Example sentences of "[vb past] itself with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As well as prompting a rise in trade , the existence of a new class which found itself with spare time and spare cash at its disposal also heralded an era of unprecedented artistic achievement . |
| 2 | There followed a period of uncertainty until it found itself with new occupants Savory and Sons . |
| 3 | The system created in 1945–9 — when Stalin had established a series of puppet regimes in power in the East , and Europe had become ideologically , economically and militarily divided — now unravelled itself with astonishing speed . |
| 4 | The Committee also concerned itself with other aspects of university life — the training of graduates ; the value of degrees ; the employment of graduates ; the fair consideration of the provincial graduate in competition with those from the older universities ; the participation of graduates in university affairs , in industry , in education and in the Civil Service ; student problems , welfare and accommodation ; university entrance requirements . |
| 5 | For it is indeed time some party concerned itself with all those intangible forms of wealth that can not be included in anything called so appropriately the gross national product . |
| 6 | But there are a few who are questioning the state of play , and who agree with Ben Whitaker ( 1979 : 312 ) when he urged ‘ that police thinking would profit if it more often came out of its shell and concerned itself with wider questions about the role of the police and human relations ’ . |
| 7 | Other issues that the FCC concerned itself with included the control of unruly behaviour ( both by young people and by American Legion club members ! ) , the use of vacant structures and neighbourhood welfare programmes , particularly for the elderly . |
| 8 | A recent issue on MIMS concerned itself with massive , sudden hair loss . |
| 9 | In 1973 the Ladies ' Committee concerned itself with this seat reporting ‘ It was a pity to leave it in the wet even if only there for the time being ’ . |
| 10 | Meanwhile the PowerOpen Association Inc unveiled itself with five sponsor members — Apple Computer Inc , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA , IBM Corp , Motorola Inc and Thomson-CSF SA — spending an initial $750,000 and annual $250,000 to fund the Billerica , Massachusetts-based outfit . |
| 11 | Nor was she in the gaming room with its low lights on green baize tables , circles of hands restless with chips , cards , cigarettes , while the tension adjusted itself with each soft call of the croupiers . |
| 12 | If he were to defeat a Labour government as soon as it had taken office , the Liberals would be accused of frivolity in precipitating an unnecessary election , especially if Labour contented itself with moderate policies as it intended to do . |
| 13 | A much more specific fear was that young people would be provoked into imitative crime by the daring exploits witnessed on the screen , and the National Council of Public Morals addressed itself with particular vigour to the belief ‘ that the picture house is responsible for the increase in juvenile crime , and that boys are often led to imitate crimes ( larceny or burglary ) which they have seen in the pictures , or to steal money that they may pay for admission , . |
| 14 | But they remained second-class citizens as the Service restocked itself with young men of the right background from Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 15 | Next day the German attack repeated itself with meticulous Prussian efficiency . |
| 16 | A Classification Research Group of the Library Association formed itself with great hopes of constructing the ultimate universal scheme which could be adopted by all libraries . |
| 17 | To this end , the Halifax allied itself with Standard Life , an insurer , and now earns commissions on sales of unit trusts and life insurance through its branches . |
| 18 | Catholicism , for centuries , allied itself with conservative forces opposed to progress but now that elements within the church have come out in favour of change , they appear to be opting for a more socialist , rather than capitalist , line . |
| 19 | My love , no longer inhibited by his existence , presented itself with all the understanding required to bring us together again — the gentleness , the words , the small gestures that make it possible for one person to reveal himself to another and two people to share life . |