Example sentences of "[vb infin] ourselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Cloud of Unknowing he did not present the whole complexity of the Greek mystic 's vision , but dwelt upon his central belief that God is ultimately and essentially incomprehensible to the human mind and that if we want to ‘ know ’ God in this life , we must divest ourselves of all our ideas about the reality that we call ‘ God ’ . |
| 2 | In 2 Corinthians 10:12 he says , ‘ We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves . |
| 3 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 4 | In order to believe in the Devil we must rid ourselves of unhelpful images of him ( though we do not need to wax philosophical about him as I did for the doubting lady ! ) . |
| 5 | I will now entertain suggestions as to how we can rid ourselves of this horrible dog menace . ’ |
| 6 | The social and political implications of Gandhi 's quest for Truth will also be dealt with in later chapters and for the moment we shall confine ourselves to such questions as how he goes about acquiring glimpses of absolute Truth and how he knows that it is absolute Truth he has actually caught a glimpse of . |
| 7 | The advantages and disadvantages of objectives can be examined from several viewpoints but we will confine ourselves to three : the practical , ethical and educational . |
| 8 | ‘ Especially as once we start , we can never confine ourselves to just kissing , ’ Luke quipped with harsh humour , and paused . |
| 9 | Nor do we easily associate ourselves with violent behaviour . |
| 10 | Let's face it , we live with our negative parts and generally we may beat ourselves in public . |
| 11 | We do n't see ourselves as special people and we do n't see ourselves as having specific financial credentials , although some members of our group , not myself , may have those , but we try by listening to the people who 've elected us and listening to in general comments that are made from outside the council , which is a terribly closed body . |
| 12 | ‘ In the coming stage , we will not suffice ourselves with mere slogans but we will embark on objective and responsible dialogue . ’ |
| 13 | They were opposed by Anthony Cary , Lord Falkland , a Tory , who argued that the throne should not be filled until Parliament had decided what powers to give the Crown , so that " we may secure ourselves from Arbitrary Government " , although in this he was supported by radical Whigs such as Wildman . |
| 14 | For our Christian message to grow and spread we have to learn to know and share ourselves with each other . |
| 15 | I hope , and I shall be bringing it up at the next police committee , that we will commit ourselves to that initiative will a view to bringing in those two pilot schemes in the county and extending it at a later date . |
| 16 | One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles . |
| 17 | My Lords , I er apologise first of all that I was not able to hear some of the earlier speeches in this Debate erm but it does seem to me a most interesting Debate and I have to confess that I always become slightly uneasy er when the great and the good , and I suppose we should collectively cast ourselves in that role of being the great and good of the establishment are all of one view and I wonder whether it is necessarily right and so I begin to question er whether your Lordships enthusiasm for many of these amendments and their attack upon the Government 's proposals is necessarily as soundly based as we might think if we just listen to casually to it all . |
| 18 | Well that 's why I said to you , and , and Laura , er to James , no way would we get ourselves in that position for you you have your lives to lead |
| 19 | ‘ For God 's sake , let's take another drink , or shoot the dogs , or call in Claire to dance the fandango , rather than indulge ourselves in this misery ! |
| 20 | We could put ourselves in three lots of two and your mum came in with the three pizzas we 'd get one between us so we get a half . |
| 21 | When we do , however , subject ourselves to prolonged exercise , such as jogging , marathon running or mountain climbing , we experience benefits over and above the merely improved function of our hearts and musculature — benefits at the emotional , mental or spiritual levels . |
| 22 | However frightening a panic attack may be we must always remind ourselves of one fact : none of the symptoms of a panic attack can harm us . |
| 23 | In fact , one of the reasons God is so concerned that we do not involve ourselves in premarital and extramarital relations is so that we will never feel we are competing against the skill and ability of another lover . |
| 24 | We ca n't , we ca n't say , ca n't erm really just contradict ourselves like that can we ? |
| 25 | ‘ We should address ourselves to those faculties in a child 's mind , which are first awakened by nature , and consequently first admit of cultivation , that is to say , the memory and the imagination . ’ |
| 26 | The situation was changing so fast and we hoped we might find ourselves in this situation . ’ |
| 27 | Then we would fling ourselves upon each other at all hours of the day and night make love upon the unmade bed , for often we refused to let the maid in to make up the room : |
| 28 | The social charter has an enormous role to play and we should concern ourselves with that , because it is relevant to us all , wherever we live and whatever part of the country we represent . |
| 29 | understand why all the agencies involved identify four in those circumstances I think in R A Southern Water district to themselves , because we 've got that information repeated across the county erm and it seemed to me important that erm somebody er accepted responsibility for taking an overall view of the circumstances to er merely because of course we can only concern ourselves with manmade er circumstances rather than er erm but I think you know members would agree that as a strategic planning authority , we appear to be the only auth er the only body which can erm in the cold light of day we view the circumstances look at the implications for strategic planning and local planning and the suggestion of those developments and obviously that would be a concern to us and er I felt and I have to that it is an area of responsibility erm which er within the of this |