Example sentences of "to distance [pn reflx] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stereotyping can be dangerous when it allows us to distance ourselves from others , and to fail to see the individual through the distorting lens of our own prejudice . |
| 2 | We try to pretend that sex is n't so important , that we are just like everyone else , just as we sought to distance ourselves from books like The Milkman 's On His Way during the Section 28 debates . |
| 3 | Mr Endara was moved to distance himself from proposals in Washington to support anti-Noriega parties with CIA funds , describing the scheme as ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 4 | After all , closeted anonymously in the Iranian Embassy on avenue d'léna , it was easy to distance himself from events beyond its railings . |
| 5 | The Tories would not be allowed to keep Jeffrey Archer and Labour could be forced to distance itself from Ben Elton , who is known to frighten off some middle-of-the-road autograph hunters . |
| 6 | During September there were signs that Jordan was attempting to distance itself from Iraq in order to restore relations with its former allies in the Gulf . |
| 7 | This was in line with general Jordanian policy to distance itself from Iraq . |
| 8 | She was identified with orthodox communism , but her concern was with party unity and she was aware that the PCE needed to distance itself from Moscow to survive . |
| 9 | Democratic Charter , set up in 1991 , criticized the government 's perceived failure to distance itself from Csurka 's views . |
| 10 | For that reason , abstract art has been anxious to distance itself from decoration . |
| 11 | The form also tends to distance itself from passion , although there is passion aplenty in the events described . |
| 12 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 13 | In the 1980s , the WFTU had over 200 million members in 70 countries ( most of Eastern Europe and communist unions in Western Europe and Japan ) , though the Italian communist trade union had withdrawn and the French began to distance themselves from WFTU in the mid-1970s , ostensibly to improve the climate for domestic solidarity . |
| 14 | Linguists therefore choose to distance themselves from questions of politics and ideology . |
| 15 | By the time Iran had attacked a Kuwaiti , a Saudi and then a Liberian tanker ( the last of these caught near the principal Saudi terminal at Ras Tanura ) , the GCC states had begun to recognize this sequence — as it was doubtless intended — as a signal to distance themselves from Iraq in the light of the support they had been providing for Baghdad . |
| 16 | In recent months Mr Adams and the more pragmatic elements in Sinn Fein have been trying to distance themselves from IRA violence , and during the campaign they called for talks about the future of Ireland with all parties to the conflict . |
| 17 | The AD 's defeat prompted some of the party 's leaders to distance themselves from Pérez , most notably the party 's president , Humberto Celli . |
| 18 | Many other writers working with similar concerns about the analysis of culture would wish to distance themselves from aspects of Montrose 's and Greenblatt 's orientation , though all would likely wish to acknowledge the influence of their work . |