 5 | By 17 October Mola 's troops were only 30 kilometres from Madrid , causing President Azaña to remove himself to the safety of Barcelona . |
| 6 | Or , if the Prince of Wales was to remove himself from the line of succession , that would be a grave matter . |
| 7 | He hastened to remove himself from the danger . |
| 8 | The second plaintiff to remove itself from the action was Thai Farmers Bank , of which the judge in the case commented : ‘ The other development is more disturbing in that from January 1983 the local manager of Thai Farmers Bank began to provide to other banks references for Berg which either misrepresented the true position of Berg 's accounts with Thai Farmers Bank or at the least concealed the true position without making it clear that there was highly relevant information about Berg which they were declining to give . |
| 9 | It 's to remove you from the source of this , and that is the school you 're working in . |
| 10 | The guard was heard to say : ‘ I have been told by management that I have to remove you from the studio . ’ |
| 11 | For example , easements over land are generally precisely identified in the document that set them up and it is not possible simply to remove one without the agreement of the person with the benefit . |
| 12 | my Lord that 's why we say it was so strict , the commission said you 're not getting exemption you have to remove everything from the market |
| 13 | How dare she expect up-to-the-minute information when she had decided to remove herself from the scene ? |
| 14 | She was just about to investigate when a long , shuddering breath from the man at her feet reminded her that it might be as well to remove herself from the scene before the winded assailant recovered enough to take his revenge . |
| 15 | If Rainbow were left to her own devices , she would undoubtedly now choose to remove herself from the taxi altogether , and pace back and forth in the lay-by , enjoying the comparative peace of the rain and the fumes and the roar of the juggernauts until she could get the show back on the road once more . |
| 16 | Though Lugard later lost the simple faith of his childhood , he never lost the evangelical habit of spiritual self-scrutiny which had been so pronounced in him as a boy that his mother at one time feared that ‘ possibly ( though now in perfect health ) our Father may be about to remove him to the heavenly garner ’ . |
| 17 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 18 | But all the same , Mr Browning thought it wise that she should send to the Ogilvys a letter for Gigia to carry in which both she and Ferdinando formally requested the return of their young son and gave her power to remove him from the care of his aunt and conduct him to Italy . |
| 19 | When George Ill and his supporters questioned the local authority of the Duke of Richmond by attempting to remove him from the lord-lieutenancy in 1779 , they were firmly repulsed by a well-organised but short-lived local movement for ‘ reform ’ . |
| 20 | But of course I had to remove him from the field . ’ |
| 21 | The judge was told that the father had given undertakings ( which the judge recited in the course of his judgment ) that , if the court ordered the child to be returned to Canada , he would not attempt to remove him from the care of the mother without an order of the Canadian court ; that he would not support or initiate any contempt of court or criminal proceedings arising from the mother 's removal of the child , and would co-operate in having an early hearing of the proceedings in Ontario . |
| 22 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 23 | He has resisted attempts to remove him from the Maine Road board in the past , but it has become clear that Lee 's intervention provided much greater pressure on him to step aside . |
| 24 | Mr Yeltsin 's aides have said he would ignore a vote to remove him by the Congress , which was elected before the collapse of the Soviet Union . |
| 25 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 26 | The wall opposite the sink and the window was covered with an oak dresser , very old and probably valuable , if it had been possible to remove it from the wall without its collapse , and the original row of bells still hung over the door each with its Gothic script ; drawing room , dining room , study , nursery . |
| 27 | So whatever has happened , I 'm now going to remove it from the acid . |
| 28 | To create a separate agency for a particular task helps to remove it from the political arena . |
| 29 | The energy transferred from the photon to the electron is more than enough to remove it from the atom . |
| 30 | If a downpipe is damaged , it may be necessary to remove it from the wall and to replace ( or repair ) lengths and remake the joints . |