Example sentences of "free [pn reflx] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sudan , he said , would " free itself from dependence on relief supplies and achieve self-sufficiency in food production in a year or two " . |
| 2 | In the famous debates between the Levellers and the army leaders , principally Cromwell and Ireton , at Putney in the autumn of 1647 , the Levellers argued that those who had fought on Parliament 's side had earned the right to be enfranchised : " if ever a people shall free themselves from tyranny , certainly it is after seven years ' war and fighting for their liberty , " said Maximilian Petty . |
| 3 | You should free yourself from thinking of them . |
| 4 | He would free himself from this enslavement , sweet as it was , as he had freed himself from Hilary . |
| 5 | He described eight principles to adhere to in order to free ourselves from suffering : |
| 6 | Women participate , not as feminists , but as revolutionaries to free ourselves from exploitation . |
| 7 | It is a lucid symbol of Grimes 's flailing efforts to free himself from reality . |
| 8 | The very powers of rationality which enabled modern man to free himself from nature and control it had also become an instrumental device to dominate him . |
| 9 | They prevent most of the underclass from being able to free themselves from welfare dependency . |
| 10 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 11 | Barbara Coleman freed herself from Rain 's hold . |
| 12 | Carrie freed herself from repression by both her schoolfriends and her religious fanatic of a mother . |
| 13 | This dematerialisation is taken a stage further when his soul becomes like a bird which can fly away , completely freeing itself from society or any distractions to concentrate solely on the contemplation of itself . |
| 14 | She sat up in bed , freeing herself from Lowell 's arms . |
| 15 | She had wanted some way of freeing herself from Gareth Davis and his demands and now , with no effort on her part , she was free of him for ever . |
| 16 | For by freeing themselves from war , the great Catholic powers were freeing themselves to attack the heretics , and attack they did . |
| 17 | Stoicism , like Buddhism , calls for indifference to the material world and a fatalism based on freeing oneself from desires . |