Example sentences of "separate [prep] the [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.

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1 A single distal oral papillae , very occasionally two as in A. filiformis and A. otteri , separated from the infradental papillae by the space or diastema .
2 If the variable is not separated from the prompt string by a comma , the " ? " is not printed .
3 The western part of the island is separated from the central mass by the deep ravines between Ribeira Brava and São Vicente .
4 Its blue and white facade is separated from the sandy beach by only 50 yards of lush public gardens .
5 She now turned from the pony and looked towards the side gate separated from the front gate by a hedge of trees .
6 The polymer solution is separated from the pure solvent by a membrane , permeable only to solvent molecules .
7 To enter a church was to enter a world separated from the work-a-day environment by its interior layout , its decor , all designed to enhance the sense of the saint 's solemn presence in his shrine .
8 Gimmer Crag forms a head separated from the steep hillside by these two obvious gullies , which both start at the same point .
9 Today , most modern amenities are in a new quarter , Fegina , which is separated from the old quarter by a hill crowned with the 1622 Convento dei Cappuccini and a medieval tower .
10 The cDNA was separated from the free primer by G-75 sephadex chromatography .
11 Both the oceanic and the continental crust are separated from the underlying mantle by a sort of boundary , or discontinuity , known after its Yugoslavian discoverer as the Mohorovicic discontinuity , or Moho for short .
12 It is possible to use softer colours in an arrangement but only if separated from the variegated foliage by a stronger colour , otherwise the effect can be weak .
13 While Ben went to get their luggage she led her guests over to a small building , separated from the main house by a large garage complex .
14 Although the shifted maser could also produce emission at a frequency separated from the main features by twice the plasma frequency , no significant emission stronger than 51mJy ( 3 ) is found at .
15 His ‘ office ’ was separated from the main store by a glass partition , and included a fridge with some glasses on top , and an ancient desk .
16 A jutting headland called Mykineshólmur , covered in good grass , is separated from the main island by a narrow chasm called Hólmgjógv through which the sea growls and rushes .
17 It too is separated from the main island by a very similar chasm — which has n't been bridged — and it too has a large puffin colony .
18 South Cave is divided into two distinct parts , separated since the 18th century by the grounds of the Barnard family house , now known as Cave Castle Golf Hotel .
19 Plate tectonics appears to be the device , unexplained in Wegener 's day , that permits the continents to drift : it is a process whereby the rigid , relatively cool plates that cover the earth 's hot and partially plastic asthenosphere , forty miles down , shift slowly about , colliding and separating from the other plates by turn .
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