Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In harsh numerical terms we did n't accept the Policy Committee guidelines , we felt that they in some ways were over generous and we aimed for , we purposely , deliberately set ourselves lower targets with point we 're two point six million below the Liberal Democrats for nineteen ninety four ninety five . |
| 2 | We noticed in our initial , cursory discussion of integrity in the last chapter that many of our political attitudes , collected in our instinct of group responsibility , assume that we are in some sense the authors of the political decisions made by our governors , or at least that we have reason to think of ourselves that way . |
| 3 | And we 're constantly trying to convince ourselves that fat does n't matter ! |
| 4 | I think we might remind ourselves that justice begins in Court , not on the street . |
| 5 | want it , cos we were you know , we were thinking i we wanted to leave ourselves that option . |
| 6 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 7 | We try to set ourselves specific aims and objectives and when it comes to marking scripts , for example , we have a quite specific mark scheme which has been very carefully thrased out , not only with examiners , but with certain school teachers , which we try to make tie this down as be as objective as we can , but there 's always and element of subjectivity . |
| 8 | ‘ We both have to watch our weight — we weight ourselves each morning . |
| 9 | ‘ We made ourselves some ro is , and when we 'd eaten them , I set out for home . |
| 10 | I would guess that we all occasionally promise ourselves some lessons , in deference to the particular brick wall we feel is impeding our progress at any given time . |
| 11 | She pored over nineteenth-century French texts ; Proust and Victor Hugo with leather covers and tiny print were favourites , and she listened to teach-yourself French cassettes . |
| 12 | Thank you , so we 've obviously got to behave ourselves this morning , and act in a proper manner . |
| 13 | A psychoanalyst would perhaps say that we learn to deny ourselves this satisfaction in favour of more sublimated pleasures . |
| 14 | Do hereby adopt , enact , and give to ourselves this Constitution . |
| 15 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 16 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 17 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 18 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 19 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 20 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 21 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 22 | Although we set ourselves high standards , if we do not meet your expectations and you are dissatisfied in some way we would like to know . |
| 23 | In order to find out what the substantive law is , we must still go back to the time when Law and Equity were administered in different courts ; we may still have to picture to ourselves distinct proceedings taken about the same matter in those courts , and work out the result of those separate proceedings . |
| 24 | Most of us set ourselves personal targets : four laps within six minutes , for example . |
| 25 | There was the usual extra food for Christmas and we allowed ourselves three slices of bread each for breakfast instead of two . |
| 26 | We are now buying ourselves white sticks that we do n't really need to help us cross the road . |
| 27 | Social justice means that we deny ourselves many things so that others may have to do without them as well , or , what is the same thing , may not be able to ask for them . |
| 28 | One effect on the rest of us will be that we cause ourselves endless trouble by losing them . |
| 29 | ‘ We could n't put in high-productivity systems without committing ourselves long term , ’ says Roger Remington , the company 's principal project manager . |
| 30 | We felt ourselves happy children . |