Example sentences of "[to-vb] itself to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hubert Molland was an unpractised driver and his nervousness seemed to communicate itself to the big car , which juddered and groaned alarmingly . |
| 2 | The guide took his place at centre stern and , after the raft had turned in a circle to adjust itself to the current , the paddling rhythm set in to send it down-river towards the white foam that could be seen rising between the distant boulders . |
| 3 | In fact there was precious little to rely on in the unconscious unless the product was good enough to sell itself to the conscious senses , in which case the unconscious appeal was superfluous . |
| 4 | In the ignominious collapse of the grand scheme the two separated , each to accommodate itself to the developing capitalist system , each to find its own way forward within the system and as part of it . |
| 5 | It heralded the end of the session , as Danny 's mood seemed to transmit itself to the others and they too became restless . |
| 6 | As Maitland , who was a contemporary of Dicey , recognized , one repercussion of the consequent growth in the quantity and complexity of government business was that there was ‘ a tendency … on the part of parliament to confine itself to the work of legislation , of framing general rules of law , and of entrusting the power of dealing with particular cases to the king 's ministers , to boards of commissioners , to courts of law ’ . |
| 7 | Pop music , it was argued ought to address itself to the ‘ real ’ problems — unemployment , racism , etc etc . |
| 8 | In 1877 Anglicans founded the Guild of St Matthew , the first organization inside the Church of England to address itself to the social implications of Christianity since the 1850s . |
| 9 | Any such scheme must also plan for permanent accommodation and personal assistance ; indeed it was the difficult experience of getting district councils within their area to house people who had tried out the transition project and wanted to live independently which prompted one SSD to address itself to the task of influencing local housing authorities . |
| 10 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 11 | Then there was one from ‘ R. Ufricks District Postmaster ’ informing residents of his area that pillar boxes with two holes in them had been ‘ put to an improper purpose ’ , which he spelled out in a way unlikely to commend itself to the Royal Mail . |
| 12 | ‘ Any organisation ought to subject itself to the sort of management consultancy which will allow it to define its objectives , ’ he believes . |
| 13 | Provided the necessary resources to maintain an active programme of exhibitions are made available , the Library is now in a better position than ever before to project itself to the public at large through the use of instructive and stimulating displays . |
| 14 | Their skills were in demand as China struggled to adapt itself to the age of new technology . |
| 15 | " With the ability to adapt itself to the changing requirements of the times , the school still lives , and its reputation stands as high as ever among the inhabitants of Stockport and the surrounding districts , and in educational circles beyond the extended parish of Stockport . " |
| 16 | So intense was the internal struggle that the Party actually missed a magnificent opportunity to display itself to the public : the tenth anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles — the seat and source of all their misery — passed without the Nazis mounting even a token demonstration . |
| 17 | They included : the need for international and regional supervision of a ceasefire ; proper political guarantees for the guerrillas ; an end to guerrilla attacks on the civilian population and on the economic infrastructure ; the need for the business community to commit itself to the peace process ; presentation by the government of the Second Geneva Protocol to Congress ; and the continued existence of the Advisory Commission on Public Order . |
| 18 | Surrey County Council is to become the first local authority to sign the Peatland Protection Charter , and to commit itself to the phasing out of the use of peat in the council 's public parks , gardens and other landscaping activities . |
| 19 | Over 200 companies have signed the ICC 's Business Charter for Sustainable Development , which urges industry to commit itself to the development of products which require the minimum amount of energy and natural resources to produce , and which can be recycled or disposed of safely after use . |
| 20 | ( c ) the willingness of the offeror to commit itself to the time and expense involved in a contested bid ; |
| 21 | ‘ The emergency committee has unanimously decided to press British Gas to commit itself to the relocation of this installation at the earliest possible date . ’ |