Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we have now taught ourselves to see benefits to the organism as incidental , as far as natural selection is concerned . |
| 2 | We have committed ourselves to increase the programme on school buildings by 16 per cent . |
| 3 | He says his only reason for deciding to kill Caesar was that he had committed himself to help the general public . |
| 4 | Be stiffened himself to illustrate his point . |
| 5 | The problem for Kahn and his fellow minority shareholders , representing approximately 25%/ of Velcro 's publicly held share , was the powerful presence of a 65%/ block in Velcro held by a company called Cohere , which had originally committed itself to support the liquidation proposal . |
| 6 | So , once again , having committed itself to support the fictional or , at most , ‘ evolutionary ’ independence of Vietnam , the US was just as dependent as ever on France to make this vision a reality . |
| 7 | The country has now committed itself to stay up to date with future payments . |
| 8 | Lee also requested that Russia undertake legal guarantees to repay the US$1,800 million which South Korea had provided , or had committed itself to provide , to Russia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) in 1991 . |
| 9 | In so doing , it has committed itself to protect the area and prevent deterioration to its habitats . |
| 10 | Jamming the wires with announcements , Lotus has also committed itself to supply Lotus Notes for SCO 's Open Desktop , in a move , it says , to break out of the personal computer market . |
| 11 | The Royal has committed itself to increase that significantly in the next few years . |
| 12 | When Miss Logan had permitted herself to become engaged for the voyage to Asiatic Turkey , she had under-estimated Miss Fergusson 's pertinacity . |
| 13 | She had never permitted herself to conjure it up . |
| 14 | Later on the flight to Nice Kate let herself regress ten years to relive once more her beloved only brother 's funeral , something she had forbidden herself to do ever since she 'd left home to go to university . |
| 15 | Her voice seemed to fray with foreboding ; it was as if , Ruth thought , Gran had forbidden herself to speak . |
| 16 | After much deliberation and in great sorrow , the family of Don Antonio Beatillo , learned laureate and doctor , glory of the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Naples , have resolved themselves to appeal against the last will and testament of their beloved and revered father , made in January last year , as being composed by the deceased when not in his right mind . ’ |
| 17 | They do give weight to the judgements of the most aware , those who have educated themselves to discriminate between flavours most accurately . |
| 18 | These are students who have organised themselves to undertake surveys of buildings requiring modification for full public access . |
| 19 | In the Declaration all , including the poorer Commonwealth countries whose economic and social problems might inhibit their ability to meet fully the criteria for democracy which the Declaration laid down , had committed themselves to promote democracy , as well as " the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary and a just and honest government " . |
| 20 | All parties to the April 1989 round-table agreements had already committed themselves to free multiparty elections at the end of the new National Assembly 's first four-year term — see p. 36578 . |
| 21 | Ministers have committed themselves to cut CFC production by 85 per cent by the middle of 1995 , and phase it out by the middle of 1997 . |
| 22 | Canada , Belgium , Finland , Sweden , Norway , Switzerland and Ireland have all committed themselves to stabilise emissions at 1990 or pre-1990 levels |
| 23 | The arrangements agreed and jointly administered by the Training and Enterprise Council and the local authority Careers Service , allow for the registration of over 200 companies , in the first year , which have committed themselves to offer high quality training for employees under 19 . |
| 24 | I beg your pardon I 've actually committed myself to tape and made a big faux pas . |
| 25 | He had taught himself to sleep in brief snatches . |
| 26 | Suppliers margins have therefore come under pressure but has positioned itself to face up to this ongoing challenge . |
| 27 | A family which has organized itself to run smoothly in the absence of one member must repeatedly adapt to incorporate the absent member when he or she returns home . |
| 28 | They sat for hours drinking tea in Mrs. Mounce 's flat downstairs , while Mrs. Mounce talked about her affairs with moustached men in export-import , and Tessa looked at the little bit here and the little bit there which Mrs. Mounce had done herself to brighten her own place up . |
| 29 | I wondered whether it was because neither of them had stirred herself to go through the contortions attendant upon attracting men , but it was n't that . |
| 30 | She had instructed herself to forget Harriet . |