Ridding Sentence Examples

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  • The outbreak of another European war in 1592 gave the sultan an opportunity of ridding himself of their presence.

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  • Sulphur is of use in chronic bronchial affections, ridding the lungs of mucus and relieving cough.

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  • Phagocytes act as scavengers in ridding the body of noxious particles, and more especially of harmful bacteria.

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  • In the same way, according to Brian Hodgson, the yellow-bellied weasel (Putorius kathia) " is exceedingly prized by the Nepalese for its service in ridding houses of rats.

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  • Murad, who had welcomed the Persian War as a good opportunity for ridding himself of the presence of the janissaries, whom he dreaded, had soon cause to fear their triumphant return.

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  • In experiments with these various bodies it is found that they are all of them effective in also ridding the acetylene of the ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen, provided only that the surface area presented to the gas is sufficiently large.

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  • At the end of some months, however, he was calumniously accused of conspiracy, and the caliph, seizing the opportunity of ridding himself of a possible rival, threw him into prison, where he died, according to the majority of the historians, of starvation.

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  • They also have quite a talent for ridding others of their bad intentions and habits.

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  • Ritschl claims to carry on the work of Luther and Schleiermacher, especially in ridding faith of the tyranny of scholastic philosophy.

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  • With Jule—and you—I think we have a chance of ridding the planet of the immortal interference and returning to our day-to-day battle between good and evil.

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  • She is " incredibly grateful on some levels to America and the UK for ridding the world of a very inhumane man.

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  • Nettles are useful in ridding the lungs of excess phlegm and cleansing the body of toxins and make an ideal herbal cuppa.

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  • All there seemed to understand just ridding the country of Tony Blair was not going to change anything.

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  • For ridding your garden of mites, aphids, and other annoying critters you can use companion planting or mix up your own chemical-free insect and disease control solutions.

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  • While ridding your town of the were-pests, Wallace and Gromit will have a number of other challenges to surmount.

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  • Ridding the body of toxins is believed to be aided by hydrotherapy (bathing regularly in water containing baking soda, sea salt or Epsom salts).

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  • Ridding your body of unwanted hair in this innovative way is overall safe and side effects are minimal.

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  • Ridding the family home and the victim of lice is a battle that must be taken seriously.

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  • In 1847 Lyon Playfair informed him of a spring of petroleum which had made its appearance at Ridding's Colliery at Alfreton in Derbyshire, and in the following year he began to utilize it for making both burning and lubricating oils.

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  • Preventing lice and future outbreaks is the second most important step of successfully ridding an epidemic.

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  • If you have been affected by a lice infestation or have a small child who has been exposed to head louse from an educational or recreational environment, treating the louse is the first step in ridding them.

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  • Whatever the reason, there are some home treatment options available for ridding the scalp of lice and their eggs.

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  • That fresh faced look you get after a moderate to strenuous workout is your body's way of ridding impurities, and you can bet that same glow will stick around after you've cooled off if you make exercise a regular part of your lifestyle.

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  • While some stretch mark minimizing treatments promise drastic results, very few people have had success ridding themselves of stretch marks with a magic potion.

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  • For many people, the idea of fading or ridding themselves of freckles is just a distant dream, while others may be ecstatic to learn that modern technology can change their spots.

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  • After receiving a good education, he undertook the government of Austria in 1 4 11, and succeeded, with the aid of his advisers, in ridding the duchy of the evils which had arisen during his minority.

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  • He was forced to retain Talleyrand and Fouche in his first ministry, but took the first opportunity of ridding himself of them when the elections of 1815 assured him of a strong royalist majority in the chamber (the chambre introuvable, a name given it by Louis himself).

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  • Such being the nature of the man, it is not astonishing that, as his ardour for Isotta increased, he should have little scruple in ridding himself of his second wife.

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