Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adv prt] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he signs himself off from systematic criticism . |
| 2 | And now — ’ she made a typical high-jumpers ' gesture , that which marks them out from all other athletes , raising her arms and stretching her torso , as if taking off to challenge that dappled crossbar . |
| 3 | He immediately cuts himself off from those ambitious city men who try ‘ to win the palm , the oak , or bays , ’ emblematic of the rewards given for artistic , political and military achievement . |
| 4 | The idea of service is extended to include the work that the manager does when he leaves his office , and it is this devotion to duty which marks him off from all the others . |
| 5 | None the less , the striking point here is that they have this central feature in common : not just that they both see the life of reason as important , but also that there is a distinctiveness about the quality , character and significance of reason when it is taken up seriously , which marks it out from conventional human experience . |
| 6 | Perhaps more important is that the demonstration role of the centre , which was launched by Prince Charles three years ago , marks it off from most traditional ‘ botanic gardens ’ . |
| 7 | It is easily cropped by animals ; if it dries out it dies ; and the very success of the asexual generation with their arching fronds cuts it off from life-giving light . |
| 8 | This one now , er again hits him Mahammama on the pad , trickles out on the off side and Goch picks it up from extra cover . |
| 9 | The new Group C car , the C291 , carries nothing over from last year 's dominant C11 and packs an all-new 3.5-litre flat 12 to comply with new regulations governing the renamed World Sportscar Championship . |
| 10 | You will see from the lists above that modem education brings us up from early childhood to use our left brains in preference to our right brains . |