Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On several previous occasions she had done this , trying to persuade herself that the new Tom , Dick or Harry was quite as desirable and worthy as the missing Harry , Dick or Tom . |
| 2 | This system is designed to provide local authorities with opportunities to satisfy themselves that the planned disposal will be satisfactory , but with the delays to industrial operations kept to a reasonable minimum . |
| 3 | It also requires auditors to satisfy themselves that the local authority concerned ‘ has made proper arrangements for securing economy , efficiency and effectiveness in its use of resources ’ . |
| 4 | Ministers may choose to delegate the carrying out of particular tasks to their subordinates , especially their permanent secretaries but , because they are answerable to Parliament , they will need to satisfy themselves that the delegated tasks are being performed satisfactorily . |
| 5 | She might be able to convince herself that the momentary flash of madness she 'd experienced , in thinking that she was falling in love with Luke Calder , was merely the result of stress , but it did n't change the fact that she was greatly attracted to him , and that was where the true danger lay . |
| 6 | As you embark on the F-Plan you might have to work quite energetically to convince yourself that the supposed virtues of the old low-carbohydrate method of dieting have been disproved by recent research . |
| 7 | Men will say ‘ I love you ’ to get women into bed with them ; women will say ‘ I love you ’ to get men into marriage with them ; both will say ‘ I love you ’ to keep fear at bay , to convince themselves of the deed by the word , to assure themselves that the promised condition has arrived , to deceive themselves that it has n't yet gone away . |
| 8 | Both summarize complicated interests and classes , and we need constantly to remind ourselves that the overwhelming majority of people of different religions live together in peace . |
| 9 | McLeish had to remind himself that the dead girl behind them would have felt none of this dank chill . |