Sentence examples for but to extract from inspiring English sources

Yet the sceptics' aim is not to help deal with the problem but to extract concessions.

But to extract these would require a revolution in Mexico's nationalist oil policy.

You're meant not only to tame it but to extract substance, to identify cause and axiomatic effect.

But to extract entire paragraphs of text and regurgitate them before the House seems ill-judged, especially given that Hayes' brief takes in the issue of plagiarism.

But to extract that kind of value from cable systems, a sports channel would need a roster of highly desirable events.

"Our goal is not to kill them, but to extract them from the system," he said of the fighters, according to the RIA Novosti news service.

I was terrified and ashamed of getting into that position but managed to extract myself.

These were "resource plays" — large formations, easy to find but stubborn to extract from — that had recently been made viable by new recovery technologies.

Banks have cut costs by installing cash machines and closing branches but want to extract high fees for these "conveniences".

Investigators found semen on the woman's thigh in 1986, prosecutors said, but technology to extract DNA did not exist at the time, and the case remained unsolved.

Since then, China has accelerated its engagement with the continent, not only to secure resources for its booming economy but also to extract the raw materials on which our laptops, games consoles and mobile phones depend.