Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see the struggle asserting itself in the preface to his poem ‘ The Glass Dog ’ ( Flowers for Hitler ) : |
| 2 | The DUC disassociated itself from the arson and monkeywrenching , and remained independent of the and-nuclear movement . |
| 3 | Though still blind and naked , the chick manoeuvres itself inside the nest until an egg is lodged between its back and the side of the nest . |
| 4 | Thus it was that at 6 30 the same barely-to-bed morning the column found itself outside the newsagent 's in Aycliffe , joined shortly afterwards by the ebullient Edgar . |
| 5 | The image of ‘ basket power ’ possessed by women cooperators was a formidable and persistent one , and the guild applied itself to the task of arousing women to a sense of this leverage . |
| 6 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 7 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 8 | I had begun to rise earlier and earlier , sometimes watching the sun lift itself off the horizon , first red , then yellow , then white . |
| 9 | Coun Brady said his action would be similar to that taken after MP Douglas Fairbairn 's outburst at the weekend and said the committee disassociated itself with the remarks . |
| 10 | Lying on a pallet in the downstairs chamber , the deceased woman laid out upstairs , the only sounds came from the cat cleaning itself by the hearth and an owl hooting raucously outside . |
| 11 | I took stock of the bees in the wisteria and the cat stretching itself under the table . |
| 12 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 13 | The contradiction shows itself in the phenomena of underconsumption and in periodic crises ; and it provides the main ground for Marx 's expectation of an eventual breakdown of the capitalist system . |
| 14 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 15 | As a result , almost as soon as Israel tried to suppress the Uprising with curfews , blockades and violent policing , the community organized itself along the lines the popular movement had already prescribed . |
| 16 | ( c ) the willingness of the offeror to commit itself to the time and expense involved in a contested bid ; |
| 17 | These involved considering : ( a ) how long it will take the purchaser to build up further clientele ; ( b ) how frequently customers in the market change between the various competitors ; ( c ) how quickly new products come on to the market and are taken up by customers ; ( d ) how long it will take the vendor to re-establish itself in the market if there is no restrictive covenant . |
| 18 | With the disc , the lamprey clamps itself on the flank of a fish , and with the tongue it rasps off the flesh , eating the fish alive . |
| 19 | I threaten nothing , but sit on my branch , attentive as any other creature ; as slowly the forest reveals itself in the cry of a bird , the crash of a branch , the rustle of leaves as something moves through the forest litter ; the incessant percussive music of insects . |
| 20 | Dr Macdonald clearly identifies the link between oedema , weeping and the flow of urine from the bladder in which the body frees itself from the water retained in the tissues causing the swelling which brings the patient to the doctor . |
| 21 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |
| 22 | With all the rain emptying itself over the Feyenoord Stadium it was hard to put last night 's match in the context of a World Cup which is more likely to present problems of heat than waterproofing . |
| 23 | He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line . |
| 24 | It is hard to be sure about the year the photograph was taken , since the monuments of both Pahlavis were pulled down several times , whenever the occasion presented itself to the people . ’ |
| 25 | The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made . |
| 26 | The OALD prides itself on the number and quality of its examples — it contains far more than any comparable dictionary . |
| 27 | The roots grow huge , sculptural wings to buttress the tree and the climber wraps itself around the lapuna , which slowly decays inside it . |
| 28 | In the urge to protect itself for the negative battles of the present , the party thus pulled back from its only truly positive policy for the future . |
| 29 | The creature flings itself on the nearest character , crazed with pain and the desire to escape . |
| 30 | And the implications of that as the government readied itself for the privatisation of British Airways were too horrific to contemplate . |