Example sentences of "[pn reflx] to one " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have done to ourselves is to destroy the adventure of life by rooting ourselves to one spot in the physical sense , and demoralising ourselves by forcing the mind to spend its time on nuts and bolts and the rest of our shoddy interests , when it is thirsting for the trackless regions of the nomads . |
| 2 | We think , therefore , that it is absolutely necessary in order to carry on the Business of this Establishment , as perfectly as possible , that two such Characters should be appointed — and we , in consequence suggest , that altho ’ each be as much as possible qualified in both Departments , yet if one were to devote himself to one Branch and the other to the other branch — the College would be much more usefully directed — for , if one Professor were fully qualified for both — yet so arduous a task could not possibly be executed by one Man only . |
| 3 | He is the God who specially reveals himself to one people : |
| 4 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 5 | than have to constrain himself to one and and and there 's just no m content there . |
| 6 | Desperately Moore threw himself to one side , and saw the rope fall harmlessly to the floor . |
| 7 | Grant flung himself to one side … but this time he was just a split second too late . |
| 8 | Gesner waved for some coffee and helped himself to one of Stefan 's rolls . |
| 9 | Wallpapering your PC Next in our flying tour of these low cost packages comes Wallpaper Art Gallery for Windows , ( WAGWIN ) a title which ostensibly is single use , but which lends itself to one or two other purposes as well . |
| 10 | On the slow descent to Bristol airport a creature had attached itself to one of the wings . |
| 11 | Six Local Art Societies , Art Gallery in the Town Centre , Queensway , Billingham ( until March 14 ) IT seems to me that the ink was barely dry on my last little piece which suggested that Darlington Society of Arts seemed content to restrict itself to one exhibition per year when , all of a sudden , came news that Darlington , the CAS and Hartlepool Art Club were to join forces respectively the Hambleton , Leven and Yarm art societies to put on a joint show of their work at Billingham . |
| 12 | But the sort of chromea and all that sort of lends itself to one of them aircraft things does n't |
| 13 | Julie screamed again and threw herself to one side , hissing in pain as a silver of broken glass sliced through the flesh on the back of her left hand . |
| 14 | Unable to resist , she decided to treat herself to one of the dresses in a shade of pale coral . |
| 15 | Elise Fox , happily unmarried at thirty-two , was rarely without an escort , but never showed the least sign of tying herself to one man for good . |
| 16 | Callahan had advised me to devote myself to one simple and perhaps impossible mission : to discover the etymology of the word cowabunga . |
| 17 | But when I rejected everything of this sort to set myself to one purpose , my soul was absorbed with love for my Maker . |
| 18 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |
| 19 | I 'VE committed myself to one of the most dubious business deals of the year by investing £25 in a square yard of Doncaster Rovers ' football pitch . |
| 20 | I think I 'm going to treat myself to one ! |
| 21 | I think you will have to treat yourselves to one of those records ( or , I suppose , tapes ) that provide you with an orchestral piece minus one instrument — for instance , I believe you could obtain a Beethoven concerto minus the piano part , which you then supply . |
| 22 | A mitigating circumstance is the fact that few library users restrict themselves to one source alone for obtaining books . |
| 23 | Some are highly specialised and limit themselves to one particular type of prey , refusing all other kinds of meat even though it may be highly nutritious . |
| 24 | Of this group 18% have confined themselves to one sexual partner ; 10% have had more than 20 ; half have had between 2 and 9 ; 7% pare unable to make a reliable estimate . |
| 25 | In Paris he found that the lecturers did not as in Edinburgh confine themselves to one hour , but generally took an hour and a half or two hours ; but he found his time there very valuable . |
| 26 | The message had been that the reception was for the ticket agencies , and the cast were requested to ration themselves to one glass of wine each . |
| 27 | During their years in London together Ianthe and her mother had not attached themselves to one church , Mrs Broome liking to hear a good preacher and fine music . |
| 28 | The best way of doing this was by attaching themselves to one of their country 's missions abroad , serving in it in a junior and normally unpaid capacity and thus acquiring experience of diplomatic methods and routines as well as of a foreign country . |
| 29 | But because a survey is a personal matter and a personal responsibility , you ought to insist on meeting the surveyor first before committing yourself to one particular firm . |
| 30 | Restrict yourself to one news bulletin a day , or avoid the news and newspapers altogether . |