Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] from [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only severe economic pressure will eliminate them from these applications . |
| 2 | Do I buy them from existing shareware libraries , or is there somewhere I could obtain a complete set of titles from in one go . |
| 3 | He would free himself from this enslavement , sweet as it was , as he had freed himself from Hilary . |
| 4 | No , I did n't know him from bloody Adam ! |
| 5 | Describe the nature of qualitative factors and give three examples that may influence a decision to make a component rather than buy it from another firm . |
| 6 | ‘ But we did n't buy it from some grave-robber , you know . |
| 7 | This would ensure that the broadcasting institution was ultimately accountable to Parliament but at the same time would free it from direct government control in its day-to-day affairs . |
| 8 | Ludicrously over-equipped tourists might recognise themselves from this checklist : |
| 9 | But overall , it was by turning to their own bodies that women artists could free themselves from surrealist stereotypes . |
| 10 | The great agricultural countries between the Baltic and the Black Sea can free themselves from patriarchal-feudal barbarism only through an agrarian revolution which will transform the peasants from their condition of serfdom or of subjection to the corvée into the free owners of the land — a revolution which will be exactly the same as the French revolution of 1789 in the countryside . |
| 11 | Widening our concept of special educational provision to include the ‘ whole curriculum ’ approach will free us from such limitations . |
| 12 | This can include anything from racist jokes to actual physical violence . |
| 13 | The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ . |
| 14 | No one , at any level in a structure from chief executive downwards , can exclude himself from this commitment . |
| 15 | That way you will not burn off too many calories which might prevent you from increasing muscle size . |
| 16 | Tsetse flies find the breath of cows equally enticing and can smell it from many kilometres away . |
| 17 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 18 | Again , such subjects typically have to develop a more ‘ scholarly ’ , conceptual or abstract side in order to gain admittance to and status within the academic fold , although to some extent they can isolate themselves from other faculties and departments — art and design in the polytechnics and colleges often seem to be states within a state , enjoying an autonomy underpinned by their separate location on inherited art college sites . |
| 19 | Spending our lives in jealousy and envy can only isolate us from other people and make us unhappy . |
| 20 | Many of the residents in homes for the elderly have no family , and many that do never see them from one year to the next . |
| 21 | On a clear day you can see them from 20 miles away at Port Isaac . |
| 22 | If I 'd been a religious and I would have thanked one god or another for the large number of kilocreds I was soon to collect , which would keep me from any kind of poverty for a long time . |
| 23 | Mere spatial separation does not divide them from each other . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe we could suspend them from this bit in the middle with a length of thread , ’ Norris grunted , sticking his head almost right inside the appliance . |
| 25 | It is possible to win two bouts if your opponent is disqualified for injuring you , but after the second win the referee will withdraw you from further competition for your own safety . |
| 26 | Really good dishwashers will clean everything from fine china and glass to encrusted saucepans and casseroles with settings that range from gentle wash to super scrub cycles . |
| 27 | ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next . |
| 28 | It 's all hard and cold , but Marie laughs and turns me round so she can see it from all sides . |
| 29 | Oh , we can see it from back room now ca n't we ? |
| 30 | Lynsey was researching a project on how women could defend themselves from potential rapists and sex attackers and planning a BBC documentary on the subject . |