Example sentences of "[to-vb] away from the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1938 the CIO was to split away from the old-established American Federation of Labor , for whom it was too militant and too political in its aims . |
| 2 | We may even wish to veer away from the main subject to investigate an interesting sidepath . |
| 3 | The bird will remember to keep away from the bright coloured ones next time ! |
| 4 | You will recall that when we talked about the libido theory , I said that there were erm different one of the reasons why Freud had to introduce the libido theory was he wanted to get away from the narrow biological reproductive concept of sex to do with genitals and reproduction which is of course he 'd want to expand it to include psychological never seen before er or never seen before so clearly , such as erm love of the self and , and this he gave the name narcissism , well he did n't actually , somebody else invented it not long before and he took it over very quickly . |
| 5 | I wanted to get away from the boring white theme , but the only dress I really liked was one by David Fielden which had white fur and beading . |
| 6 | Then again and again , climbing higher and higher to get away from the terrible snorting smoke-blowing , smelly-breathed beast down below . |
| 7 | This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) . |
| 8 | Those national structures can not be enforced , because to do so would be self-defeating to the idea of a free Europe and to their struggles to break away from the Moscow-dominated communist monolith . |
| 9 | Mr Gorbachev also had a sharp message for the Lithuanian party , which is planning to break away from the Soviet Communist party . |
| 10 | The first system to break away from the conventional mechanical systems was blessed with the name of Le Stik . |