Example sentences of "[vb past] itself [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
| 2 | But I mean er that one lent itself to that . |
| 3 | The United Kingdom based itself in that regard on international law and on the need for the flag state effectively to exercise jurisdiction over the owners , charterers and operators of vessels flying its flag . |
| 4 | It based itself in that connection on Brugnoni v. Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia ( Case 157/85 ) [ 1986 ] E.C.R. 2013 relating to the interpretation of article 2 of the Directive , which , in the Commission 's view , was not different in substance from article 1 . |
| 5 | In 1930 the moral majority ( not that it knew itself by that name in those days ) hit back against what it saw as the growing licentiousness and depravity of the movie industry and introduced a production code that all film producers would be required to adhere to . |