Example sentences of "free from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hardly ease himself free from the great stinking weight . |
| 2 | ‘ A guide to Church of England fees ’ is available free from the Pastoral Department ( General Section ) , Church Commissioners , 1 Millbank , London SW1P 3JZ , on receipt of an s.a.e . |
| 3 | Very recent history suggests the world has become much more like that again , with investment in each country breaking free from the constraint of domestic savings . |
| 4 | He was , par excellence , both Pole and European , looking forward eagerly to the day of the creation of a united Europe — to him the ‘ motherland of motherlands ’ — free from the control of or undue influence from the two super powers . |
| 5 | It envisages replacing the Bull Ring development with a vast new shopping complex , almost free from the graffiti-sprayed subways that have characterised central Birmingham since the mid-Sixties . |
| 6 | Thus the Community Relations and Neighbourhood Units in Easton each have their own offices and their own sergeants ( but not inspector ) , are free from the obligation of responding to logged calls from central control , and can decide for themselves their priorities and programmes . |
| 7 | Being free from the constraint of responding to logged calls and from the need to react quickly to one call after another gives the neighbourhood police the opportunity to engage in prolonged contact with the public . |
| 8 | Commenting on his purchase , McCartney is said to be delighted that the land is now ‘ free from the huntsmen . ’ |
| 9 | Not yet , ’ Moran said but the boy had already drawn free from the kneading hand and was struggling into his clothes . |
| 10 | This transformation was due first to the influx of runaway serfs into the towns which meant that labourers free from the personal ties of feudalism , but having no access to the means of production , became a dependent and exploitable group which was to become the proletariat . |
| 11 | It was egalitarian and free from the weakening and divisive influence of the Roman world and of urban society . |
| 12 | But still , on the bus going to and from school , on her steady , daily runs in the park , swimming , weight-lifting , doing her exercises , and on those other rare occasions when she was alone and free from the demands of school , State , and family , Erika found herself thinking of Fritz , although what she thought she scarcely knew herself , except that she knew that she blushed when she did so … . |
| 13 | The line was surprisingly good , free from the usual squawks and clicks , and coming through , smooth , bland , was the voice of Uncle Karl . |
| 14 | And now he 's broken free from the pattern and from the addictions , first alcohol then cocaine . |
| 15 | Writing in the current issue of Annals of Internal Medicine , Dr Rein Saral and Dr Kent Holland report that the new bone marrow grew and remained free from the Aids virus . |
| 16 | The Chiefs of Staff took the unusual step of going down to the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in the late spring of 1952 , where they worked for a fortnight on Churchill 's requirement with their principal scientific and technological advisers , free from the day-to-day hubbub of Whitehall . |
| 17 | This fresh blow came just as Exxon felt it was struggling free from the morass of the Alaskan spill . |
| 18 | Property might be given to a trustee upon trust for the separate use of the married woman , free from the control and liabilities of her husband . |
| 19 | The Settled Land Act 1882 provided that the tenant for life should have power to sell , grant leases , or mortgage the land , giving to the purchaser , lessee , or mortgagee a title free from the beneficial interests under the settlement . |
| 20 | Thus , on sale , the purchaser got a clear title from the tenant for life , free from the limitations of the settlement . |
| 21 | It is very near to all of us , she thought , we are none of us free from the threat . |
| 22 | In the course of her book , she gives us by far the most detailed and interesting portrait of Mary ever written , free from the excesses of adulation or attack which characterize so much of the writing about her . |
| 23 | The Commons wished the purlieus to be completely free from the Forest law , so that every landowner should have the right of free chase in his own lands and woods . |
| 24 | Commissioners nominated by the Lords and Commons were to ascertain the proper bounds of the forests by means of local inquiries , the perambulations returned into the Court of Chancery , and all places beyond the certified bounds were to be absolutely free from the Forest law , with the proviso that the owners and occupiers of land left out of the forest were to retain ‘ such rights of common as anciently or accustomably they had enjoyed ’ . |
| 25 | The giant berg broke free from the Antarctic peninsula last August , threatening to cause havoc in the shipping lanes of the South Atlantic . |
| 26 | How do you break free from the expectation that your stories will be heavily dosed with magic realism ? |
| 27 | Copies of the document , Manual handlings of loads : proposals for regulations and guidance ( ref CD36 ) , are available free from the Sir Robert Jones Memorial Workshops , . |
| 28 | Everybody , regardless of ethnic background , religious or personal belief , has the right to go about his or her life free from the threat of intimidation and assault . |
| 29 | He had to rip his jacket free from the wooden beam and , sprawling himself over the chair , held onto the rope for all he was worth . |
| 30 | It is available free from the Countryside Commission Publications , 19–23 Albert Street , Manchester . |