11.   However, it could rankle some subcommittee members who had extracted a promise from the speaker that he not engage in any orchestrated effort to diminish his own admissions.

12.   In the end, officials said, the fund agreed on the faster timetable, but used the occasion to extract additional promises of fiscal restraint from the Russians.

13.   Kerasiotes extracted signed promises from staff not to reveal financial secrets.

14.   Over the years, the West extracted grudging promises from the Russian government to undertake this or that pro-market reform.

15.   Perhaps Britain can, improbably, extract a promise that he will now stop harassing his opponents and honor the outcome of the poll.

16.   She agreed, but only after extracting a promise that she be identified only as a private citizen.

17.   The association extracted a promise from Gingrich that fees paid to doctors would be reduced by less than the Republican plan had originally proposed.

18.   The Brooklyn Museum extracted no promises from Saatchi that he would not sell these works, though he has said he has no plans to sell them.

19.   The Liberals joined the government last year after extracting promises from Obuchi on a platform for the government.

20.   The social worker extracts a promise that the father will free them.