Example sentences of "distance itself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , of course , clear that the Report does not speak on behalf of working-class culture , but it should also be noted that it distances itself from the culture of the middle class ( cf. 236/256–7 ) . |
| 2 | One problem with that is that the feminist movement in Europe distances itself from the mass movement . |
| 3 | H&C 's management knows where it does not want to be , and has distanced itself from the previously volatile structure with some skill . |
| 4 | The UNO coalition has distanced itself from the contras , as has the US Administration by ending military aid . |
| 5 | This time the Orange Order , which had distanced itself from the Castlewellan and Cookstown incidents , was involved . |
| 6 | The new UNO coalition government has clearly distanced itself from the Sandinista view of education . |
| 7 | Buckingham Palace distanced itself from claims of a constitutional row over Dr Runcie 's remarks about Papal primacy and the Anglican Church . |
| 8 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 9 | There could be only one consequence as the clothier distanced itself from its customers . |
| 10 | Even the Guardian 's own headline seemed reluctant to blame the soldiers : ‘ 13 killed as paratroops break riot : ‘ Soldiers were returning Derry sniper fire , ’ says Army' ( ibid.:43 ) , and the paper 's editorial distanced itself from Winchester 's account : |
| 11 | In the succeeding weeks , while maintaining a position strongly opposed to Iraq 's aggression , the Soviet Union distanced itself from the US position , seeking to ensure that the enforcement of UN sanctions remained in the forefront as the means to secure an Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait , and advocating a UN framework for any enforcement action . |
| 12 | Northamptonshire mumming , Shrovetide football , and " Plough Mondays " are examples of practices which were no longer encouraged and to an extent positively discouraged by a gentry which increasingly distanced itself from rude diversions and vulgar games . |
| 13 | Although Washington promptly distanced itself from his speech , and publicized its own high valuation of relations with Britain , George Ball , deputy to the US secretary of state , privately noted that it was time the British gave up their " not very healthy " illusions concerning the empire , the deterrent and the relationship with the United States . |
| 14 | THE players ' union today distanced itself from Chelsea defender Paul Elliott 's plan to sue Dean Saunders and Liverpool over a career-threatening challenge . |
| 15 | Most pundits , so far at least , rule out the prospect of a neutral unified Germany , if only because the Federal Republic is too deeply rooted in the West to distance itself from its allies . |
| 16 | The Labour Party , in order to distance itself from its estranged and inconsistent creator , shrouded his name and reputation with invective . |
| 17 | The Tories would not be allowed to keep Jeffrey Archer and Labour could be forced to distance itself from Ben Elton , who is known to frighten off some middle-of-the-road autograph hunters . |
| 18 | By Christmas 1985 the DoE publicly sought to distance itself from the CEGB video , acknowledging that ‘ the film attempts to minimise the British contribution to acid deposition in Norway when it is much the largest . ’ |
| 19 | The station itself was built with massive stolidity as though to distance itself from the Georgian grace of the great imperial buildings near by . |
| 20 | During the election , for the first time , he enunciated this as a national vision : in memorable , simple , evocative terms ; as graspable in its clarity as Mrs Thatcher 's , but sufficiently orientated towards ‘ safety nets ’ , ‘ decency ’ , the ‘ citizen 's charter ’ and ‘ effective delivery ’ themes to distance itself from the harsher extremes of Thatcherite social gospel . |
| 21 | At that meeting the party changed its name , trying to distance itself from the word that connected it to communism . |
| 22 | The form also tends to distance itself from passion , although there is passion aplenty in the events described . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , despite US murders hitting a record 23,700 last year , Disney World continues to do its best to distance itself from the disaster unfolding down the road . |
| 24 | Earlier , Buckingham Palace again tried to distance itself from the riddle . |
| 25 | For that reason , abstract art has been anxious to distance itself from decoration . |
| 26 | An Early Day Motion has now been tabled in the House of Commons attacking the report and calling the Department of Health to distance itself from the recommendations . |
| 27 | It was the belief that France and Germany would not prove ready to join a common market , and that the scheme would collapse , that led Britain to distance itself from the Spaak committee late in the year . |
| 28 | Historically , engineering has had to distance itself from the sound of metal-bashing , and agriculture has become fiercely scientific and managerial ; while the obvious skill element in medicine and veterinary work only comes after a thoroughly academic grounding ( though it is sometimes pointed out rather unkindly that surgeons evolved from barbers ) . |
| 29 | In a continuing battle to distance itself from the latest investigations , the Richmond Fellowship UK is trying to oust Jansen from an office she and staff from the charitable foundation occupy rent free behind its Kensington headquarters . |
| 30 | The hyperpluralist perspective may have sought to distance itself from the pluralist perspective on British politics , but there is much in common between the two orientations . |