Example sentences of "away [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marian stood away clear of the spatter of water that came off the stone steps . |
| 2 | Ditton ( 1979 ) was said to have carried out ‘ a unique situational ethnography in a bakery ’ , when he set out to assess fiddling ; while Holdaway ( 1979 , 1982 , 1983 ) has pursued aspects of police culture , using his previous insider 's knowledge to peel away some of the layers of obfuscation . |
| 3 | The launch of BSB , still scheduled for next spring , will be the true test of the Sky formula , while an advertising downturn would take away some of the very good margin the UK papers enjoy , especially The Sunday Times which is operating in an increasingly competitive Sunday market . |
| 4 | It may flesh-out Burbank 's story , and it may strip away some of the glory from the Shakespearian version of Antony 's . |
| 5 | Jean-Pascal Delamuraz , Switzerland 's economy minister , is sweeping away some of the 20-odd price-fixing ‘ conventions ’ , a Swiss euphemism for cartels , that have stifled competition in the domestic market for the past half-century . |
| 6 | After the Restoration , Charles II followed the example of his predecessors by granting away some of the remaining royal forests . |
| 7 | THE absence of Steve Redgrave , the holder , who is concentrating on next week 's Olympic trials , and last year 's runner-up , Wim van Belleghem , of Belgium , has taken away some of the main interest in tomorrow 's Girobank Scullers Head . |
| 8 | Let us hope that later chapters clear away some of the murkiness . |
| 9 | Just spilling out memories of Pa right back to her childhood eased away some of the pain and she was able to relax a little . |
| 10 | Jesus chucked out the rubbish from the temple and swept away some of the traditions that had grown up over the years , insisting that his house become again a house of prayer for all nations . |
| 11 | Winchelsea had ceased to function and , although Rye carried away some of the iron from the Weald , the trade went increasingly in ships from other ports . |
| 12 | ‘ If we had stuck away some of the chances we had in the first half then we 'd have won it . ’ |
| 13 | This impressive growth took place despite a significant reduction in capital allowances — which took away some of the benefits of leasing , the introduction of an accounting standard ( SSAP 21 ) requiring lessees to capitalise finance leases and , of course , the longest recession in post-war history . |
| 14 | There are times when a more detailed review is necessary , but substantially reducing the legal requirement for small company audits would make life easier and it would take away some of the pressures . ’ |
| 15 | Yesterday her mum Jane said : ‘ I wish I had her back but it has taken away some of the emptiness to know that Paula lives on and she was able to help young and old . |
| 16 | After the wash is thoroughly dry , scrape away some of the colour with a burnisher or other tool . |
| 17 | The specs will be submitted to X/Open Co Ltd for inclusion in the Portability Guide , and the standards-making consortium , seen as more neutral than the Open Software Foundation , will publish specifications for Motif , taking away some of the political heat from the decision . |
| 18 | For unlike other supposed causal determinants of crime , mental disorder has been accepted by most criminal jurisdictions as taking away some of the fundamental elements that constitute an act as a crime . |
| 19 | Unionist reactions to these proposals , published and embodied in the Representation of the People Bill early in 1917 , were very hostile indeed ; it seemed a reckless step to give the biggest ever increase in the franchise in the midst of a major war , to throw away some of the plural votes on which the party had relied , and to receive in return a redistribution that could bring almost anything . |
| 20 | When she is ready to lay , the male clears away some of the sand on the top to expose the rotting vegetation , the female lays a single egg in it , and he covers it over again . |
| 21 | Then he will kick away some of the sandy blanket to allow heat to escape . |
| 22 | He took out his knife and cut away some of the dead wood from the rose trees . |
| 23 | Then she licked his face , washed away some of the dirt and blood that spread across it , cooled the swelling round his eyes and cheeks . |
| 24 | The Shah had already given away some of the land that had been seized by his father after 1925 . |
| 25 | If you have fellow students , use the language with them also , recognizing it may not always come out correctly , but it can take away some of the reluctance you may feel in using the language , and adds to the opportunities of using it . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course you do , ’ Alyssia replied , feeling slightly better now that she had succeeded in explaining away some of the astrologer 's words . |
| 27 | There was the faintest of breezes that took away some of the heat , making it beautifully cool . |
| 28 | Out there in the cold snow Dane Jacobsen had stripped away some of the barriers she protected herself with . |
| 29 | In the bathroom she slipped out of her clothes and stepped under the jet of warm water , letting it ease away some of the strain . |
| 30 | In parallel with all of this , Intel developed Maths Co-Processors ( x87 chips ) which took on the task of computing floating point mathematics , and took away some of the load from the main x86 processor . |