Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [adv] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the untold story of an exchange which rightly prides itself on an ability to offer efficient markets in leading shares but which can not cope with the unattractive smaller companies . |
| 2 | It is this form of drama which best lends itself to topic work and intercurricular project work . |
| 3 | When love truly seizes the heart it is like a malignant fever which thence disperses itself through all the sensible parts . |
| 4 | Thus , in a thoroughly typical way , man , who is not endowed with an instinctive love of animals or care for them , achieves the ability to make a success of animal-husbandry as a form of economic life by channelling his otherwise rampant aggressiveness back against himself as a force of conscience which frequently expresses itself in pastoral cultures as a vengeful and recriminating god of the sky . |
| 5 | Not only does that provide a common bond among humanity to evolve spiritually , but it gives an insight into the nature of a God who often reveals Himself in paradox . |
| 6 | The use of I in the paraphrase suggests moreover that it is the speaker who somehow sees himself before the infinitive event because it implies that he has not yet realized his desire . |
| 7 | Nice gestures both , I reflected bitterly , and both typical gestures of any young man in a hospital bed who temporarily imagines himself in love with one of his nurses as a form of occupational therapy . |
| 8 | This phenomenon again suggests that the interpretation of a pronoun is influenced by a representation of superficial aspects of the preceding text It also lends itself to experimental study . |
| 9 | This point has been reinforced further by the findings of Goldsmith and Newton ( 1986 ) who show that , while the Thatcher government has been very directive towards local authorities on council house sales , by contrast it hardly involves itself in matters of environmental health ( a reflection of the much lower priority the Thatcher government gives to this policy area ) . |
| 10 | There is also a speed-sensitive rear spoiler which automatically raises itself at higher speeds , though most owners will find the built-in anti-theft alarm and immobiliser much more practical for use in the UK . |
| 11 | Do obstetric complications leave an invisible injury which later manifests itself in combination with a certain inherited characteristic as a particular vulnerability to schizophrenia ? |
| 12 | It might be wise to include provisions ( Clause 28.01 ) for some form of substituted service to cover the case of a partner who deliberately absents himself from the firm , whether such absence is the ground for his expulsion or otherwise . |