Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking . |
| 2 | It would not be easy to acknowledge themselves as the poor relation . |
| 3 | It is a large , modern building and it would be easy to imagine oneself in a hospital except for the noise , cheerful bustle and attractive classrooms . |
| 4 | " But it can be hard to defend oneself against the weather . |
| 5 | Spokesman Jun Shimoyamada said : ‘ You 'll be able to immerse yourself in the picture . ’ |
| 6 | But he said : ‘ Even if I had been in Austria longer , I would still be able to defend myself against the outrageous charges of behaving like a war criminal — a charge made against no one else . ’ |
| 7 | Schools were started in the monasteries , for Charles proclaimed that ‘ Men of God should not only live by the rule and dwell in holy conversation , but should devote themselves to literary meditations , each according to his ability , that they may be able to give themselves to the duty of teaching others . ’ |
| 8 | Or at a pinch he might be able to squeeze himself into the desk drawer and hide . |
| 9 | ‘ You have to be able to put yourself in the place of the athlete and work out what they need ’ , she says . |
| 10 | This would require companies to be able to merge across frontiers and be able to organize themselves on a Europe-wide basis without discrimination . |
| 11 | Although the Court of Appeal expressed no opinion on it , the court was clearly concerned that the employer might possibly be able to protect himself from the use of the employee 's skill and knowledge post employment by means of express provision if the employee were simply to sell that knowledge as a commodity ( ie not use it as a means to gain further employment ) . |
| 12 | It is certainly true that in many cases warts will regress and even disappear without any treatment , but it is unclear why this should happen and there is no way of predicting which sufferers will be able to rid themselves of the warts or how to stimulate the body 's defence to that end . |
| 13 | Their navigational system may be simply an urge to move continuously into water that is minimally cooler , and they may also be able to orientate themselves from the direction of the wave surge and the pattern of ripples on the water-surface . |
| 14 | And if you 're a self-confessed chocoholic , then you 'll really be able to spoil yourself with a slice of Tesco Chocolate Roulade . |
| 15 | The net effect of these injunctions ( as well as others we shall meet later ) is to ensure that the natural inability of human beings to respond ‘ perfectly ’ to all situations , however demanding or paradoxical , is construed by those human beings as clear evidence of personal inadequacy : they lack the ability , resilience or ready-made savoir-faire that they somehow ought to have , in limitless supply , if they are to be able to look themselves in the eye in the bathroom mirror each morning . |
| 16 | Certainly nothing would be gained if action was taken under s.92(1) ( d ) of the Public Health Act 1936 , as the defendant would be able to avail himself of the defence of best practicable means provided by s.94(5) of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 17 | An abatement notice specifying these works would not be invalid , but should planning permission be refused and further action be taken to obtain compliance with the notice , the Justices need not take the local authority 's advice and order the defendants to implement those works , but if they do , and planning permission is again refused , the defendants may be able to avail themselves of the defence of ‘ reasonable excuse ’ , under s.95 , leaving the local authority to find alternative means to seek abatement of the odour . |
| 18 | The unfairness of such a result is compounded by the fact that , as a litigant , [ the defendant ] would be able to avail itself of the … procedures against plaintiffs . |
| 19 | In so far as they do , they are troubled : they try to find a way for women to be represented in a religion where the Godhead is conceived in male terms , and a way indeed to be able to associate themselves with a male God or Christ . |
| 20 | The Court of Appeal readily allowed new evidence to be admitted and held that since the risk to jobs did not appear to be a major factor in the dispute , it seemed unlikely that the union would be able to bring itself within the definition of a trade dispute and so the injunction should be granted . |
| 21 | ‘ That would give him more confidence and he would be able to establish himself in the side . ’ |
| 22 | By flouting the rules of practice , which prohibit touting for business , certain solicitors were alleged to be able to place themselves in an unfairly advantaged position . |
| 23 | To escape this branding of myself as a bodily failure , I longed to be able to attach myself to an organisation stronger than myself , an association through which I could derive a feeling of physical achievement and personal status I would not otherwise possess . |
| 24 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 25 | Even before 5 October 1968 it was clear that the radicals around the DHAC were beginning to lose the initiative and would be unable to consolidate themselves as an alternative leadership for anti-Unionists in the city . |
| 26 | As you gain strength , skill , and confidence you can take on more and more ; but if you start off overcommitted , it may be difficult to extricate yourself from an impossible mess . |