Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally I declared that we had no Chiefs only innumerable Indians ; that meetings and even pow-wows were not found necessary ; that communication was by smoke-signal , both between ourselves of the load-bearers form Cubs to Grandfathers/mothers ; and our pipes of peace the traditional Taylor soup and bread and cheese . |
| 2 | I 've been looking after myself of course and I got together her lunch at sits , I sit all the time . |
| 3 | To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms . |
| 4 | ‘ Here this son brought undue pressures on his parents for the benefit of the plaintiffs , and for himself of course , because he wanted the loan . |
| 5 | I was sorry that he went to the West Riding after only two terms , although this made me stand on my own feet quickly , which was of itself of value . |
| 6 | It would be startling if the mere fact that the defendant invoked a Community law defence , with sufficient substance ( but no more ) to escape rejection under the narrowly drawn principle of acte clair , should be capable of itself of excluding this useful jurisdiction , thus providing encouragement to those seeking to profit from law-breaking activities to adopt this method of prolonging what may prove to be a source of illicit profit . |
| 7 | The New Party made some members when they started , but when they turned themselves into the Fascist Party er they they rid of themselves of many of these er New Party peop , was in the New Party you know . |
| 8 | Psychoanalysts have talked , for example , about the process of ‘ projection ’ , in which aspects of oneself of which one is fearful may be projected on to other people . |
| 9 | He 'd been funny , telling stories against himself of fiascos he had survived in the theatre , and he 'd been flattering in a subtle way . |
| 10 | Thus historians need to create an awareness amongst themselves of the shape and the nature of the information structures which will be used in the future for the history of the present . |
| 11 | Any vacancies on the committee , they co-opt somebody new — someone like themselves of course . |
| 12 | And as says , in some cases this becomes a very powerful force in the personality , some people mobilize so much guilt and hatred against themselves of course it does become self-destructive . |
| 13 | He hung his great belly over the box and explained confidentially to the jury that they need n't be frightened of the so-called scientific expert witnesses because none of us , including himself of course , really know what we 're talking about . |
| 14 | if it was n't for your Dynamike I do n't know what I 'd do with myself of an evening . |
| 15 | All four of the Titford brothers of this generation were in their early twenties on their wedding day — a reflection in itself of the fact that the average age at marriage for men was falling as the century wore on ; that average in the early 1700s had been as high as twenty-seven . |
| 16 | The search for inexpensive ways of caring for the nation 's children is in itself of interest , as evidence of the government 's scale of priorities for spending ! |
| 17 | For instance , the foreign in foreign policy is the same foreign as in foreign goods ( where the adjective is ascriptive ) ; likewise the associative abdominal of abdominal support expresses just the same idea as does the ascriptive adjective in : ( 16 ) this abdominal region is naturally more sensitive than the upper arm Similarly , in ( 9 ) we saw an alteration in the meaning of the noun qualified , but there was no reason to suspect the word Italian in itself of contributing two different values in the cases where it is used adjectivally . |
| 18 | Yes thank you Chairman erm I think important question very similar question I think we 're we 're all wondering whether the changed landscape of West Sussex , the changed use of West Sussex has had any influence on the flooding and as the County Council has pointed out worst amount of rain we 've had for about seventy years or so I think it 's very useful and important er to ask questions an and when this crisis is over we reflect on what we can learn from it , but I must bear in mind that it is first and foremost extraordinary climatic conditions which have caused these problems and that in itself of course might have implications erm the whole of global warming does tend to come to mind when you see what 's happening in Australia as well as what 's happening here erm that 's certainly not anything that agencies great or small can have any control over . |
| 19 | I am conscious in myself of a series of facts connected by an uniform sequence , of which the beginning is modifications of my body , the middle is feelings , the end is outward demeanour . |
| 20 | Even those who do not share his political opinions readily pay their tribute to the range of his intellect and the graciousness of his character ; more remarkable still , even those whose intellectual qualities are the equal of his , but whose moral qualities have degenerated in contact with the sordid atmosphere of politics , never speak of him with an affected amusement as a religious bigot or a narrow-minded moralist ; in the remarks of these latter politicians I often detect a tone of rather wistful regret , as if they were conscious in themselves of a loss for which the world they have gained has by no means compensated . |
| 21 | They become explanations in themselves of female and male psychology . |
| 22 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 23 | He designed Horbury 's elegant Parish Church of St Peter and St Leonard , with its distinctive six-stage tower and had it built at a cost to himself of £8,000 in 1790–1794 . ’ |
| 24 | Then he would remember his own beloved homesite , and whisper to himself of its dour moorland and rough sea coast , and the winds and the rain that did battle with an eagle 's wings . |
| 25 | It is simply an element in what , in its totality , is seen as the drama of the self-determined unfolding and return to itself of Absolute Mind . |
| 26 | If a firm raises 1 million from issuing a bond with a coupon of 10 per cent , it makes annual interest payments of 100,000 at a net cost to itself of 65,000 per annum ( i.e. 100,000 ( 1 -0.35 ) ) . |
| 27 | This was based on the assumption that once supranational institutions had been set up in one economic sector , interest groups would look to that political level for the realisation of their demands , and that in time the groups would begin to appreciate the value to themselves of integration . |
| 28 | One positive result of a newly motivated group would be that some might see the advantages to themselves of returning to full-time education at the age of sixteen . |
| 29 | In a battle near the town of Hargeisa on Sept. 13 the SNM claimed to have killed at least 150 government soldiers with a loss to themselves of five dead and 20 wounded . |
| 30 | With Europe in recession and fears about unemployment , Britain and other countries which could previously be relied upon to put the case for a freer market ( and a bigger share for themselves of Japanese investment ) are no longer being heard . |