Sentence examples for could peel away from inspiring English sources

Some areas could peel away from de facto Kurdish control.

Some of Iran's old trading partners in Europe could peel away too, especially if they feel that America is to blame for the failure of the talks.

But that same pragmatism, Mr. Ibish said, suggests there is hope that many of the Syrians fighting alongside extremists are not ideologically committed to those groups' goal of an Islamic state, and could peel away from it if offered an alternative.

The result was a stamp that adhered just strongly enough to the circuits to yank them off the substrate, and weakly enough so that, once they were planted on their new base, the stamp could peel away and leave them behind.

In his essay collection, "The Braindead Megaphone" (2007), Saunders cites Esther Forbes, the author of the venerable Y.A. historical novel "Johnny Tremain" (1943), as his "first model of beautiful compression," someone whose work suggested that "with enough attention, a sentence could peel away from its fellows and be, not only from you, but you".

Should Webb run as an independent, there's a real chance he could peel away just enough of would-be Democratic voters to change the outcome in Virginia.

Many Democratic officials here said Mrs. Gore could possibly peel away Republican support because of her reputation as a fighter for family issues and for her high-profile drive against offensive lyrics in rock music.

But here in his home state, his quixotic quest for the White House as the Constitution Party candidate could peel votes away from Mitt Romney, and that is making some Republicans nervous.

The United States already produces about half of its own oil needs, so the increase could help it further peel away dependence on foreign oil.

Note, however, that skin which refuses to peel away easily could be a sign that the beets have not yet finished cooking.

Greenwood remembers being scooped up in the morning, sheets and all, and put in the bath to soak until the cloth could be peeled away from her flesh.