Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] it from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is finished in black leather , has an ABS breaking system and a 158 bhp engine that shifts it from 0–62 mph in 7.7 seconds , and from there to a top speed of 134 mph . |
| 2 | One peculiar characteristic of the British Parliament that distinguishes it from many legislatures in other countries , and particularly from the United States Congress , is the slight use made of specialized committees . |
| 3 | Another way is just to try to define its scope by explaining what it is that distinguishes it from other kinds of policy . |
| 4 | The male three-spined stickleback stakes a territory out and defends it from other males . |
| 5 | Others are more subtle , if not downright clever , like the frog-hopper or spittle-bug that , instead of spitting back the sap it does n't want — like greenfly — uses it to surround itself in a frothy mass that hides and protects it from predatory birds and also prevents the soft-skinned body from drying out . |
| 6 | Oxyhaemoglobin has a high affinity for NO and scavenges it from extracellular media ; methaemoglobin has no such action . |