Example sentences of "to draw [noun] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initiative 's success will depend absolutely on the effectiveness of the web of partnerships that can be woven ; the Foundation will be equally glad to draw advantage from the experience of others creating their own versions of partnership . |
| 2 | To meet these demands , Daintyfit make use of the most recent developments in fabric technology such as ‘ coolmax ’ , which is used in its sports bras to draw moisture from the skin and hold it within the fabric . |
| 3 | Our home 's eight coconut support-trunks were planted upside down so that they continue , even in death , to draw moisture from the roof thatch down into the ground , where it belongs . |
| 4 | It is one thing to draw money from the public in terms of council tax and it 's another thing to spend it in the way you intend to do it . |
| 5 | From an avowed anti-socialist such an argument was by no means entirely free of complexities ; indeed he seemed aware of them , even to draw pleasure from the difficulty they posed for an opponent who would have to sort out the tangle . |
| 6 | So they 'd been sent down into the rock no doubt still with orders to draw blood from the air . |
| 7 | I trust that my proposals as to where I believe library and information science professionals should direct their efforts are sufficiently clear-cut so as to draw responses from the professionals involved . |
| 8 | It was so pitifully easy for the customers : the temptation so hard to resist , to pick up a bar or two of chocolate from the counter , a packet of tea from the shelf , even a bag of flour , as my aunt came from behind the counter , passed through to the kitchen , down the steps into the old still-room to draw vinegar from the cask , or paraffin from the tank ( its pump rattling up-down , up-down ) , or across the yard for corn or toppings , or up the back stairs for some item kept on the little landing ; so that the shop began to make small profit or none at all . |
| 9 | It might be great to have something in Torquay if you 're hoping to draw visitors from the southwest , but not if you 're trying to pull a big public audience from Tyneside . |
| 10 | A skilful teacher uses questioning : to draw ideas from the class to introduce decision-making processes to provoke and encourage children in their use of language to draw reticent children into the drama to encourage reflection to enable feelings and thoughts to be articulated to develop skills of analysis and interpretation to consolidate learning to build tension to encourage research to create a focus for the drama . |
| 11 | In the bailey of Carisbrooke Castle is a well house containing a donkey wheel , built in 15 87 to draw water from the well which was sunk probably in 1270 , to a depth of about 160 feet . |
| 12 | His mother-in-law had always used well-water , so when she died he felt it appropriate to draw water from the well to make the tea at her funeral . |
| 13 | As we said earlier on , he had been they had been travelling through and Jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a , th a nearby town across the frontier , er to get some food and some provisions , er to last them for the remainder of their journey and Jesus is just sitting there by this well , he 's tired , he 's thirsty , weary and hungry , just waiting there and then this lady comes to draw water from the well . |
| 14 | At Derwentwater ‘ Beyond Barrow Beck , is presented a scene of desolation , almost sufficient to draw tears from the eyes of the traveller of feeling , who would certainly lose nothing if he were conducted through it blindfold … ’ |
| 15 | Other life insurers to draw encouragement from the bid were Britannic , up 27p to 520p , and Refuge Group , 26p higher at 604p . |
| 16 | And persons of average political sensibility in many lands eagerly study the transformations in Hungary and seek to draw lessons from the changes . |
| 17 | Since this is the nature of the economic environment within which the agent operates it is rational for the agent to use that information about her environment to draw inferences from the information that she has about the current state of the economy , that is to solve her signal extraction problem . |
| 18 | Charterail — set up two years ago to draw freight from the roads — also blamed its collapse on ‘ unfruitful discussions ’ with transport minister Roger Freeman . |