Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an honest attempt is made in one 's own little world to make this strive a living force without being crushed under foot by one 's contemporaries , then one may consider oneself and the community to which one belongs lucky . |
| 2 | Through personal observation and enquiry , the manager should reassure himself that the length of the overlap period is fully justified for necessary communication and activity . |
| 3 | So each month they 've got ta put , each branch have got ta put on plus nine between now and December and that should translate itself if the theory works erm to the figures that we want . |
| 4 | Children and adults should enjoy themselves and the trip costs £4,59 per head . |
| 5 | They must assure themselves that the authority has made ‘ proper arrangements for securing economy , efficiency and effectiveness ’ in the use of resources . |
| 6 | Before payment is made to a subcontractor without deduction for tax , the builder must satisfy himself that the tax certificate is valid . |
| 7 | Under the American Cyanamid decision the court must ask itself whether the plaintiff has shown ( a ) a serious question to be tried and ( b ) that the ‘ balance of convenience ’ is in his favour . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it is , I think , salutary that the judge who is called upon to construe statutory language should ask himself whether the meaning that is urged upon him is one which can fairly be drawn by a person of reasonable intelligence ordinarily conversant with the English language . |
| 9 | It was not the harm he might do himself but the slips he might make along the way which alerted Emlyn . |
| 10 | You 'll do yourself and the progeny an injury . " |
| 11 | We might kid ourselves that the world ‘ out there ’ creates our problems , but the truth is that the source of all our suffering is the Ego . |
| 12 | In this way , he said , western critics could assure themselves that the terms of such a package were being met . |
| 13 | So I would think that would probably be the only way we would protect ourselves if the threat did come … . |
| 14 | ‘ The C. and A.G. shall satisfy himself that the money expended has been applied to the purpose or purposes for which the grants made by Parliament were intended to provide and that the expenditure conforms to the authority which governs it . ’ |
| 15 | If bankers simply sell property at the first sign that anybody is willing to buy it , they will do themselves and the property market a disservice . |
| 16 | the right type of candidate will recognize themselves when the job is advertised . |
| 17 | Sometime this year , when they find the five-bedroom house and 100 acres or so they want , they will take themselves and the building business they have run for 10 years down there permanently . |
| 18 | Before any options are granted to replace those which have already been exercised and which would result in the total value of options granted to an individual under the Scheme ( including options which have been exercised ) exceeding four times his annual remuneration , the Committee will satisfy itself that the grant of such options is justified by the performance of the Company in the previous two to three years . |
| 19 | Interactively organized circuits are highly resistant to analysis by the elimination of single components so we can only really use the lesion method if we can convince ourselves that the brain is organized differently . |
| 20 | For his part , Mr Suharto can tell himself that the war will not be a lasting problem . |