Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself to the " in BNC.
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1 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
2 | In its extreme form , therefore , empiricism limits itself to the results of direct observation and virtually denies the value of theory since this is generalization removed from first-hand observation . |
3 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
4 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
5 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
6 | Both show life in a mining town with some degree of realism and Reed 's picture , about a community in which the miners are browbeaten into working a coal seam which the proprietor knows to be dangerous , links itself to the documentarist sensibility with an opening voiceover referring to those ‘ simple working people who take heroism for granted as part of their daily lives ’ , and a concluding epilogue that calls for the world to be ‘ purged of its old greeds . ’ |
7 | This links itself to the three previous parts because it displays a process which metaphorically or symbolically represents change . |
8 | In his statement released on the eve of the resumption of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament [ see p. 37979 ] , Bush said that " we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason , including retaliation " and added that " the USA unconditionally commits itself to the destruction of all our stocks of chemical weapons within 10 years of [ the convention 's ] entry into force " . |
9 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
10 | If in doubt about what to do next , keep yourself busy by going around and changing all the name plates : in a move scarcely calculated to do much to restore battered confidence in the company , IBM Corp 's shrunken Cadam Inc , the Burbank , California company that now confines itself to the microcomputer versions of the computer-aided design software , has changed its name to Altium , effective immediately : it says the Altium name is part of its plan to secure the unit 's position in the desktop market and ‘ a part of the larger renewal ’ of IBM . |
11 | His new work attaches itself to the ready-made tradition , taking the theme of laziness into ‘ a la recherche du temps perdu ’ . |
12 | Particular interest attaches itself to the distribution of the elderly population , because of its implications for the provision of retirement accommodation and social services . |
13 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
14 | This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome . |
15 | The tRNA attaches itself to the appropriate amino acid . |
16 | The bush welds itself to the primary shaft and will not disengage . |
17 | It presents itself to the citizen in many different guises : the payment of VAT on a chocolate bar , a rule against parking on a yellow line , a maternity allowance . |
18 | The I gives itself to the Thou , makes a complete act of dedication , links the two persons through the poetry . |
19 | It is a dramatic change , and not one that recommends itself to the city 's residents . |
20 | Apart from the fact that it avoids the above dilemmas , by claiming only the narrowest scope for semantics , such a theory recommends itself to the pragmaticist for the following reasons . |
21 | It constantly adjusts itself to the correct tension as the string is being wrapped . |
22 | Such viewpoints I have since found elaborated in Brereton ( 1944 ) who records , almost as an educational ‘ law ’ , that : ‘ the standard of an examination adjusts itself to the standard of those taking it ’ ( p. 43 ) . |
23 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
24 | On the other hand , a court of equity addresses itself to the amount of costs that the mortgagee should be allowed as a condition of redemption . |
25 | Chapter seven , the hinge by which The Form opens to this level of significance , directly addresses itself to the essence of the contemplative life — certainty of being , through which all experience is transfigured to joy . |
26 | As mentioned earlier , the bidder binds itself to the scheme by agreeing to appear by counsel at the hearing of the petition and giving the appropriate undertaking . |
27 | This fatalism lends itself to the infamous Burmese bureaucracy , partly because bureaucracy looks like efficiency , partly because bureaucracy fits so neatly into the unchanging Buddhist worldview . |
28 | A gay text is one which lends itself to the hypothesis of a gay reading regardless of where the author 's genitals were wont to keep house . |
29 | If your children have left home and you have more space than you need , you could consider taking in lodgers , either as paying guests or , if your property lends itself to the creation of a separate flatlet , in a tenancy capacity . |
30 | This simply means that the normal 8-hour duty shift is split ; for example , 4 hours on duty , 2 hours off duty , then 4 hours on duty , or 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening , or whatever combination lends itself to the efficient running of the hotel . |