Example sentences of "[prep] [pn reflx] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1899 she wrote of herself as in a state of ‘ waiting , not actually living ’ . |
| 2 | Again , like many other therapies , questions will be asked to give an overall picture of yourself and after a consultation a remedy may be given . |
| 3 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 4 | All the same , despite his intelligence and charm , Diderot is perhaps less interesting in himself than as a symptom and influence . |
| 5 | His old friend Barfield ruefully suggested that ‘ at a certain stage in his life he deliberately ceased to take any interest in himself except as a kind of spiritual animus taking stock of his moral faults … |
| 6 | The purpose of such an approach would be to demonstrate that the second language has the same potential for use as the first language , encourage learners to draw on their own experience of language by applying familiar procedures to the interpretation of second language use , and so to teach the second language system not as an end in itself but as a resource for the achievement of meaning . |
| 7 | Was co-operative store keeping to be regarded ‘ not as an end in itself but as a step towards the Co-operative or Socialist Commonwealth … envisaged partly in terms of producers ’ self-government' ? |
| 8 | Though Christian Socialism ‘ with the old Owenites and idealistic Socialists … regarded Co-operative Store keeping not as an end in itself but as a step towards the Co-operative or Socialist Commonwealth … envisaged partly in terms of producers ’ self-government' , the victory had gone to those who stood ‘ against them , the main body of the working-class adherents for whom the Store Movement was a reality and Co-operation mainly an agency for mutual thrift and the procuring of unadulterated goods at fair prices . ’ |
| 9 | The prevention of unjust enrichment underlies the confiscation legislation both as a moral or ethical justification in itself and as a deterrent to further illegal activity . |
| 10 | In this latter case , we are considering a form of videoconferencing and there seems little doubt that desktop , dial-up videoconferencing is going to become a major area of growth both as an application in itself and as a component of other multimedia applications . |
| 11 | Perhaps he had not said to himself that in a marriage between two like this , someone was going to have to know a little less clearly what they had wanted . |
| 12 | This is because the founder of such a body is entitled to reserve to himself or to a visitor whom he appoints the exclusive right to adjudicate upon the domestic laws which the founder has established for the regulation of his bounty . |
| 13 | This picture could either be made for yourself or as a gift for someone else , and I think it is a lovely way of celebrating such a special occasion as a silver wedding anniversary . |