Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second , related problem is that business ethics has mostly concerned itself with grand theorising , trying to answer questions such as ‘ Is capitalism ethically justifiable ? ’ and ‘ Can a profitable business ever be ethical ? ’ . |
| 2 | I passed a church on the way and really believe I would have gone in to sprinkle myself with holy water — but it was locked , as churches are , these days , against vandals . |
| 3 | But if only now is it God 's intention that they also be admitted to orders , women must necessarily see themselves as some kind of secondary citizens . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'd better mind yourself with this fellow . |
| 5 | Isabel Marshall had been added at the age of fourteen , when her gawky , bony clumsiness had suddenly transformed itself into dazzling beauty , and Clara , her especial friend , was added a year later when her breasts grew . |
| 6 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 7 | Russians in Central Asia , imperialists in India , South-East Asia , and Africa , colonizers in Australasia , and the commercial intruders in China and Japan all expressed themselves with striking forcefulness through this one architectural type . |
| 8 | It might have invested too little in building its capital stock , thus perhaps enfeebling itself in future competition with foreign rivals . |
| 9 | A stockbroker looking at Vermeer 's ‘ Portrait of a Young Woman at the Met ’ suddenly finds himself alongside another woman whose face resembles the painting . |
| 10 | ‘ Now , Mr O'Malley , ’ the sergeant said sternly , ‘ I strongly advise you not to ; you 'll only get yourself into serious trouble . |
| 11 | Cricket , an old and complex game , naturally lends itself to statistical analysis . |
| 12 | Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other . |
| 13 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 14 | ( 1981 ) , who are able to alter the appearance of their homes , tend not to use modernist styles , which , in any case , do not lend themselves to such appropriation . |
| 15 | The terms deregulation and reregulation do not lend themselves to easy definition . |
| 16 | Some phenomena may simply not lend themselves to this kind of analysis . |
| 17 | The British Cabinet system simply does not lend itself to that sort of Novices ' Handicap . |
| 18 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 19 | It does not lend itself to detailed cost investigation of departments and activities because it does not indicate where the overheads are actually consumed . |
| 20 | Similarly , a new method or process of manufacture which does not lend itself to detailed analysis by competitors will probably remain immune from imitation by rivals precisely because the employer has avoided the mandatory public disclosure involved in proceeding with a patent application . |
| 21 | Article 3(4) areas — zone Defavorisee hors montagne — a zone comprised mainly of land that can not be cultivated and which does not lend itself to intensive production . |
| 22 | Such a position does not lend itself to anthropological analysis , since one of the objectives of the discipline is to learn something of value from the practices of the people one is studying . |
| 23 | According to Oakeshott , something less pretentious will do ; viz. , ‘ that we are not children in statu pupillari but adults who do not consider themselves under any obligation to justify their preference for making their own choices ’ . |
| 24 | For that reason , the Territorial Army does not consider itself in any way a second-class alternative . |
| 25 | The patient was shortly afterwards transferred to the National Hospital , but quite soon discharged himself against medical advice , evidently heedless of the fact that the Board had agreed to pay 2s.6d per day for his maintenance there . |
| 26 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 27 | These men did not describe themselves as Zuwayi hurr , but even though their activities were largely circumscribed by their police work , they maintained some activities which were typical of a free Zuwaya . |
| 28 | But it seems that I can not rid myself of this fear of running short of money . |
| 29 | Nor do we easily associate ourselves with violent behaviour . |
| 30 | ‘ I just dried myself with some hay and wrung out my dress before putting it back on . |