Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] itself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rule of thumb is that investment in energy efficiency is expected to pay for itself in two years . |
| 2 | Last year , a passive solar collector on a house would have been expected to pay for itself in 12 to 15 years . |
| 3 | The final text leaves this clash alone , free to speak for itself in a world where the reader believes he understands Stepan better than the narrator does . |
| 4 | In the 1960s the Northern Ireland Labour Party ( NILP ) was on the verge of becoming a significant political force , despite the fact that it had been left to fend for itself in very difficult circumstances . |
| 5 | However , despite its diminutive size , it is well able to fend for itself in a mixed community tank , protecting its territory against all comers , even if they happen to be twice its size . |
| 6 | Having dug its way out of the compost heap , it must immediately start to fend for itself in the hostile world of the mallee scrub . |
| 7 | Today , with funding for British Universities squeezed ever tighter by the recession and thirteen years of an unsympathetic Conservative government , the Warburg is being forced to fend for itself in large measure . |