Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime .
2 The new UNO coalition government has clearly distanced itself from the Sandinista view of education .
3 I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits .
4 If that decision has now put him in the casualty ward , it has equally kept him from the sanatorium .
5 GE is headed by former environment minister Brice Lalonde and was set up with Mitterrand 's encouragement , but Lalonde has increasingly distanced himself from the government in recent months , criticizing Socialist policy on the environment .
6 ( ‘ Your good influence and help has sometimes draw me from the enwrapping pleasure of scenes which before held me alone with them . ' )
7 Your good influence and help has sometimes drawn me from the enwrapping pleasure of scenes which before held me alone with them …
8 ‘ It has completely dissociated itself from the ancient Macedonians ’ .
9 Archipenko , who had been a friend of Delaunay for some time , now also denied being a Cubist ; the Art column of Gil Blas reported on 14 December 1912 : ‘ M. Archipenko has formally announced that he has completely detached himself from the Cubist group whose principles he rejects . ’
10 Indeed , one of the leading contenders for the post , Edouard Balladur , has specifically dissociated himself from the British government , which pulled sterling out of the European currency grid last year and substantially cut interest rates .
  Next page