Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming from Russia , where freedom of the press has been not so much unknown as uncomprehended since long before the Revolution , he is shocked to discover that a free press disseminated all kinds of false , partial and invented information and that journalists contradict themselves from one day to the next without shame and without apology . |
| 2 | According to the Prague School ‘ poetic ’ texts distinguish themselves from others through the violation of a norm . |
| 3 | And it will be an exclusivist world in which the rich countries insulate themselves from the pressure of migration , and the threat of terrorism . |
| 4 | The majority of glaziers and glass merchants find themselves from time to time with either ‘ salvage ’ plate glass from broken shop windows or ‘ off cuts ’ from new shop windows , explained Malcolm . |
| 5 | Solids distinguish themselves from liquids and gases in that they have fixed shapes and fixed volumes . |
| 6 | Simply expressed , in a situation in which voters detach themselves from a close identification with parties then issues come to assume a greater significance in voting behaviour and electoral choice . |
| 7 | As humans liberate themselves from the constraints of nature ( scarce resources ) through technology , there comes about a domination of nature . |
| 8 | Self-worth motivated children protect themselves from the risk of failure on a high status task ; they maintain that they could succeed , but see no point in making the effort . |