Example sentences of "distinguish [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can , as with dependent conditionals , distinguish them from other " if " statements , specify their logical properties-including contraposition and transitivity-and give their logical relations , notably their relations to dependent conditionals . |
| 2 | Salt ways present no special features that distinguish them from other roads and lanes on the map or on the ground . |
| 3 | It is envisaged that an analysis of such information will enable the identification of those financial , entrepreneurial , technical and regional factors which are most associated with the growth and performance of subcontracting small firms and which distinguish them from other more ‘ typical ’ small firms . |
| 4 | The touch of genius that he could evince from moment to moment , if he was exercising self-control , distinguished him from other politicians on both sides of the House . |
| 5 | But it was not only the international flavour of Penguin New Writing that distinguished it from other symposia of this kind ; Lehmann also had an active interest in the visual arts , and in particular promoted the neo-romantics . |
| 6 | Camberwell did not have a major industry that distinguished it from other London districts , but it offered sufficient variety of employment to engage a majority of the workforce ; other breadwinners did not have to go far to reach central London . |
| 7 | However , they invariably began their work by defining interest groups and distinguishing them from political parties . |
| 8 | The term conversation is widely used , in a non-technical sense , and people seem capable of distinguishing it from other kinds of talk . |
| 9 | The beliefs are seen as influencing , at least in significant part , the behaviour in which the members of the group engage and which distinguishes them from other groups who hold different beliefs . |
| 10 | This , of course , stemmed from their general lack of interest in the significance of the criminal justice system — the final feature that distinguishes them from classical criminology . |
| 11 | Men of all parties recognise in his personality something which is admirable , something which distinguishes him from other men . |
| 12 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 13 | We have so far been considering the extent to which the intentional ingredient in natural language distinguishes it from other systems of animal communication . |
| 14 | Another way is just to try to define its scope by explaining what it is that distinguishes it from other kinds of policy . |
| 15 | Here it distinguishes it from factual enquiry , at least as that is conceived by those with a robust sense that there is a way things really are in the world . |
| 16 | Styling outside and inside distinguishes it from big brothers |
| 17 | It is the capacity to feel , to reflect , to regret , to repent that distinguishes us from other creatures . |
| 18 | Fish are not capable of establishing a relationship with their owner in the same way as dogs and cats , but I 'm convinced that my Koi can distinguish me from other people approaching the pond . |
| 19 | The Charter For The 1990s report leaked last week recommends that Radio 1 should distinguish itself from commercial stations by implementing new discussion and documentary programmes , and ape up-market Radio 3 with regular pop music concerts . |
| 20 | To do this , we used experimental criteria to characterise and distinguish it from arachidonic acid , prostaglandin , chollagen , thrombin , or adenosine diphosphate ( see Methods ) . |
| 21 | When you name a document of your own , you can add your own filename extension to help you distinguish it from other types of files . |
| 22 | Most sociologists would wish to maintain that , while their social science does not meet the rigorous criteria of a natural science , in terms of the procedures used for verification of theoretical hypotheses there is some disciplined thinking and testing of ideas going on in sociology which does distinguish it from religious or mystical thinking . |
| 23 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 24 | Such entries would have to be flagged in the tree structure to show that they are misspellings to distinguish them from correct words ( as mentioned previously in section 4.4.3 during the discussion of the flagging system and the 12 codes necessary to represent proper nouns , compounds and phrases ) . |
| 25 | It became customary to refer to all bovines as ‘ black cattle ’ in order to distinguish them from other ‘ cattle ’ such as horses , sheep and pigs . |
| 26 | Even though no two people speak or write in just the same way , groups of people share sufficient language characteristics ( of accent , vocabulary and grammar ) to bind them together and to distinguish them from other groups . |
| 27 | The dress of the princesses shows no concessions to the formal court styles ; indeed , it would be very difficult to distinguish them from genteel country folk — only the sash worn by Frederick gives any hint at the exalted social status of the sitters . |
| 28 | ‘ By saying that the documentary needed to face up to the frauds , if only to distinguish them from sincere practitioners . ’ |
| 29 | A short summary of what you regard as your strong points makes an excellent final paragraph to distinguish you from other candidates . |
| 30 | Capital growth , above all , is what the industry sells to distinguish itself from boring old building societies . |