Example sentences of "to distance [pron] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We try to pretend that sex is n't so important , that we are just like everyone else , just as we sought to distance ourselves from books like The Milkman 's On His Way during the Section 28 debates . |
| 2 | Mr Endara was moved to distance himself from proposals in Washington to support anti-Noriega parties with CIA funds , describing the scheme as ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 3 | After all , closeted anonymously in the Iranian Embassy on avenue d'léna , it was easy to distance himself from events beyond its railings . |
| 4 | During September there were signs that Jordan was attempting to distance itself from Iraq in order to restore relations with its former allies in the Gulf . |
| 5 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 6 | In the 1980s , the WFTU had over 200 million members in 70 countries ( most of Eastern Europe and communist unions in Western Europe and Japan ) , though the Italian communist trade union had withdrawn and the French began to distance themselves from WFTU in the mid-1970s , ostensibly to improve the climate for domestic solidarity . |
| 7 | Linguists therefore choose to distance themselves from questions of politics and ideology . |
| 8 | By the time Iran had attacked a Kuwaiti , a Saudi and then a Liberian tanker ( the last of these caught near the principal Saudi terminal at Ras Tanura ) , the GCC states had begun to recognize this sequence — as it was doubtless intended — as a signal to distance themselves from Iraq in the light of the support they had been providing for Baghdad . |
| 9 | Many other writers working with similar concerns about the analysis of culture would wish to distance themselves from aspects of Montrose 's and Greenblatt 's orientation , though all would likely wish to acknowledge the influence of their work . |