Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we confine ourselves to explanations couched in the vocabulary of physics or neurochemistry , then we are going to lose , or fail to formulate , a vitally important set of generalizations about human behaviour , and science will never be able to explain or predict behaviour in a satisfactory way . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , species are real things , with real discontinuities between them — at least if we confine ourselves to sexual organisms living in the same place at the same time . |
| 3 | We must again remember to search for the constitution amongst the realities , and not confine ourselves to pretty normative structures . |
| 4 | Even if we confine ourselves to the more usual outlets for creative expression — in the arts and sciences — there is similar ambiguity . |
| 5 | Even if we confine ourselves to the difference of aim between reformist and revolutionary parties ( or of social movements , which can be classified in a similar way ) , the distinction can not always be made in an absolutely clear-cut fashion . |
| 6 | Is it that she , she 's , she 's , she 's wondering what will happen to her family or children if they go abroad , or is she thinking that each country in the Community , perhaps having some special erm excellence of its own , ought to be shedding this example among the others so that we all raise ourselves to a common , higher level ? |
| 7 | A survey I carried out in Brighton last summer indicated that unemployed men report themselves to be much less satisfied with their lives than do employed men . |
| 8 | Popay and Jones ( 1990 ) , analysing General Household Survey data , found that lone parents report themselves to be in poorer health more than parents in couples ; and that more lone mothers report poorer health than lone fathers ( see also Hilary Graham 's chapter here ) . |
| 9 | He prefers the charcoal drawing to the full garish canvas , and this is why , I think , the songs work so well , because , as we listen , individual responses suggest themselves to a line , or a turn of phrase , which by inference , creates a greater sense of empathy and involvement for the listener . |
| 10 | The classic example offered is that of the diffident schoolboy , who has learnt the dates of , say , the English kings the previous night but who is so alarmed by his hectoring schoolteacher that he becomes completely unsure that the answers that suggest themselves to him under questioning are in fact the right ones . |
| 11 | As they fit themselves to what has happened . |
| 12 | The vampiros , which have wingspans of more than three feet , swoop into their thatch huts late at night and attach themselves to the sleeping miners ' heads , necks and feet . |
| 13 | The larvae then migrate through the tissue of the mouth ( cheeks , tongue , and pharynx ) to the stomach , where they attach themselves to the stomach lining . |
| 14 | With a detergent in action millions of tadpole-like components , led by their hydrophobic tails , seek out and attach themselves to the surface of dirt at any interface and congregate there in order to avoid the water . |
| 15 | Eutrophication also spawns epidemics of epiphytes , microalgae that attach themselves to the leaves and stems of underwater plants and further obstruct light . |
| 16 | Viruses attach themselves to EXE files , so if anything untoward happens and a file tries to illegally write itself onto drive C , ViruSTOP will give a warning message . |
| 17 | Instead of stalks , they have a cluster of curling roots with which they attach themselves to coral or rocks . |
| 18 | They attach themselves to executable files and are able to load themselves every time the infected file is loaded . |
| 19 | Initially , the embryos attach themselves to the mass and later move over its surface feeding ( Fretter and Graham , 1985 ) . |
| 20 | In 1827 Sewell , in his introductory lecture , said he would not , in his lectures on surgery , confine himself to the horse . |
| 21 | Nor did Boswell the North Briton confine himself to political toadying to London , as he swung from compliments to conveyed slights : ‘ [ Mr Boyd ] entertained us with great civility . |
| 22 | They saw James Lambert push himself to his feet , heard his voice strained and husky say : |
| 23 | It seems quite innocent to talk of ‘ processes ’ and ‘ states ’ , but with such talk we blind ourselves to what really matters . |
| 24 | This is probably acceptable so long as we restrict ourselves to a single group , like mammals , but there is some dissent when people seek to extrapolate mechanisms from non-vertebrate species , like molluscs , to the mammalian brain ( e.g. Hawkins and Kandel 1984 ) . |
| 25 | The survey of Rutland not only covers a complete , if miniature , county , but also records the status of virtually every inhabitant in all but three townships ; although the subsidy rolls contribute useful supplementary material we will , for the present purpose , restrict ourselves to the muster book . |
| 26 | The mathematicians guarantee that all will be well provided we restrict ourselves to operators which satisfy the condition which they call being hermitean . |
| 27 | But even if we restrict ourselves to the ideational or cognitive function of language ( see p 31ff ) it is necessary to distinguish three levels of organization in language . |
| 28 | The set of laws given is not exhaustive ; we restrict ourselves to the laws needed to translate finite programs to normal form . |
| 29 | If we restrict ourselves to puts and calls on a single security there are 4 simple types of investment strategy to look at : |
| 30 | If we restrict ourselves to products with serious and substantial information content , our focus in the computer software sector is largely on educational markets . |