Example sentences of "[to-vb] itself [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the British general election of 1987 the Alliance would no doubt have been gratified to find itself under-represented to a degree no greater than that . |
| 2 | After the courts intervened , the concern of the administration has to be not to leave itself open to any kind of charge of ignoring court rulings . |
| 3 | Recent work on lesbian alcoholism has had to devote itself first to disproving deviancy models of this condition ( e.g. Anderson and Henderson 1985 ) . |
| 4 | The NP has been seeking to make itself acceptable to non-whites and what better way than this . |
| 5 | It has been forced to reveal itself due to strict new regulations for healthier office environments and appears quite harmless ! |