Example sentences of "[adv] from [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The count found Držić a witty and entertaining companion , and Držić , a poor cleric , benefited greatly from sharing in the cosmopolitan life of his master . |
| 2 | The student can , however , learn much from listening to the exchange of views , and can contribute by reporting her own observation of the patient . |
| 3 | I think about the year that 's gone past , perhaps , people who 've passed out of my life , and think of it as a new beginning , and I wish as Scots that we would hold on to it and perpetuate that tradition and get away from gathering around the T V in Hogmanay . |
| 4 | The veteran bomber 's just 4 flights away from passing into the history books ; a sad prospect for the pilots who 've flown them . |
| 5 | A week away from leaving for the European leg of the current Michael Jackson tour , she was enjoying a two day break in what sounded like a hectic rehearsal schedule . |
| 6 | Stress directs resources away from dealing with the job to dealing with the emotional discomfort and personal threat . |
| 7 | Current educational philosophy has moved away from focusing on the physical or sensory basis of disability and so it may initially appear that an understanding of the cause of a child 's disability is primarily a medical matter and not one of concern to the educator . |
| 8 | There 's been no keeping Joanna Trollope away from filming for The Rector 's Wife … most of it 's taken place not far from the author 's home near Cirencester . |
| 9 | Well if I keep you away from going into the shower , it 'd be like extended foreplay wo n't it ? |
| 10 | With all the previous intermediaries we looked at , we warned that we can not judge the volume of buying and selling of assets which an intermediary carries out just from looking at the inflow of new funds . |
| 11 | The two plots were also very predictable , because we all knew that Carrie would not be accepted back into society just from going to the ball . |
| 12 | This is essentially what has been done at Foster Wheeler over the past six years , and the views expressed in this paper arise largely from reflecting on the experiences of that project . |
| 13 | If Damiani could go to Jaffa , most of his fellow exiles are prevented forever from walking in the streets outside their old houses — or knocking on those front doors . |
| 14 | Napoleon , far from manoeuvring about the Duke 's right flank , had rammed his troops into the seam between the allied armies . |
| 15 | The very existence of a national-territorial framework in the USSR , indeed , far from providing for the peaceful solution of the nationalities question that was originally envisaged , appeared to have led to precisely the opposite result by establishing a form of representation in which sectional interests , denied any other means of expression , could in practice take only the form of ‘ nationalism ’ . |
| 16 | The work of Peter Townsend and others showed that , far from presiding over the elimination of poverty , the Wilson Government actually failed to prevent some of its features from worsening ( Townsend and Bosanquet , 1972 ) . |
| 17 | The absence of lamellipodia tallies with another observation : when we grafted a small patch of embryonic skin onto a denuded region of the limb bud surface , we found that the grafted epidermis , far from expanding over the adjacent vacant territory , actually retracted , leaving its own mesenchyme exposed . |
| 18 | Far from talking of the plutonium problem , desperate Russian nuclear engineers , encouraged by the plutonium industry in France and Britain , want to begin a new programme to build fast reactors running on plutonium , undaunted by difficulties the West has had with such technology . |
| 19 | The brutal , underlining truth of this contest is that , though Labour was bitterly disappointed by the election , the Kinnock line of disciplined moderation has earned 41 more seats and the stone , so far from rolling to the bottom of the mountain , is two thirds of the way up . |
| 20 | Far from relying on the merely muscular , grit requires co-ordination , technical ability and nerve in no little measure and , perhaps most elusive of all , what may best be termed as simply a ‘ feel ’ for it . |
| 21 | ‘ Far from departing from the traditional view of the relationship between ranks , the moment has come for a return to it , ’ said Mr Roach . |
| 22 | Far from letting down the side , Shocked is projecting a freshly combative image . |
| 23 | Liability could follow simply from passing on the statement . |
| 24 | Swimming : Apart from swimming in the lake itself , Zell am See has an excellent public pool close to the town centre . |
| 25 | Apart from taking in the scenery and the many outdoor pursuits available , there are several places of historical interest well worth a visit including Cawdor Castle , 25 miles away , with its 14th-century keep and associations with Macbeth ; and Elgin , 40 miles away , a fascinating medieval town with a ruined cathedral , and a museum notable for its fine fossil collection . |
| 26 | His early education was mainly private ; he went to King 's College , Cambridge , in 1888 to read history , but , apart from writing for the Gadfly and Granta , his academic career was undistinguished . |
| 27 | Taking it up , and with no very clear idea of what she meant to do — apart from escaping from the humiliations to which she had been subjected — Theda crept out of the room , down two sets of stairs , and slunk past the open door of the coffee-room , where the landlord 's voice was joined to those of his wife and the gentleman . |
| 28 | Apart from looking after the home and having babies , she is still expected to do most of the manual work on the land as her husband may be working abroad or in Funchal or just resting . |
| 29 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 30 | He also took the chance to visit the US during one of his vacations , and commented that , apart from benefiting from the opportunity to learn at one of the top colleges , he had also enjoyed experiencing a different culture during his time in London . |