Example sentences of "away from [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True happiness , according to Jesus , comes about when we turn away from the commonly-accepted prescriptions for happiness to abandon ourselves to God . |
| 2 | If this applies to you , next time try and find a genuine windsurfing school away from the crowded beaches with qualified English speaking instructors . |
| 3 | Away from the prying eyes of the world , the newlyweds sailed the Aegean and Ionian Seas and on through the Suez Canal . |
| 4 | The title dates back many centuries to the days when the Speaker was the King 's representative in parliament and when MPs wanted to debate raising money they formed themselves into a committee with an MP in the chair so that they could discuss the subject away from the prying ears of the Palace . |
| 5 | The title dates back many centuries to the days when the Speaker was the King 's representative in parliament and when MPs wanted to debate raising money they formed themselves into a committee with an MP in the chair so that they could discuss the subject away from the prying ears of the Palace . |
| 6 | It was to these that Frankie clung as he inched his way upward , making tortuously slow progress away from the slippery edges of the beck . |
| 7 | In fact , it did much to disguise Sadat 's unpopularity at home and his break away from the other countries of the Middle East . |
| 8 | The differences between the painters appear to have been purely personal , but Delaunay had also moved away from the other Cubists in his works of 1912 , and , using his Cubist researches as a point of departure , was developing a much more purely abstract kind of painting with colour as its principal element . |
| 9 | Greeting us sleepily , they began immediately to cast off The engine started and a moment later we were pulling away from the other barges in a wash of white water . |
| 10 | The next day Stig , kept away from the other dogs on a separate chain , but not under cover , is stiff-legged and looking mournful . |
| 11 | Fenner Brockway 's conception of the " Workers Front " , limited to " working class parties " , was adopted at the ILP Conference at Easter 1937 , and the ILP began to draw away from the other participants in the Unity Campaign . |
| 12 | So I slept in a little damp attic room which smelt of apples , my head not very far away from the dream-troubled heads of Shelley and his mistress . |
| 13 | She went in , shrinking fearfully away from the deepest patches of shadow and called , ‘ Oliver . ’ |
| 14 | They failed to obtain any long-term understanding on future regional coal price differentials from the National Coal Board , but their discussions did seem to indicate that there would be advantages to shifting away from the high-cost coalfields of Kent , South Wales and Scotland , and towards the cheaper coal of the East Midlands and Yorkshire . |
| 15 | Although they are important , you should not let technicalities in presenting references divert you away from the crucial tasks of organising and writing your essay . |
| 16 | Exaggerating the significance of passive ownership stakes or the potential for collaborative action , sometimes ideologically inspired , is unhelpful , in that it draws attention away from the crucial issues of management motives and competence , and the adequacy of the mechanisms of accountability . |
| 17 | Chunnel cynics think the high profile of the rabies defences is meant to draw attention away from the real hazards of what 's been called the longest crematorium in the world |
| 18 | But the room was warm , brightly lit and by no means uncomfortable so long as you kept your eyes away from the map-like stains on the rancid blue walls or the cigarette ends and other scraps on the floor . |
| 19 | She had glanced at him when directions were needed , observed his chiselled profile just for a moment , saw the unreadable expression , the tightness in his angular jaw , the closed look that told her his thoughts had moved on , were miles away from the insignificant circumstances of the foolish girl beside him . |
| 20 | The Brownings , it appeared were going to France , to some seaside place , in Brittany perhaps , where they would be joined by members of both their families , somewhere new , somewhere stimulating away from the tired attractions of Lucca . |
| 21 | Autocracy appeared the very linchpin of everything that offended a small but intellectually dynamic intelligentsia which was breaking away from the traditional values of the nobility . |
| 22 | European pistes are becoming more and more overcrowded and there is a move away from the endless queues for the ski-lifts . |
| 23 | The act does not control what happens to cell cultures imported by companies operating on the fringe of the biotechnology industry — away from the watchful eyes of the HSE and GMAG . |
| 24 | Federalists are worried that new members will dilute the EC , turning it away from the grandiose schemes of political union and towards the modest goal of free trade . |
| 25 | Then all infected timber is cut out so that all affected wood , including apparently sound wood up to 1/2m ( 1–1/2ft ) away from the visible extremities of the attack , is removed . |
| 26 | Countries such as Italy which have neither strong governments nor strong oppositions are noted for the chronic instability of their political systems , and for the fact that power seeps away from the democratic institutions into the bureaucracy or , worse , into organised crime . |
| 27 | Chapman saw that floodlighting , by enabling games to be played in the evening , would win people away from the rival attractions of dog racing ( ’ it does not make the slightest appeal to me ’ ) and the speedway . |
| 28 | People wanted to get away from the stereotyped chapels of plain benches , unvarnished woodwork and oil-lamps , chapels filled with the drone of ‘ psalm-singing green-grocers ’ and their families . |
| 29 | The two women in the middle are the problem ; here Keatley never really gets away from the stereotypical images of woman plus career ( Jackie ) and woman minus c ( Margaret . ) |
| 30 | The Bel Air Hotel is conveniently located just outside the city centre close to all the major attractions of The Hague and just 2 km away from the famous beaches of Scheveningen . |