Example sentences of "[was/were] itself a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were hardly his own yet sprang from his heart as though , in those exalted moments , it were itself a living vessel of the Christmas mystery . |
| 2 | The economic and constitutional rights of the republics , at the same time , should be increased and defined more precisely ; but any changes of this kind must take account of the fact that each of the republics was itself a multinational state in which the interests of all national groups must be properly respected . |
| 3 | That did not mean much , since Kursk was itself a drowsy centre with almost no factories and only the main railway line from Moscow to enliven it . |
| 4 | The sheer pace of accumulation was itself a mixed blessing . |
| 5 | However , the collapse in the birth rate from its peak in the mid 1960s , which was primarily responsible for this , was itself a major event with long-term implications . |
| 6 | Phoenician art was itself a great borrower — from Egyptian , neo-Hittite and Assyrian — and it is impossible to disentangle the particular influences , direct and indirect , on Greek artists at this time . |
| 7 | The basic circuits used electronic valves , and the heat generated was itself a great problem . |
| 8 | Not that Segesta was itself a Greek community : the Segestans were Elymiots , that is , natives , of some kind not yet understood , although the scribblings from their vases are in Greek letters , Kokalos , 1967 , pp. 233ff. and their architecture was Greek . |
| 9 | Moreover , there is much to suggest that Cnut 's reign was itself a difficult time for some churches . |
| 10 | This behaviour , lasting as it did throughout the months when I was most tortured , was itself a minor enigma . |
| 11 | It was itself a direct product of her involvement in an imperialist system riven by competition for markets . |
| 12 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |