Example sentences of "to clear [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 20,000 Yanomami in Brazil and Venezuela are threatened by imported diseases and pollution ; the operation is the second attempt since 1990 to clear miners from the area . |
| 2 | Now , when I was a prisoner of the French ( and , yes , that 's another story ) I had to clear corpses from the battle field . |
| 3 | A brief summary of the PCA investigation of complaints about police tactics used to clear demonstrators from the steps of Manchester University 's Students ' Union building during a visit by the then Home Secretary , Leon Britain , in March 1985 highlights the origins of this concern . |
| 4 | She stood up and began to clear dishes from the table . |
| 5 | One patient had a combined cholecystoscopy and endoscopic sphincterotomy to clear stones from the gall bladder and bile duct , leaving two patients with a failed clearance , one of whom is without symptoms ( patient IV ) . |
| 6 | His help was called for in purely local matters , such as the corporation 's attempts to clear fishgarths from the Ouse , but he also pressed the city 's claims at court , and in 1476 was credited with the preservation of York 's liberties by his great labour to the king . |
| 7 | His help was called for in purely local matters , such as the corporation 's attempts to clear fishgarths from the Ouse , but he also pressed the city 's claims at court , and in 1476 was credited with the preservation of York 's liberties by his great labour to the king . |