Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pn reflx] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |
| 2 | The high-cost economies of the EC can not insulate themselves from the world outside — from the more flexible economies of the Pacific Rim and North America . |
| 3 | I believe that Wales continues to be less severely affected by the recession than the United Kingdom as a whole , but it can not possibly shield itself from the recession both in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world . |
| 4 | She wondered if she would ever free herself from the memory . |
| 5 | However , they can still disassociate themselves from the apology . |
| 6 | Morrissey reluctantly made the odd appearance ( although he would later disassociate himself from the organisation ) . |
| 7 | In any event the ‘ Far East ’ solution depended , with rather specious simplicity , on the ability to separate communist sheep from nationalist goats and even though the distinction was recognized as the sine qua non of a solution , it assumed that those who would not support genuine independence , once it was granted by the French , would identify themselves as communists : and would thereby distinguish themselves from the rest of the ‘ nationalist elements ’ who comprised the major part of the resistance forces . |
| 8 | Eventually , if the body lay undisturbed for long enough , the skin might even detach itself from the body . |