Example sentences of "to withdraw from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 2 | The government 's decision to withdraw from the contract was felt to be a major reason behind his departure . |
| 3 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 4 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
| 5 | It is said that the plaintiffs endeavoured to run the business because of the negligent advice received by them from Mr on the twenty second of October the plaintiffs were unable to withdraw from the contract . |
| 6 | Mr John Quinton , chairman of the Committee of London and Scottish Clearing Banks and of Barclays , told Mr MacGregor yesterday that all clearing banks had decided to withdraw from the scheme . |
| 7 | BASIC DATA Controlled by Spain since the 19th century , Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under the tripartite Madrid agreement of 1975 following Spain 's decision to withdraw from the territory ( see pp. 27575-77 ) . |
| 8 | Prime Minister Charles Haughey dismissed Lenihan as Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister on Oct. 31 under pressure from Fianna Fáil 's junior coalition partner , the Progressive Democrats , which was threatening to withdraw from the government and provoke another general election . |
| 9 | In the end he , the churchwardens and the PCC applied to withdraw from the case , and LGCM reluctantly agreed to leave . |
| 10 | Following his comments Shoob on Oct. 5 acceded to requests by the authorities to withdraw from the case and admitted that he had reached " certain preliminary conclusions " concerning the evidence . |
| 11 | A student who for any reason intends to withdraw from the University before the completion of the course of study or research must inform the Academic Registrar . |
| 12 | English Heritage chooses now to stress the responsibility of the many boroughs of which London is made up : ‘ Our policy is , in consultation with the boroughs , and over an agreed programme , to withdraw from the exercise of our powers where we are duplicating their functions ’ . |
| 13 | For much of the interwar period and for some years after 1945 , the judges seemed to withdraw from the conflict or , when asked to intervene , tended to adopt a neutral position . |
| 14 | Rather than compromise on these principles , he preferred to withdraw from the scene and wait out his opponents . |
| 15 | Original signatories : Albania ( withdrew 1968 ) ; Bulgaria ; Czechoslovakia [ see below ] ; East Germany ( withdrew in September 1990 prior to unification with West Germany ) ; Hungary ( declared in June 1990 that it would not take part in military exercises in 1990 and that it intended to withdraw from the Pact by the end of 1991 ) ; Poland [ see below ] ; Romania ; Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Hungary 's preliminary announcement at the June meeting of its intention to withdraw from the Pact by the end of 1991 opened the way for Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland to announce in January 1991 their withdrawal with effect from July 1 , and Romania and Bulgaria also announced plans to leave the organization [ see p. 37979 ] . |
| 17 | Ferguson thought the Scottish striker might be forced to withdraw from the trip to Berne because he feared he had been afflicted by the same illness which has hit more than a dozen of the Old Trafford squad . |
| 18 | Mike Atherton , too , came quietly back , and Tim Munton got his first Test cap , DeFreitas 's groin injury forcing him to withdraw from the squad . |
| 19 | Even forty or fifty years ago , middle age arrived in the forties , at which time it was normal to develop a comfortable middle-aged spread and to withdraw from the sex and beauty stakes . |
| 20 | On June 24 a group of seven reformers — including Damanaki , who had resisted Papariga 's decision to withdraw from the Alliance — had been suspended from the KKE 's central committee . |
| 21 | In the enalapril group two patients ( cases 9 and 10 ) ( both initially with low microalbuminuria ) decided to withdraw from the trial because they wished to become pregnant ( at withdrawal both displayed persistent normoalbuminuria , which persisted after stopping experimental treatment ) . |
| 22 | In response to the violence the Yugoslav National Army ( JNA ) had deployed tanks and armoured vehicles in the park , and on April 2 Croatian police complied with a JNA order to withdraw from the park in an effort to reduce tensions . |
| 23 | The negotiating parties will however be free to withdraw from the transaction prior to exchange of contracts . |
| 24 | The vendor should have the right to withdraw from the transaction without liability to our outstanding costs if interest above a reserve price ( for example , net asset value ) fails to materialise . |
| 25 | This has proved to be over optimistic as Haymarket was forced to withdraw from the purchase after a key investor pulled out . |
| 26 | He used the occasion to inform the public that his decision to withdraw from the campaign in July had been in response to a Republican dirty tricks campaign which had included a plan to smear his daughter through manufactured photographs and to disrupt her forthcoming wedding . |
| 27 | The Bolshevik delegates were obliged to withdraw from the Soviet . |
| 28 | Increasing support for Hamas in the " occupied territories " , and especially in its heartlands in the squalid refugee camps of the Gaza Strip , also posed a serious threat to the mainstream Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) which had opposed Hamas demands to withdraw from the peace talks and embrace its more militant approach . |
| 29 | The British Government said yesterday it was deeply concerned at North Korea 's decision to withdraw from the treaty , saying the move cast doubt on Pyongyang 's long-term nuclear intentions . |
| 30 | Although the rebel Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) forced government units to withdraw from the island in March 1990 , the consequent blockade and failure to achieve international recognition for the island 's declaration of independence resulted in a stalemate . |