Example sentences of "seek to distance [pron] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , most Tories sought to distance themselves from the actions of their own supporters amongst the rank and file . |
| 2 | Scottish fishermen 's leaders sought to distance themselves from the threat of direct action . |
| 3 | By Christmas 1985 the DoE publicly sought to distance itself from the CEGB video , acknowledging that ‘ the film attempts to minimise the British contribution to acid deposition in Norway when it is much the largest . ’ |
| 4 | The hyperpluralist perspective may have sought to distance itself from the pluralist perspective on British politics , but there is much in common between the two orientations . |
| 5 | The National Party government sought to distance itself from the day 's events . |
| 6 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 7 | Nathalie Sarraute had never been prepared to accept his insistence on pure textuality , and both Robbe-Grillet and Claude Simon sought to distance themselves from the increasingly over-rigid application of his theories . |