Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the rage and common decency of the British people will vent itself in the near future where it has not in the past and finally get this Government out and replace it with a more caring one . |
| 2 | People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all . |
| 3 | This amalgam of experience will embody itself in the final shape and fitting of a lifeboat that is designed to take the RNLI into the 21st century . |
| 4 | Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase . |
| 5 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 6 | If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza . |
| 7 | Professor Davis noted that the industries which expanded before 1780 did not transform themselves in the dramatic way we have come to know as an industrial revolution . |
| 8 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 9 | Malnutrition need not manifest itself in the short term as severe disease . |
| 10 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
| 11 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 12 | They were the merchants , traders and businessmen of the north-east Mediterranean coast who had most to lose if the Shias could establish themselves in the economic life of the Levant . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , in the course of talking and pretending , the sovereign states can harm themselves in the real exercise of real power . |
| 14 | Not until Aug. 7 did Turkey unequivocally place itself in the anti-Iraqi camp , with its decision ( coinciding with a similar decision by Saudi Arabia — see above ) to block the pipelines , to ban Iraqi and Kuwaiti trade ( except supplies of medicines and food ) and to freeze assets . |
| 15 | This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school . |
| 16 | More significantly , only a fifth believe lawyers should not involve themselves in the general running of other people 's businesses and just three per cent that they are currently too aggressive in selling their services . |
| 17 | Without rigorous financial controls , a haulier will never find himself in the happy position of considering a real expansion of his business . |
| 18 | Although accountants may be on hand , the surveyor at partner level in a growing practice , or one of a substantial size , may find himself in the anomalous situation of spending the major part of his time on management for which he received no training rather than on technical matters , in which he is expert . |
| 19 | If the European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into our law , political power will relocate itself in the Royal Courts of Justice , and advocates will be deciding the law on abortion , on Sunday trading , on political and tobacco advertising , and the like . |
| 20 | Eventually the institution will find itself in the residual phase , in which the external constituency has ceased to exist and the biological growth is eroded by the loss to the movement of the uninterested children of the members . |
| 21 | You could find yourself in the ludicrous situation where you have to take them out of the country for half-an-hour and take them back in again . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , you can help yourself in the following ways : |