Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way . |
| 2 | Their exploitation of this recently opened path aroused jealousy among the knights , one of whom refused to answer a charge levelled against him by the Erembalds in the court of Charles the Good , on the ground that his accusers ' lowly social origins barred them from comital justice . |
| 3 | If only there were some way to release her from this bondage , turn her again into what she had been ; a young actress on her way to the top of the ladder , as Papa had often put it ! |
| 4 | He held the office until Safar 924/February 1518 when he was succeeded by two Damascene scholars in turn , who between them held the post until 927/1521 ; then by two Ottomans , in turn , until 930/1524 ; and then again by one of the Damascenes who had earlier held the post , this time holding it from 930/1524 to 936/1530 when he was removed , apparently for misconduct . |
| 5 | Paper-thin circumstance separates us from other lives and alliances . |
| 6 | But in the Lawrence passage , there is no such intermediary to deflect us from direct participation in the fictional world . |
| 7 | One of the two largest owls of the region , an enormous , almost eagle-sized bird , the prominent ear-tufts and facial disc distinguishing it from all diurnal birds of prey . |
| 8 | The White Lions protected him from many assassination attempts and his personal retinue of Sapherian wizards countered all death-spells . |
| 9 | ‘ I am capable of cooking for myself , ’ he assured her stiffly , and she knew she would have to do a little begging to keep him from another burst of anger . |
| 10 | ‘ These clothes protect you from radioactive dust , ’ he said . |
| 11 | We have so far been considering the extent to which the intentional ingredient in natural language distinguishes it from other systems of animal communication . |
| 12 | On the north side of this Paddock a low wall separates it from some buildings occasionally used for canine patients , but chiefly as a Storage … |
| 13 | In January 1950 Averell Harriman , a man whose international experience distinguished him from many of the more parochial critics , protested that the British chancellor of the exchequer 's narrow economic vision was sabotaging Western European integration . |
| 14 | A sample of forty is undoubtedly on the small side ; most sociological research studies using empirical data obtain it from larger samples than this . |
| 15 | Her confident reply dissuaded him from further questions along this line . |
| 16 | It is perhaps not coincidental that the same Islanders , whilst wishing to keep their traditional forms of adoption , are also seeking legal security to protect them from undue interference from the natural family . |
| 17 | God bless Mummy , Daddy , all our family , those throughout the world ; Keep all Evil from our home , And by the great mercy defend us From all the perils and dangers of this night , amen |
| 18 | Meanwhile , as Europe 's electronics companies demand that the European Commission protect them from Japanese competition , NEC is thinking of taking a stake in Groupe Bull , France 's loss-making state-owned computer maker . |
| 19 | You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see . |
| 20 | Tragedy of twin too weak to survive alone Three-year-old girl dies after 15-hour surgery to separate her from Siamese sister |
| 21 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 22 | All the ruthless attempts to force her from this allegiance have not shaken her faith . |
| 23 | To stop splatter from spilling into the conversations of people using analogue phones , the digital frequencies require buffer zones of precious spectrum to separate them from analogue channels . |
| 24 | Feathered legs separate it from all other same-sized birds of prey , except smaller eagles . |
| 25 | Caroline paced her bedroom , her furious steps taking her from one end of the handsome room to the other . |
| 26 | The incredible red head distinguishes it from all of them except ‘ C. ’ fenestratum , and these too , are easily differentiated as fenestratum has horizontal bars on the head , a longitudinal band , and a series of vertical bars on the body . |
| 27 | The development of this part of the plot is swift , Lear 's impatient anger leading him from one self-imposed crisis to another . |
| 28 | The smallest of the three spotted woodpeckers that have a conspicuous white patch on each wing , a feature at once distinguishing it from the three on p. 197 , while its red crown separates it from adult Great Spotted and Syrian , as well as Three-toed and female Lesser Spotted . |
| 29 | According to the Liberal-Irish alliance , the Irish party was supposed to abstain from the 1901 Conservative bill , aimed at bringing denominational schools in England and Wales into the national education system while at the same time absenting them from local government control : that is , giving finance while maintaining the system of denominational clerical control . |
| 30 | Corals , which must remain close to the surface of the water because they contain symbiotic algae which photosynthesize , also tend to contain specific pigments to protect them from ultraviolet light . |