Example sentences of "separate itself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover it is less than clear from the Bill what advantages are supposed to accrue to a school if it separates itself from a Local Authority , unless doing so is thought in general to be advantageous ( where , for instance , a Local Authority is unduly ‘ political ’ ) . |
| 2 | At the same time , by refusing to adopt a material ought , normative positivism radically separates itself from any suggestion that there is a necessary connection between law and any critical morality . |
| 3 | For a moment before it separates itself from its surroundings I catch a glimpse of its round eyes , beautiful but stupid , taking in the sight of a forty-three-year-old writer wearing shorts and a faded polo shirt , his face somewhat craggier than he sees it in his mind 's eye , his waist a little more solid and his eyes bright with the thoughts he is generating . |
| 4 | In the meantime , the aeroplane was burning enthusiastically in various parts of the field , when suddenly there was an almighty bang and one of the tanks separated itself from whatever it was attached to and flew through the air to land at Spencer 's feet . |
| 5 | Back in prehistoric times , the river which we now call the Thames was created by rains falling on hilly ground on the western side of this country , and meandering lazily until it found its way into the sea on the eastern side of the continental peninsular which became an island by separating itself from the continent of Europe . |
| 6 | Simmel 's definition of culture is premised upon objectification ; he states that ‘ one of the basic capacities of the spirit is to separate itself from itself — to create forms , ideas , values that oppose it , and only in this form to gain consciousness of itself . |
| 7 | The artefact 's capacity to separate itself from the immediacy of a relationship embodied in the concept of utility is most evident in the manner in which it is used for precisely the opposite function , that is , to separate the individual from productive activity . |