Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime . |
2 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
3 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
4 | It was all to save me from the Fiery Pit . |
5 | These sections naturally follow one from the other , and thus the organization of the headings in these two chapters follows patterns . |
6 | A close associate of the President , he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party , the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution ( AREMA ) . |
7 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
8 | In non-metropolitan England and Wales and in Scotland , housing is allocated to the districts , thus separating it from the personal social services . |
9 | The control exercised by Mosca 's ‘ ruling class ’ is held to be assured by the organisational capacity of the ruling minority : this is the basis of their power and the characteristic that best distinguishes them from the disorganised and powerless majority . |
10 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
11 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
12 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
13 | Fewer and fewer Labour people can any longer distract themselves from the common assertion that Mr Kinnock is surrounded by men who are more able and winning than he is . |
14 | He sort of bounced off the wall as if he was on a piece of elastic and someone had just yanked it from the other end . |
15 | The team was able to win some very prestigious senior assignments during this time , deliberately dissociating itself from the wholesale movement of dealing and broking teams , an aspect of search of which GKR strongly disapprove . |
16 | Gradually the technique develops its own style , moving away from red-figure as red-figure had early freed itself from the black figure tradition ; only white-ground long remains no more than a sideline of red-figure painters . |
17 | I think they might … they still owe us from the famous Wembley farce in the 70's . |
18 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
19 | By the late 1960s all of the orthodox parties , with the partial exception of Colombia , had clearly distanced themselves from the armed struggle . |
20 | Whatever else was said , it was vital for Russian socialists clearly to dissociate themselves from the Tsarist record : |
21 | Sufferers frequently know the exact time of their last drink and may remember their very first introduction to alcohol as a very special experience , something that may clearly differentiate them from the non-addictive population . |
22 | They carefully distanced themselves from the dirty work , but did n't hesitate to employ his services . |
23 | Regional roots aside , the band always wisely distanced themselves from the now-dead scene — but , as Andy candidly remarks , ‘ everybody said that , did n't they ? |
24 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
25 | Beccaria 's unwillingness to allow individual differences — whether in terms of personal characteristics or socio-economic position — to enter into considerations of punishment , also distanced him from the positivist version of human manipulability . |
26 | If motherhood includes them in the community of women , poor parenthood also excludes them from the public culture of their own generation . |
27 | I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits . |
28 | When Sir Geoffrey Howe last summer tried insisting that she name a date for next year she refused and later sacked him from the Foreign Office . |
29 | But they could probably learn something from the occupational pluralism practised by crofters as an adaption to living on agricultural holdings too small to be economically viable . |
30 | The deadline for lodging the appeal is midnight tonight but UEFA have so far heard nothing from the Georgian club . |