Example sentences of "[vb -s] distanced [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | MR JOHN MacGregor , the Education Secretary , has distanced himself from the Government 's loans scheme for students by appointing the two most junior ministers at the Department of Education and Science to sit on the parliamentary committee discussing the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill . |
| 2 | As a divorcee , Docherty can no longer take communion and has distanced himself from the catholic faith , an institution he believes deserted him in his hour of need . |
| 3 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 4 | H&C 's management knows where it does not want to be , and has distanced itself from the previously volatile structure with some skill . |
| 5 | The UNO coalition has distanced itself from the contras , as has the US Administration by ending military aid . |