Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the hot spell set to continue , doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports . |
| 2 | The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse . |
| 3 | Adenauer 's view was that West Germany must tie itself to the Atlantic Alliance in order to ensure Western support against Russia . |
| 4 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 5 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 6 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 7 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 8 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 9 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 10 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |
| 11 | We must consider ways of describing the molecular structure as a continuum , such descriptions involving the idea of " embedding " , or we must reconcile ourselves to the fact that we can never do this and work entirely with a kinetic theory of molecules with the aim of deriving their properties including elastic ad viscous properties from the equations of motion . |
| 12 | But Lib Dem Coun Flo Clukas said officers should reconcile themselves to the fact that Option 3 will go ahead and should put plans into place . |
| 13 | She can not afford to make a mistake so she must leave herself to the administrations of Lady G , June 's of Hamilton or Gina Smart in Ayr . |
| 14 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 15 | ( d ) Pensions and insurances Now that payments for goodwill to outgoing partners are fast disappearing , partners must address themselves to the question of making financial provision for themselves in retirement and their families in the event of their death . |
| 16 | Such a policy should commend itself to the Government and my constituents , and I will be perplexed if it is not accepted today . |
| 17 | Though she tried as faithfully as she might to devote herself to the needs of this rude community , she knew that she was not greatly liked and the knowledge injured her . |
| 18 | ‘ And you 'll come yourself to the King , my lord ? |
| 19 | I was angry as hell at the time and disappointed , too , for this was a strongly Labour-controlled council , but looking back now I realize that this was the best thing that could have happened to the group , for now we could present ourselves to the people of Rotherham as a genuine minority with a grievance . |
| 20 | Nor did I see how gods worshipped in days of continual tribal war and plunder could adjust themselves to the world where Peace is an ideal — the Christian world . |
| 21 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 22 | ‘ Any organisation ought to subject itself to the sort of management consultancy which will allow it to define its objectives , ’ he believes . |
| 23 | " Women can give attention to detail and because we were not married we used to devote ourselves to the place . |
| 24 | It made sense to assume that Yuan and Zukov would throw themselves to the right of the line of fire , but he did not wait for them to act . |
| 25 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 26 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 27 | He first isolated pure lines of eight paired traits ; of which we shall confine ourselves to the lines of tall ’ and ‘ short ’ peas . |
| 28 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 29 | And they would force themselves to the front all the time . |
| 30 | In fact despite being in what 's described as a small fish tank , the Puffer quickly grew to 12″ and for some reason , would inflate himself to the size of a basketball at 8pm each evening . |