(1) From 1983 to 1987 the 5th Brigade were given a free hand to rid Matabeleland of the perceived threat.

(2) Boil the peel to rid it of bitterness

(3) She couldn't wait to be rid of us

(4) But young people are fighting back in South Yorkshire and today will descend on London, seeking to rid their county of its unwanted image.

(5) The concentration camp system also claimed millions of non-Jewish victims, though their murder was not part of the same plan as that devised to rid Europe of Jews for ever.

(6) It has been discovered that the vitamin has the ability to rid your body of the free radicals that sometimes prevent oxygen being pumped around your limbs.

(7) By learning some simple facts about weeds, you can put yourself in a much better position to rid your garden of these unwanted guests.

(8) They have delivered real change on the ground and rid communities of the scourge of drugs.

(9) The increase comes as a blow to health and education officials who have spent the past three years trying to rid Southampton of its unwanted title as the south's teenage pregnancy hot spot.

(10) We now have the greatest chance ever to rid the world of nuclear weapons

(11) A CAMPAIGN to rid Grimsby of abandoned cars has resulted in more than 50 unwanted vehicles being handed over in the first 10 days.

(12) Although washing and drying rids the bottles of bacteria, frequent washing accelerates the breakdown of plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, releasing toxins into the water.

(13) According to medieval hagiography, Patrick's powers also encompassed raising the dead, conjuring snow on a summer's day and, of course, ridding Ireland of snakes.

(14) The beleaguered authority is to discuss the way forward in ridding the city of unwanted homes, which are magnets to vandals, at a meeting next Monday.

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(16) No, you threw it in the garbage, and you felt relieved and refreshed to be rid of it.

(17) They don't deserve protection and the sooner society is rid of them the sooner we will have a better society.

(18) Bury North MP David Chaytor has welcomed a range of new powers aimed at ridding communities of the scourge of graffiti.

(19) Parents wanting to be rid of undesirables will be free to set up their own grammar schools with their own selection systems.

(20) Gorbachev blamed himself for being too concerned about playing by democratic rules and not simply ridding the party of forces opposed to his reforms when he had a chance.