Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herbert Morrison wrote shortly before the 1933 Labour Party Conference : If the Socialist League point of view were approved by the Party it would drive us to defend ourselves for the greater part of our time against Tory allegations of Bolshevism and dictatorship . |
| 2 | We are in danger of talking ourselves into a deeper decline in which only the bad news is given attention . |
| 3 | Women 's exemption from these time-geared precepts was the result both of their extensive periods of ritual impurity and of their designated role as closeted homemakers — though of course in making such a statement , we immediately involve ourselves in a greater degree of circularity . |
| 4 | Buckmaster 's habit of distancing himself from the seamier side of the company worried him . |
| 5 | Despite the retirement of coaching team-mates Jim Telfer and Derrick Grand after the recent World Cup , Ian McGeechan has committed himself to a further term as Scotland 's principal coach . |
| 6 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 7 | In the ensuing election campaign foreign affairs were unusually prominent , with Labour trying to project itself as a better defender of the peace than the Tories . |
| 8 | If we get it wrong in year two , it will be even more wrong in year three , because the distribution is n't going to alter dramatically in our favour , so if there is under-funding in ninety four , ninety five that we manage , it will present itself as a larger problem in ninety five , six , and an even larger problem in ninety s six , seven , so that needs to be borne in mind . |
| 9 | ‘ Legal theory ’ is sometimes taken as being synonymous with ‘ jurisprudence ’ and is sometimes regarded as concerning itself with a narrower range of questions — in particular , What is the nature of law ? |
| 10 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 11 | Metal lends itself to a wider range of decorative techniques than most other materials because of its physical properties , particularly its ductility , which allows it to be twisted into wire or inlaid with other metals and even other materials such as gemstones . |
| 12 | ( Italy had committed itself to a smaller margin of fluctuation within the EMS in January 1990 — see p. 37198 . ) |
| 13 | It does not lend itself to the earlier analysis of symbolism which identified distinct abstract signifiers and concrete signifieds , since it simultaneously operates at both levels . |
| 14 | ‘ I have always seen myself as a younger version of Joan Collins . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose I have always seen myself as a younger version of Joan Collins , ’ she confided . |
| 16 | These results may also be seen as offering some tentative support to the contention that the greater flexibility now permitted in fee setting , coupled with the ability of architects to establish themselves in a wider variety of organisational forms and to advertise more freely , has essentially lubricated the market and led to greater efficiency . |