Sentence examples for extract a few from inspiring English sources

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But, after some of their plans were leaked and people responded with outrage, democracy campaigners have begun to extract a few concessions.

I'll extract a few morsels from my own Evernote stash: Apple's press conference showed a brand unraveling, or so said VentureBeat in March , 2012

But the Legislature can't even officially designate a sesquicentennial organization, lest someone try to extract a few bucks from our broke state government.

"Adam will rarely just extract a few laughs from a situation and move on," said Matt Tolmach, a president of Columbia Pictures, which is releasing "The Other Guys".

Getting banks to clear up mortgage debts — instead of stringing families along to extract a few more dollars — would help, not hurt, the economy.

Some lawyers who defend homeowners against foreclosure assert that mortgage companies are merely stalling, using trial loan modifications as an opportunity to extract a few more dollars from borrowers who would otherwise make no payments.

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As cars approach, the small bears are yanked up on their hind legs in the hope of extracting a few rupees from passing motorists.

Their attitude seems to be: "We have no powers to block this deal, so we'd better cover our backs by extracting a few vague pledges".

"It would be unreasonable," he said, "to expect that the historian should peruse enormous volumes, with the uncertain hope of extracting a few interesting lines".

But Roberts is, on another front, a rare woman to break a bombshell in an industry that generally prefers its women in cheerleading regalia or on the sidelines, extracting a few halftime words from Coach.

More Intelligent Life has extracted a few bits of underworld knowledge from this engaging memoir.On avoiding mistakes:Checking the identification on a body via tags affixed to the big toe and wrist is a technician's most important responsibility.

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