Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] itself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coutts & Co prides itself on offering comprehensive national and international banking and financial services with ‘ an unwavering commitment to courteous and individual service ’ . |
| 2 | Punk prided itself on making recordings with all the rough edges showing . |
| 3 | His mind concentrated itself on Tolby 's footsteps which were slightly uneven , as if the solicitor had a slight limp . |
| 4 | These values and this separation of course react back on to design practice itself ; after all practice models itself on conceptions of what , theoretically , it is . |
| 5 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 6 | There is a wide choice of dinner menu and the management prides itself on offering service of a fine standard . |
| 7 | The management prides itself on attention to detail and offers a bar and a dining-room which extends onto a large verandah with beautiful views . |
| 8 | The management prides itself on offering excellent service at all levels , with a strong emphasis placed on giving guests individual , personal attention . |
| 9 | Offering a quite unique complex for Tuscany , the management prides itself on its attention to detail and its demands for high quality food and accommodation . |
| 10 | The management prides itself on offering comfortable accommodation in elegant surroundings , and puts an emphasis on providing excellent service . |
| 11 | This intimate family hotel offers a warm welcome to a homely atmosphere and the management prides itself on offering a choice of good local cooking in its dining-room . |
| 12 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 13 | A well run property , the management prides itself on offering good service . |
| 14 | It is offered on a half board basis and the management prides itself on its reputation for the good quality home-cooking . |
| 15 | As she bent up from the oven , up out of the kitchen , a shaft of watery sun manifested itself on the floor like a dim splash of paint . |
| 16 | What if a council finds itself on the brink ? |
| 17 | The Sun congratulates itself on securing a Conservative victory : ‘ It 's the Sun wot won it ! … |
| 18 | An expression of pure horror shaped itself on his features as he slithered helplessly down the slope and plunged headlong into the stinking waters of Mucky Beck . |
| 19 | In addition the Senior Common Room prided itself on its Extraordinary Members , opening its doors to leading figures in the arts and industry , and in this way created the atmosphere , less of an educational institution than of one of London 's most interesting private clubs . |
| 20 | In both countries the crisis superimposed itself on more chronic economic problems . |
| 21 | With the disc , the lamprey clamps itself on the flank of a fish , and with the tongue it rasps off the flesh , eating the fish alive . |
| 22 | The OALD prides itself on the number and quality of its examples — it contains far more than any comparable dictionary . |
| 23 | What really matters at the moment is that the rugby pot keeps itself on the boil , so that it wo n't need too much of a boost from the fickle flames of European International rugby , when it returns in the New Year , to reactivate the interest of the casual followers uncovered by the World Cup . |
| 24 | AS THE Labour leadership congratulates itself on a virtually unprecedented exhibition of unity and moderation , they should be aware that knives are being sharpened at Conservative Central Office . |
| 25 | Furthermore , any movement basing itself on one man , with an ideology of systematic hostility to parliamentary politics and of vocal nationalism , was bound to be classified on the extreme right . |
| 26 | The creature flings itself on the nearest character , crazed with pain and the desire to escape . |
| 27 | Secondly , the firm prided itself on speed and efficiency , both as a profitable practice in itself , and as a means of building up a reputation with estate agents . |
| 28 | According to the rules then extant , a national strike could only be called by the NUM if it had the support of at least 55 per cent of the members voting in a secret ballot : the union prided itself on its democracy in this context . |
| 29 | For liberalism prides itself on its rejection of moral paternalism , that is the imposition of a particular scheme of the virtuous life upon all citizens . |
| 30 | The Vale Rescue Centre prides itself on releasing nine out of every ten animals back into the wild . |