Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] away [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The first is the conclusion that it does not do any good for any delegation to stay away from any part of the process and that all parties should hang in there and keep the discussions going with as much momentum as possible .
2 Meanwhile the police are warning drug pushers to stay away from future events or face the consequences …
3 Task-centred casework was an attempt to move away from so-called ‘ traditional ’ approaches in which work with clients was unfocused and open-ended .
4 Parking for 3,500 cars , either underground or else in a well disguised Post-Modern palazzo , will encourage shoppers to steer away from rival retail developments in surrounding Solihull , Leamington Spa and Kidderminster , along with the out-of-town Sandwell Mall and Merry Hill Centre .
5 So although this is fifty pence when you show it on here the fir so the first thing we 've got to do is change this fifty pence to get away from fifty pence or thirty pence or twenty and change it into a fraction .
6 Even seemingly wild ideas may be aired at this point to break away from stale thinking .
7 She turned , heart pounding , head spinning with the unjustness of his whole attitude , and marched back towards the house , oblivious of everything except her need to get away from that detestable man .
8 Chin set in a parody of male stubbornness , Bill was attempting to convey to his wife his urgent need to get away from this madness aid return to the house where they were staying .
9 Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt .
10 The second thing I welcomed from him was the need to get away from outward Western forms in worship and adopt meaningful indigenous forms .
11 This is manifested in a strong desire to break away from corporate environments seen as financially restrictive , especially those businesses which are obviously very profitable but where the profits are not fairly shared out among those who are helping to generate them .
12 We 've got ten copies to give away for ten correct answers ( picked out on Dec 17 ) to the following question : who is Robbins ' wife ? a Geena Davis .
13 The RAF were expecting them , and a motorised ack-ack unit had been called in with their Scammells and their diesel generators and their giant mobile searchlights to blaze away with 3.7 inch AA guns at what they tentatively registered as about a dozen Heinkels flying very high , too high to be in danger .
14 We have a portion to give away for each reader 's letter we print .
15 Gilbert had been standing next to them and almost fell down the stairs in his efforts to get away from those doors as something shouldered them open .
16 Although studying and admiring Tchaikovsky 's methods of composition , Stravinsky felt he could break away from the stereotyped dance forms demanded by nineteenth-century balletmasters , His music was far more economical in melody and orchestral sound but his rhythmic phrasings and marked attention to newer dance forms inspired Ashton to break away from traditional class-room practices .
17 Many students feel the urge to get away from conventional musical idioms .
18 WENSLEYDALE , better known for its cheese than its housing problems , is facing a serious shortage of houses which is forcing young people to move away from one of the most picturesque parts of the Yorkshire Dales , according to a survey published this week .
19 This may reflect the belief that catalogs of data were more appropriate fur teaching purposes or that there were pressures to shy away from controversial ideas .
20 The timing to walk away from such a situation is crucial ; unless you are in the mood to parry age old male posturings and sexual innuendo .
21 For Ice-T to get away with all this requires major screen charm — something he appears to have in abundance .
22 You can not allow Araminta to make away with all your inheritance , Benedict .
23 There have been few serious attempts to break away from this restrictive framework ; it is the absence of the application of any theoretical framework that has made such work so sterile , and it is doubtful whether evidence will be found for the social and economic developments during the period by studying art-styles , date and distribution alone , unless specific questions are formulated first .
24 Surely Hari Morgan would be only too grateful for the opportunity to get away from such an unprepossessing background ?
25 We 've two of the best tickets to give away for Grand National day .
26 We 've two of the best tickets to give away for Grand National day , so watch closely .
27 Repeated warnings are given to the peasants to stay away from passing traffic .
28 W … ‘ s Cycle Shop — although their elders warned small boys to keep away from this establishment , they never gave the reason .
29 Many of the prescriptions for creativity embody means of enabling the worker to break away from established continuous patterns of thought , since such patterns of thought are held to hinder access to new ideas not contained in a logical sequence from the starting point of the problem .
30 I am reluctant to intervene , but I can not allow the Minister to get away with that .
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