Example sentences of "[adv] away [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For Farr , ’ said Lustgarten , ‘ as he laughed and joked with his old friend in the front room of their Wimbledon home , was already planning exactly where his carving knife would skirt the edge of the poisoned breast meat , digging deeper and deeper away from the tainted flesh , so that neither he nor Templeton would suffer . |
| 2 | By the 1790s these shock waves had triggered off another seismic event , sending North America ( where the struggle for national independence had already begun in 1774 ) not only away from the English Crown but on the road to a republican state . |
| 3 | Family run B/B close to the beach , shopping , entertainment and conference centres yet far enough away from the main road to avoid traffic noise . |
| 4 | We reckon this if far enough away from the main house to make sure that you get some real peace and quiet . ’ |
| 5 | The Popi is well situated for everything — it 's in the middle of the harbour area of Kos , only a kilometre or so away from the early nightlife and bars and very close to the late night discos . |
| 6 | The whole FI family would stay at the Sheraton in Buenos Aires and the Hilton in Sao Paulo while , between races , a majority of the drivers would take a week 's break at Guaruja on the Brazilian coast near Santos , an hour or so away from the smog-filled city of Sao Paulo . |
| 7 | She had tried to sound breezy , but her voice cracked , and she turned swiftly away from the sudden concern in Mandy 's big green eyes . |
| 8 | The other side of Kelling has the same outward-slanting wings , shielding a terrace from which the garden slopes gently away to the wide Norfolk view . |
| 9 | But you 'd better away to the Naval RTO and get your warrant seen to . |
| 10 | This means that the main carriage must be right away from the main bed , on its extension rails , as you go to use the lace carriage . |
| 11 | This was expected to confirm that subjects would be seen uniformly away from the central strip , but , as described above , revealed the two halves to be of different sensitivity . |
| 12 | The cab drove slowly away through the bleak night while Meredith sat without moving , painfully remembering where she 'd heard that phrase before : ‘ Beggar myself ’ . |
| 13 | Robert , who was still looking nervously up and down the garden , stood a little away from the rear wall . |
| 14 | The girl 's slim figure , small breasts , and pony tail haircut are those of an adolescent , while her pose , one foot at right angles to the other , is just a little away from the third position in classical Western ballet . |
| 15 | As the water percolated through the rocks , the leaching process became less effective and the porosity that was created decreased progressively away from the exposed surfaces . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm usually away by the second try . |
| 17 | While the fashion press continues to use a bourgeoise equation for good clothing — ‘ tasteful ’ , expensive fabric — the new designers ' use of ‘ cheap and nasty ’ fabrics and unorthodox technique takes the wearer even further away from the slick chic of the ‘ establishment ’ designers . |
| 18 | But the sexploits of EMF drew attention away from declining chart positions , each single slipping further and further away from the worldwide Number One slot attained by ‘ Unbelievable ’ . |
| 19 | This makes it seem more feminist than egalitarian feminist psychology , and much further away from the traditional discipline . |
| 20 | Elsewhere , Greenwood ( 1979 ) suggests that tighter limits on spending enforced by central government encouraged more local authorities to move further away from the traditional incremental pattern of budgeting and introduce more ‘ rational ’ methods : strategic analyses of spending , attempts to forecast demands and changing needs , and new budget structures . |
| 21 | For example , successive homeobox genes can be seen to be active , the further away from the polarizing region the cell is . |
| 22 | The programme , which presently consists of some 350 projects , now moves further away from the old underlying research approach — concerned primarily with excellence — towards that of a purposefully managed portfolio of quality technical investment projects supporting AEA 's business aims . |
| 23 | DECIDEDLY BIZARRE even at the time , every year further away from the Red Menace makes this charred black farce seem weirder still . |
| 24 | If you do n't find that plausible for some particular example that you have imagined , just turn down the imaginary light a bit , or move a bit further away from the imaginary object ! |
| 25 | Yet as her Five Star lifestyle moved further and further away from the modest suburban existence of Surrey Hills , Melbourne , Kylie was also learning another lesson . |
| 26 | The fugitive plane would be headed directly away from the massive missile defence systems which ringed Moscow and Leningrad . |
| 27 | He waited until the policeman disappeared inside his prefabricated hut before dodging under the railings and walking rapidly away across the giant crazy paving towards the blitzed warehouses . |
| 28 | It was further able to influence important sections of the expanding local Labour parties , which grew most rapidly away from the Distressed Areas . |
| 29 | Sir Thomas flinched , and turned his chair even more deliberately away from the neighbouring table . |
| 30 | You leave the gas bottle on the floor at the foot of the bed and walk quickly away along the shorter length of corridor and step through the emergency exit out into the loud darkness of the night . |