Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who do not voluntarily or semi-voluntarily place themselves under the authority of relatively just governments are under a partial and qualified obligation to recognize the authority of such a government in their country . |
| 2 | In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half-cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . |
| 3 | ‘ Marxism ’ , on the other hand , Sartre claims , ‘ is History itself becoming conscious of itself ’ ( I , 40 ) : as for Lukács , it is by becoming conscious of itself as the subject of history that the working class will understand history 's meaning — and so recognize itself as the meaning of history . |
| 4 | The first was over the board 's decision to close the senior staff dining-room and require staff to eat in the staff canteen : Fred apparently thinks you initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a limited number of high-quality meals and thus ingratiate himself with the senior staff . |
| 5 | ‘ And possibly kill himself in the process . ’ |
| 6 | Phytoplankton have adapted to low-light conditions , and even orient themselves in the water column to bask more efficiently and store energy with which they fix carbon during darker periods . |
| 7 | I keep silent and simply apply myself to the task of closing the fridge door . |
| 8 | If the most amusing anecdote you can find is one which is rather negative , tell it and then disassociate yourself from the views it expresses . |
| 9 | You can see them beginning so far out … you see them lowly grow as they come nearer and nearer to the shore , rise and then thrash themselves against the beach . |
| 10 | At the inquest a fellow debtor , Harry Wood , told the coroner the routine was to rise at six and then busy themselves among the cells till breakfast at 7.15 . |
| 11 | He saw William looking at him curiously across the crowd and then detach himself from the group he was with and move towards them . |
| 12 | In the meantime Margery has exposed her ability to think and indeed picture herself in the vulgar , crude terms of the fabliau world : ( " That shall never be that I shall do such falsity in bed or on the floor . " ) |
| 13 | This in itself , however , will not guarantee success , because it is possible to live in an area and yet isolate oneself from the local inhabitants . |
| 14 | When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds . |
| 15 | They will make no move to attack or talk to the adventurers , but merely interpose themselves between the adventurers and the path to the Castle . |