Sentence examples for prise away from inspiring English sources

He is talking of trying to prise away smaller parties in the alliance, but will find that extremely hard.

Carney announced last month that he has managed to prise away a few of the constraints on openness.

Nothing could prise away the tiny and fragile baby, wrapped in a blanket, that she clasped to her breast.

The only way to prise away a player like Manu is to offer obscene amounts, and that might do it.

At the same time, tentative negotiations are already afoot to prise away one of the rebel outfits from its alliance with al-Qaeda.

During his eight-year stint, the charming but ineffective Mr Khatami failed to prise away powers from Mr Khamenei and the rest of the conservative establishment.

The supporters' fear is that Pochettino will be prised away.

They're being prised away from their test tubes and undergoing a radical transformation.

Asked whether he could be prised away from his England contract, Eriksson said: "Everything is possible.

If England's form player  Ross Barkley had started every match in Brazil, he might have been prised away.

And while GCap won the breaking news award, Chrysalis Radio prised away another gong usually reserved for the BBC.