Example sentences of "they could from " in BNC.
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| 1 | If all of these subjects were studied at school in a ‘ generalist ’ manner , links being forged between one and another , then philosophy itself would greatly benefit , undergraduates at university would be the more ready to study it , and ultimately teachers at school would be better prepared to take what they could from philosophy , and apply it throughout the curriculum . |
| 2 | It grew wedged in a fork of the trees , its roots dangling in the air to trap what nourishment they could from the mists . |
| 3 | It would , of course , be far fetched to compare the plight of the French fighting the Japanese in Vietnam with that of the Polish Home Army who had been destroyed fighting the Germans in Warsaw in 1944 although , in one respect at least , the failure of the proximate military power to lend assistance meant that others , who were more responsive to the plight of the Poles and the French , did what they could from a distance to help . |
| 4 | These changes introduced by 12 year-old children are precisely the type of text feature which Marshall and Glock found to be essential if poor readers were to learn all they could from a passage . |
| 5 | On the death of a bishop , while his spiritual jurisdiction and income were administered by the dean , or prior , and chapter of the cathedral church , the temporalities of the see — as with any tenant-in-chief during a minority-reverted to the crown for the duration of the vacancy ; they were usually farmed or leased out to the profit of the crown and of the farmers who were naturally inclined to extract as much as they could from the windfall . |
| 6 | Spirits in both cars were high , Margaret scenting battle , her guards taking what pleasure they could from the prospect of a day or two at the seaside . |
| 7 | A row of limp , blank faced figures sat in front of the windows , begging what they could from the steady stream of shoppers . |
| 8 | But the British , though fearful of serious escalation , had to draw what reassurance they could from their faith in Eisenhower 's good sense . |
| 9 | Sheltering among the rocks , to gather what relief they could from the heat of a sun which beat down remorselessly upon their uncovered heads , they ate their cold lunch in silence . |