Example sentences of "separated from [pron] [noun] by " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The quarry roads ran from south to north and formed a peculiar pattern , each having tributary tracks since each farm was separated from its neighbour by a continuous stone wall without gaps .
2 In this image the state in liberal democracies is separated from its society by only a thin membrane of formal legality .
3 One can then say that the mean velocity gradient depends only on u τ and y , although one can not say the same for U because it is separated from its origin by a region in which v is important .
4 She found the house in a pleasant street where each smallish building was separated from its neighbours by a bit of garden .
5 In the worst cases they have even lost the right to grow up in loving and secure homes , seeking to earn their living on the street or separated from their families by war and civil conflict .
6 At most sites , strip buildings appear to have been constructed as independent entities , separated from their neighbours by either alleys or narrow lanes .
7 A BRITISH passenger told last night of the moment he was separated from his wife by a wall of flames as their holiday jet crash-landed .
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