Example sentences of "distance itself [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem with that is that the feminist movement in Europe distances itself from the mass movement . |
| 2 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 3 | The station itself was built with massive stolidity as though to distance itself from the Georgian grace of the great imperial buildings near by . |
| 4 | It is clear that , on the most fundamental level , the ability to substitute a thought conveyed in linguistic terms for an action or a thing is an absolutely basic ingredient of the ego 's functioning : it is the key to the ego 's ability to distance itself from the immediate demands of the id and its drives and to evolve higher , more abstract thought-processes than those available to an animal , no matter how intelligent , which lacks the power of speech . |
| 5 | During the election , for the first time , he enunciated this as a national vision : in memorable , simple , evocative terms ; as graspable in its clarity as Mrs Thatcher 's , but sufficiently orientated towards ‘ safety nets ’ , ‘ decency ’ , the ‘ citizen 's charter ’ and ‘ effective delivery ’ themes to distance itself from the harsher extremes of Thatcherite social gospel . |
| 6 | In a continuing battle to distance itself from the latest investigations , the Richmond Fellowship UK is trying to oust Jansen from an office she and staff from the charitable foundation occupy rent free behind its Kensington headquarters . |
| 7 | In response the government , eager to distance itself from the ruling FLN , which was itself in disarray [ see pp. 37628 ; 37795-96 ] , and secure its own survival , promised that free and open parliamentary elections would be held in the first half of 1991 . |
| 8 | The hyperpluralist perspective may have sought to distance itself from the pluralist perspective on British politics , but there is much in common between the two orientations . |
| 9 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |