Example sentences of "[adj] away [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning back , he quickly scanned the sheet again , looked up at the clock , and reached forward to slide a knob towards himself , at the same time sliding another away with the other hand — presumably fading out the music . |
| 2 | Thus , if a pigeon is trained on an artificial light/dark schedule , different from the outside , it will navigate with predictable error beneath the natural sun : pigeons , for instance , who think it is six hours later in the day than it is will head off 90° anti-clockwise away from the correct direction ( Figure 4.8 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ Just me ? ’ she queried when he 'd finished talking , her face giving little away of the tangled emotions behind its passive façade . |
| 4 | Where such detailed studies have been made they tend towards the typological and shy away from the technological aspects . |
| 5 | In these programs , the graphics representing molecular orbitals — ie the contributions given to each molecular orbital from the various atomic functions — are first independently sketched onto a picture of the skeleton of the molecule and are then ‘ smeared ’ together to indicate the delocalisation of the orbital away from the atomic centres . |
| 6 | Then Patrick changed the subject and when they were all away on the new tack he took Rain aside . |
| 7 | He put them all away in the big wooden chest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It would be dangerous to overstress its extent , however , because the site is well away from the central Fosse frontages , close to the north-eastern limits of the known second century occupation ; in Green Cutting to the east , the first and second centuries were represented only by buried soils interpreted as domestic refuse and possible cultivation . |
| 10 | I would really like to see some drastic sweeping away of the turgid sort of historical writing that necessitated some of my fellow students , not too familiar with art history , reaching for their dictionaries . |
| 11 | Even the summer sun could not take the grey away from the thick band of the Thames , sluggishly curving towards Wandsworth . |
| 12 | If you took the ten away from the twenty how many would you have left ? |
| 13 | We 've got Oxford United away in the 4th round so hopefully we 'll get past them and establish a good cup run — who knows if we win the FA cup I may even relent in my criticsim of Sgt Wilko . |
| 14 | What we see is a fleeing away from the central issue of judgement and assessment . |
| 15 | Those away from the greater estates scraped a living in the Weald , combining small crofts in the extensive waste lands with casual labour for the more established farmers or iron masters . |
| 16 | However , this will still be a factor of five away from the full goal : ‘ ignition ’ . |
| 17 | Since Silly-Willie 's birth she had lived far away at the grand end of the West Avenue , in the Gate Lodge , which she kept as spruce as any bedroom in the Big House . |
| 18 | of the time in Trebizond itself , I managed to fit in a trip to Rizé , where the countryside resembles that of Switzerland , and also , by great good luck , to Hopa , which is not far away from the Russian frontier . |
| 19 | er , if they 're , er far , not too far away from the other car |
| 20 | If the balloons popped the sound would not be able to carry since everything would be too far away from the correct floor . |
| 21 | Its voice will be ‘ far away from the erotic quality of the ultimate android . ’ |
| 22 | But the row was far away from the little genius as he got to grips with the wonders of computers . |
| 23 | Harding pays tribute to the area in his lovely book Walking the Dales where he describes many of his favourite walks , some popular , some far away from the main routes . |
| 24 | The open-windowed room looked as if it was quite far away from the main body of the Workshops . |
| 25 | Yeah now take twelve away from the twenty right twelve underneath it and take it away . |
| 26 | Because of this ‘ back reaction ’ , photochemical pollution is worse away from the actual pollution source itself . |
| 27 | For the individuals concerned the trek was often one away from the dreary world of the family farm towards the bright lights of the big city . |
| 28 | They reveal a soft and relaxed side of the ex-Beatle away from the harsh glare of fame . |
| 29 | Since 1914 millions of Russians had been on the move — four to five million away from the advancing armies of the Central Powers ; at least twelve million fleeing into exile during and after the Revolution ; the largest land army in the world manoeuvring , dying , and deserting from the longest front-line in history — to give the major examples alone , with very approximate numbers . |
| 30 | It is probably as much to do with an influx of younger golfers and a falling away of the old guard . |