Example sentences of "separated from [det] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any two or more PIWs separated from each other by eight weeks or less are ‘ linked ’ , and treated as one PIW . |
| 2 | We listened to the soundtrack through the back wall of the cinema , separated from each other by plates filmed in olive oil with pools of tomato juice , and half finished wine . |
| 3 | We have been able to demonstrate this at Westbury , for the bones from the rodent earth ( unit 15/8 : see Chapter 6 ) , where careful excavation with dental picks revealed complete bones with constituent parts in position but separated from each other by narrow cracks . |
| 4 | All around her men 's eyes are avidly forsaking their embarrassed girlfriends for the fantasy they have paid the go-go dancer to concoct of herself ; the room contains a crowd of men united in desire and fear of possession of women who are separated from each other by bars . |
| 5 | Nerve impulses pass from one neuron to another at a synapse , where two neurons are separated from each other by a space , the synaptic cleft . |
| 6 | The ‘ song ’ consists of about ten ‘ cuck-oos ’ separated from each other by one- or two-second intervals . |
| 7 | Gharial females bury up to forty eggs , usually in two tiers separated from each other by a thick layer of sand . |
| 8 | On the east side of the Central Court at Knossos and Phaistos , there were suites of chambers separated from each other by pier-and-door partitions . |
| 9 | One significant development was the emergence of the neuron theory that held that the brain was composed of discrete cellular elements , the neurons , that were physically separated from each other by gaps called synapses . |
| 10 | His almost pathological dread of producing a legato line means that instead of drawing us a picture of clear , flowing melodies he leaves little join-up-the-dots type sketches with the notes separated from each other by wide open spaces which even the generous resonance of St Peter 's , Waltrop ( near Dortmund ) can not adequately fill . |
| 11 | In most insects , however , the greater part of the cuticle undergoes a process of sclerotization whereby it becomes hardened and darkened to form more or less tough , rigid sclerites separated from each other by membranous zones of unchanged soft cuticle . |
| 12 | In these inland basins , separated from each other by rugged mountain ranges of crystalline rocks , sub-tropical crops such as rice , tobacco , cotton and opium poppies are grown . |