Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Viruses attach themselves to EXE files , so if anything untoward happens and a file tries to illegally write itself onto drive C , ViruSTOP will give a warning message . |
| 2 | Instead of stalks , they have a cluster of curling roots with which they attach themselves to coral or rocks . |
| 3 | I do shut them up at night because of the stoats and the foxes , but they put themselves to bed , I only have to shut the door . |
| 4 | It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena — they no longer restrict themselves to Greek ! ) |
| 5 | As soon as they see their names on the leaderboard they worry themselves to death until their name 's gone off the board . |
| 6 | In this paper , Peter Watsham describes a range of personnel activities which lend themselves to computer assistance , examines the role of small machines in relation to these , and presents an appraisal of what is currently available . |
| 7 | the research topics lend themselves to publication in Nature rather than to other journals ; |
| 8 | the research topics lend themselves to publication in Nature rather than to other journals ; |
| 9 | It is also questionable whether all types of organisations lend themselves to empowerment . |
| 10 | In addition , public enterprises also lend themselves to tasks that have more to do with political legitimation than with the needs of the economic system , and which increase the contradictory pressures on them . |
| 11 | Such an invitation should give an indication of what pictures could be taken or which parts of the event lend themselves to photographs . |
| 12 | We close with a cautionary note : one should bear in mind that a source of potential confusion always present is the fact that certain verbs lend themselves to occurrence with more than one type of adjectival construction , and to illustrate let us observe that any of the following , with their different modes of interpretation , are fully acceptable sentences of English : ( 72 ) Mackay preferred the picture stolen ( postnominal attributive ) ( 73 ) Shelagh prefers her holidays adventurous ( predicate qualifier ) ( 74 ) we prefer the king ( to be ) beheaded ( clausal ) |
| 13 | Structures predominantly based on tensile members offer big savings in self weight and lend themselves to lightweight and long span conditions . |
| 14 | Essentially it is the ultimate perfection — a hostile critic might say ‘ emasculation ’ — of Netherland polyphony , its florid elements pruned , its dissonances disguised or mollified by preparation and other devices which so lend themselves to codification that ‘ the style of Palestrina ’ has become the ideal model for students of sixteenth-century composition . |
| 15 | Used as an integral part of teaching they lend themselves to workshops and multi-media situations . |
| 16 | Bay windows also lend themselves to blinds of all types . |
| 17 | As public shopping arcades lend themselves to situations of abuse it is important that they have somewhere warm to go ; one example of a voluntary initiative is that Bradford Council of Mosques has set up a day centre for retired older men . |
| 18 | ( b ) that some parts or aspects of a topic naturally lend themselves to comparisons or joint treatment . |
| 19 | And Y ? is the reason I can not find a genuinely happy ending to this story ; there seems to be a choice between adding poisonous chemicals and not — both of which apparently lend themselves to doom and disaster for the earth and its creatures , rather than sweetness and happiness ever after . |
| 20 | Others lend themselves to group discussion where the moral support of peers encourages individuals to put forward their views in the presence of management . |
| 21 | As early as Acts 6 we find the apostles seeking deputies to manage the administration Of the church , while they give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word . |
| 22 | The most important differences are those to be found between individuals , rather than between groups or categories This seems to imply that the one thing Shetlanders have in common is that they Are All different from one another , and that their common identity as Shetlanders is something that emerges only when they contrast themselves to people from the south . |
| 23 | Increasingly in the late 1980s search consultants who present themselves to clients are being asked about their background , their particular specialisation and what they have to contribute . |
| 24 | They [ i.e. researchers ] must be concerned with providing a model of interpretation of evidence from theory and experiment , related to the solution of the practical problems which immediately present themselves to classroom teachers . |
| 25 | They are not necessarily extravagant but devote themselves to appearance as to a very demanding goddess whose exigencies may account for that well-kempt , bad tempered look most of them adopt . |
| 26 | The microscopic particles bond themselves to metal surfaces , providing long-lasting lubrication . |
| 27 | They shackle themselves to racks , they bask in urinals . |
| 28 | Obviously , individuals that either fail to find enough food for themselves or unwisely and fatally expose themselves to predators tend to die young and to leave few offspring . |
| 29 | One is aware that educators in this field are treading sacred ground and expose themselves to accusations that they create unrealistic expectations ( say , elaborate rituals ) , or that they encroach upon the territory of other professionals ( the Clergy , perhaps ) . |
| 30 | This is exactly what I have attempted in this book , beginning in chapter four with my version of why so many black kids commit themselves to sport , then moving , in chapters five and six , to the experiences in family life and at school and how these affect the ties to sport . |