Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [verb] itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Mr Major is at heart opposed to greater union , Britain 's policy is likely to be affected by the institutional pressures of Whitehall , which has over the years committed itself to the pro-European line . |
| 2 | In fact , the chapter on the universities concerns itself with uses of English well beyond the boundaries of the English school : |
| 3 | The genius of the Dalmatians showed itself particularly in architecture , sculpture and literature , and their artistic output was sustained over many centuries from the builders of the early Christian churches of the seventh and eighth centuries to the eighteenth-century cathedral of Dubrovnik , and from Historia Salonitana , by the thirteenth-century Thomas , Archdeacon of Split , to the black comedies of Vlaho Stulli-Stulić , written in the closing years of the Ragusan republic and still performed today . |
| 4 | ‘ There is no point asking the police to investigate itself . |
| 5 | Clearly , the railways will run in precisely the same way whether the railwaymen use this facility or not , so there is no extra charge to the Railways Board itself , therefore there would be no taxable benefits . |
| 6 | Other theories on the origin or evolution of syphilis and the other diseases caused by similar organisms suggest that different populations have their own endemic treponemal disease , be it yaws , pinta , or syphilis , the presence of which makes it hard for one of the others to establish itself . |
| 7 | It was now that a more marked difference from the Parisians showed itself in their work , most obviously when they laid hands on Sermisy or Janequin for their own purposes . |
| 8 | In the meantime , the aeroplane was burning enthusiastically in various parts of the field , when suddenly there was an almighty bang and one of the tanks separated itself from whatever it was attached to and flew through the air to land at Spencer 's feet . |