Example sentences of "distinguish [pron] [prep] the other " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas in Los Angeles I manipulated costly hot and cold water in appropriate vessels throughout the house , Bali is a network of streams and rivers which , like veins and arteries , must be distinguished one from the other for their various uses . |
| 2 | The answer is that this third human state has a special feature that distinguishes it from the other two ( the inner and the outer states ) in that it is a zone for cultural experience or creative playing . |
| 3 | Nothing , other than ownership and the secret garden , appears to distinguish them from the other tenants around them . |
| 4 | But when they took over the firm they were always called " Mister " to distinguish them from the other captains , perhaps . |
| 5 | We call him ‘ gangling Chang ’ to distinguish him from the other Changs , because he is tall , thin , loose-limbed , and is ready to laugh about anything , although it appears he has some family problems in that his wife is away and his baby son is ill . |
| 6 | This is not to deny that it is an intelligent reaction , and that the sense of when to trust the analogy between present and former situations is in some individuals very intelligent indeed , but there is nothing in that to distinguish it from the other insights and hunches by which we instantaneously synthesize similarities and differences too fine and complex to be analysed before a change in the situation obliterates them . |