Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may know that the Government has committed itself to producing a National Sustainability Plan by the end of this year , for submission to the United Nations Sustainable Development Commission . |
| 2 | The Tribunal noted that Ulster Bank has committed itself to remaining the major centre for development of Information Technology and notes the Bank 's assurance that it will expand and improve the facilities . |
| 3 | Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury . |
| 4 | Will he encourage the chief constable in the task that he has set himself of increasing the number of officers available for normal duties within the community ? |
| 5 | The industry is expected to excuse itself by highlighting the last-minute change in voters ' allegiances , reflected in the last polls . |
| 6 | The growing interest of hardware manufacturers in real-time functionality was demonstrated only a short while ago with the Overture Esprit project , which has dedicated itself to developing a real-time operating system for both the production industry and telecommunications services . |
| 7 | His classmates had called him a sissie because he had never dared to dirty himself by climbing a wall or joining in any of their rough-and-tumble games . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not afraid of the dark , ’ she said , ‘ But I 'm certainly not going to resign myself to spending the night in here . ’ |
| 9 | That done , we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them . |
| 10 | He could n't stop torturing himself by examining the room 's new look from every angle . |
| 11 | But then let us add that sometimes , in the very depth of his love , he ( sic ) may have to resign himself to reading the text and , knowing what he knows , feeling what he feels , passing on in silence . |
| 12 | Considering that Belfast was not involved in that event fifty years previously one might have hoped that those so minded to would have contented themselves with attending the ceremony in Dublin , less than a hundred miles away . |
| 13 | By February he felt compelled to commit himself to summoning a Consultative Assembly . |
| 14 | You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell . |
| 15 | I decided to throw myself into buying a flat , and avoid thinking about Lebanon as much as I could . |
| 16 | Mait managed to calm himself after leaving the cell area . |
| 17 | James Paul was terribly hurt by the collapse of the N.D.D.S. and although he helped to establish the British Deaf and Dumb Association in 1890 , accepting the position of Treasurer in the first year , he preferred to devote himself to developing the social status and services for the deaf people of Ayrshire . |
| 18 | The ISPA says it is determined to take ‘ strong action ’ against individuals who ‘ fail to commit themselves to raising the image of professional squash players ’ . |
| 19 | Prior to its election in 1990 , however , the National Party had committed itself to holding a referendum on the issue . |
| 20 | What it really means of course is that erm I 've committed ourselves to doing the dare I say it , the odd jobs . |
| 21 | Matron had prepared herself by carrying a ‘ Scutari ’ lamp . |
| 22 | Atherton batted beautifully for 42 but then left kicking himself for slamming a wide ball from Reiffel straight to cover off the back foot . |
| 23 | The race was really on now , and as the quartet came away from the third last and turned into the straight Desert Orchid suddenly had a fight on his hands — not from Ten of Spades , who had exhausted himself in drawing the grey 's sting and now fell heavily at the second last , but from Toby Tobias and Norton 's Coin . |
| 24 | Levi explains that he had amused himself by writing a ‘ Western ’ and that he had wanted to write a hopeful book . |
| 25 | Gavriil Popov , a leading campaigner for democratic reform , who had been popularly elected as mayor of Moscow in June 1991 and who had threatened to resign in December 1991 , resigned on June 5 , saying that he wished to devote himself to leading the Russian Movement for Democratic Reforms ( an offshoot of the Movement for Democratic Reforms ) . |
| 26 | She had to restrain herself from slamming the receiver down with shameful violence . |
| 27 | Feminist psychologists working on androgyny have criticized themselves for ignoring the special significance of male-identified items in the BSRI ( e.g. Bem 1979a , b ) . |
| 28 | ( As we have already noted , Herod attempted to legitimise himself by marrying a Maccabean princess , then proceeded to murder her and her sons , thus extinguishing the Maccabean line . ) |
| 29 | The villagers are great , and with full support from the local authorities both communities have thrown themselves into planning the social side of it . |
| 30 | The young people , who will walk from the City Hall to arrive at Cornmarket at 7.30pm , have dedicated themselves to promoting a non-violent solution . |