Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd rather throw herself to the lions … |
| 2 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 3 | A system where the user presses a series of buttons without thought and gets exactly what he needs ( rather than what he at that stage thinks he wants ) is efficient but not entirely educational , any more than one so difficult that the user could only throw himself at the mercy of the person sitting at the reader 's adviser desk . |
| 4 | If only he believed in her , could n't they together submerge themselves in the waters of Eden and be renewed for all time ? |
| 5 | I can only see myself as a conversation piece , worth more as gossip than a fuck . |
| 6 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 7 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |
| 8 | Derrida argues that though history is given the form of a totality by Hegel , his Aufhebung shows that in order to achieve that totality it must constantly transcend itself in a movement of excess . |
| 9 | But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares . |
| 10 | Without that South African link , Zimbabwe 's rugby , and even that of Namibia , should they shun their former ‘ ruler ’ for long , would only drag itself into the doldrums . |
| 11 | Shadows enable light to manifest itself and give it objective reality , just as wisdom can only manifest itself in the face of ignorance . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 13 | ‘ You had better get yourself into the washhouse and clean yourself up , ’ she said , ‘ I am going round to the Post Office and let Sid Watkins know . ’ |
| 14 | You 'd better get yourself on a plane tomorrow morning and get it … ! ’ |
| 15 | The records management staff could no longer only involve themselves in the review of paper records they should also safeguard electronic records from inappropriate destruction . |
| 16 | And by this means , perhaps , by being ambitious or ‘ miriad-minded ’ , I can perhaps address myself to the nature of this foulness : how can a man do such a thing ? |
| 17 | However wise and fairminded we are , anyone can suddenly find themselves in a fight for which they 've never bargained . |
| 18 | The point of this fracture between regulation broken and its consequences is that it facilitates corporate crime ; executives need only concern themselves with the likelihood of being leniently punished for breaking regulations , whilst ignoring its consequences for the law does not concern itself with the consequences either . |
| 19 | At the present time the Tribunal may only concern itself with the modification and discharge of restrictive covenants , therefore only the restrictive obligations contained in the agreement . |
| 20 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |
| 21 | She insisted she would only address herself to the managers . |
| 22 | It follows that in our judgment C.N.L. can not successfully bring themselves within the ratio of Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 23 | The high-cost economies of the EC can not insulate themselves from the world outside — from the more flexible economies of the Pacific Rim and North America . |
| 24 | The windows are richly dressed , though they do not lend themselves to the Kensington approach ; as with Thins , the interior has been face-lifted and made warmly welcoming . |
| 25 | But the hills remain , for these mountain ranges of southern Greece do not lend themselves to the blandishments of the travel brochure . |
| 26 | The loss of full-back Robertson would leave Rangers short in that department but his hamstring injury does not lend itself to the taking of risks . |
| 27 | There is some disagreement about the size of the informal proletariat , which is not surprising given that its informal nature does not lend itself to the gathering of statistic , but most commentators see it representing about 40–60 per cent of the economically active population . |
| 28 | And , like mine , it did not lend itself to the sort of conclusion Berkeley wanted to draw , to the effect that we are not justified in calling material things hot and cold . |
| 29 | It is suggested that we should develop in co-operation , or at least in parallel , with similar organizations , so that we do not paint ourselves into a corner with incompatible technologies . |
| 30 | She would not lower herself to the level he clearly thought suited her . |