Example sentences of "[prep] be free from " in BNC.

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1 These are easy to obtain from health shops or through specialised catalogues and have the advantage of being free from chemicals and therefore non-addictive .
2 She rejoiced in being free from the place , but she talked of it with comprehension and critical affection .
3 Sustainable development — action that alters the environment so that it caters more effectively for human needs , without depleting renewable resources — is essential if the world is to be free from poverty and squalor …
4 Believe in God for wrong reasons or for no reason at all and you can not expect to be free from doubt .
5 A second and possibly overlapping category might be those who want to be free from the worries of maintaining such a holiday home .
6 In other words science is seen by Parsons to be free from social determination as long as it is not penetrated by secondary selectivity or ‘ ideology ’ .
7 The Piaroa daily express to one another their right to private choice and their right to be free from domination over a wide range of matters , such as residence , work , self development , and even marriage .
8 We urge citizens to participate in the creation and establishment of broadcasting legislation which affirms the right of all viewers to be free from discrimination .
9 Water from other sources , such as streams or shallow wells , should be regarded with suspicion unless it is proved by tests to be free from organic and bacterial contamination .
10 In favour of a person dealing with a company in good faith , the power of the board of directors to bind the company or to authorize others to do so is deemed to be free from any limitations under the company 's constitution ( i.e. memorandum of association ) .
11 The point is a short one of statutory construction which appears to be free from authority .
12 ‘ I was going to be free from his constant nagging .
13 In its Working Paper No. 22 , the Canadian Law Reform Commission stated that one of its objectives was to ‘ direct attention away from rape as a sexual offence and towards the right of every person to be free from physical assault . ’
14 The kind Julian had offered their house and on an impulse she 'd accepted , relieved only to be free from the demands of the parish .
15 When the disk is found to be free from a virus infection it is given an electronic signature code .
16 When the disk is found to be free from a virus infection it is given an electronic signature code .
17 Many of the imperial electors wished to be free from Staufen domination , but they had no constructive plans beyond this goal .
18 It has curtailed our right to peaceful assembly , to join a trade union , to elect our own local government , to receive information , to be free from discrimination .
19 The intention to do so must therefore be made perfectly clear , for otherwise the court will consider that the exempted party was only to be free from liability in respect of damage occasioned by causes other than the negligence for which he is answerable .
20 Children have rights to health , education , to be free from physical and sexual abuse , to have a voice in the decisions which affect them and to grow up as responsible and active citizens but in many countries today many children stoo still do not enjoy these rights .
21 ‘ I have a new partner , ’ he announced proudly , ‘ who sold his own tavern near the Barbican and moved across the river to be free from the prying of certain coroners ! ’
22 You need more than a bowl of water to solve your , to salve your conscience and to , and to be free from innocent blood .
23 There are benefits to being free from the constraints of full-time employment .
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