Example sentences of "to stand apart [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this is one reason why the observer seems to stand apart from the scene he experiences . |
| 2 | These pictures are not the work of children but of highly skilled craftsmen , and the thin silhouette with the triangular torso and angled , linear arms is carefully planned to dominate but not to stand apart from the overall pattern . |
| 3 | From the back of the room where they were made to stand apart from the family for the rest of the ceremony , the three children were able to hear only snatches of their grandfather 's words as he conducted a long discourse praising the virtues of his dead parent . |
| 4 | If a British Government continued , as a matter of policy , to stand apart from the process , would inward investors who need access to markets of the whole community think of locating in a semi-detached country ? |
| 5 | I very much hope that they are engaged in the work and committed to it , but I do n't want them to believe it 's real ; and the word involvement to me implies an inability to stand apart from the role-playing . |