Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] themselves from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They saw the fascist stewards as the Nazi storm troopers trampling upon liberty and were quick to dissociate themselves from the image which the BUF had gained . |
| 2 | However , it was always possible for the rich and the powerful to isolate themselves from the consequences of industrial growth by moving away from the factory areas to the more tranquil and less squalid atmosphere of the countryside . |
| 3 | The Government encouraged heating and ventilating and plumbing and electrical to remove themselves from the scope of the CITB . |
| 4 | These witches are the ‘ middle class ’ of respectability , always concerned to distance themselves from the first group and ever keen to present the acceptable face of natural religion . |
| 5 | Their navigational system may be simply an urge to move continuously into water that is minimally cooler , and they may also be able to orientate themselves from the direction of the wave surge and the pattern of ripples on the water-surface . |
| 6 | Only people who could rely on an extended family network could hope to have the friends and connections necessary to protect themselves from the avarice of the sultan 's lesser officials . |
| 7 | He argued that rational people drawing up a just social contract would only be willing to grant governments the power to punish to the extent that was necessary to protect themselves from the crimes of others . |
| 8 | From Lenin 's use of an ‘ expropriated ’ Rolls-Royce and ‘ socialized ’ imperial palaces and capitalist villas onwards , the People 's representatives had found it necessary to insulate themselves from the daily difficulties of ordinary life . |