Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does it seem to be the case that the notorious reluctance of the Masai to accommodate themselves to the modern world was to any significant extent the result of administrative protection from it . |
| 2 | At a symbolic rally , held on May 23 in the capital San Salvador , the FMLN transformed itself into a political party . |
| 3 | The Sheikha settled herself in the dressing room , determined not to be too far away from her son at any time . |
| 4 | Within years their cotton plants were decimated by a tiny bug and the Sutherlands resigned themselves to a meagre living from farming . |
| 5 | The proto-JPL proved itself during the Second World War . |
| 6 | The CNAA committed itself to the Diploma . |
| 7 | He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies . |
| 8 | When the Reeve likens himself to an " " open-ers " " he associates himself with Nicholas in the tale just passed , and can thus be attributed with the same wry self-reflection as the Miller shows in attaching himself to John the carpenter . |
| 9 | On 19 December 1960 a new Cuban — Soviet agreement was announced , by which the USSR committed itself to the purchase of 2.7 m.t . |
| 10 | They enlisted the help of a rebellious warlord from Vidin , in Ottoman-occupied Bulgaria , Osman Pazvant-oglu , and the governor was able to maintain his position only by arming the Serbs to defend themselves against the invaders . |
| 11 | In the first decade of the century the Bridgewaters aligned themselves with the whigs . |
| 12 | We 've struggled against a background of the Charter Review in the BBC to match ourselves to the changing needs of the audience . |
| 13 | During World War II the Keppels established themselves at the Ritz Hotel in London . |
| 14 | In no time at all , The Haçienda found itself with a reputation of being the coldest , most unresponsive , most apathetic gigging hall in the country . |
| 15 | In June 1991 all EC members except the UK committed themselves to a minimum standard VAT rate of 15 per cent from January 1993 [ see p. 38297 ] . |
| 16 | Were , therefore , the deputies of the Cortes to limit themselves to the study of the ‘ means and methods of expelling the French army ’ , or was their sacred task to endow Spain with a constitution that would limit the despotism which had ended in French invasion ? |
| 17 | On practically every issue the Comintern found itself in the role of an infallible body which had adopted a manifestly fallible policy . |
| 18 | The Trunchbull seated herself behind the teacher 's table . |
| 19 | Given its origins , the NUR saw itself as an industrial union ; originally it organized most groups of BR workers , and it continues to be recognized by BR as representing all grades of staff other than management . |
| 20 | But until they get any money back , the Tysons find themselves in the position of the gambler who gambled all and lost . |
| 21 | The last five years have seen the DUP establish itself as the voice of about half of the unionist population . |
| 22 | Formed in 1975 by disaffected members of the Official IRA , the INLA styled itself as a revolutionary socialist party and developed links with European anarchists , including the German Red Army Factions , the Italian Red Brigades and the French Action Directe . |
| 23 | With their album completed and , due to legal problems , on ice , The Smiths found themselves in a state of dangerous inactivity . |
| 24 | He had reportedly been pressing for the USA to distance itself from the peace negotiations and he was therefore opposed to a Washington venue ; he was also known to support a Middle Eastern venue to emphasize the regional , as opposed to the international , nature of the conflict . |
| 25 | But the IRA characterise themselves in a more discernible form , participating in movements of national liberation from colonialist powers in recognisable patterns of nineteenth- and twentieth-century political experience . |
| 26 | The rumour generated a wave of protest , which caused the HDUR to dissociate itself from the initiative . |
| 27 | ‘ No power on earth is greater , and the Yasa is his to do as he — ’ not for a Kha-Khan to amuse himself like a selfish child . ’ |
| 28 | Outside the camp ( 27 ) : neither offering might be eaten , since no one was to eat any of his own sin-offering , an Aaron identifies himself with the people in their sin-offering . |