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

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1 The Foreign Office design was for a three-storey building around three sides of a court , which had on its fourth side as arched entrance screen separating it from the new street .
2 They covered a large tract of ground , quite deserted , but conveniently illuminated by the high powerful lights round the warehouses that separated it from the still-working mainline railway .
3 On certain nights the mirror had a faint lustre that separated it from the deeper shadows of the corner in which it stood .
4 The pattern of pitch which accompanies the first clause or group of words will be recognised by an English listener as in some way complete and it will hold it together as a separate unit and separate it from the following clause , which will also be held together by intonation .
5 Indeed , the divisions within the class are as striking as the features which separate it from the middle class .
6 This cultural change is the second major theme of this book , but it is not easy to separate it from the political story .
7 When it comes to the end of that subordinate clause , you need a comma to separate it from the main clause , which is then going to follow .
8 The top is quickly reached from the grassy nick which separates it from the nearby Roaches .
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