Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second , related problem is that business ethics has mostly concerned itself with grand theorising , trying to answer questions such as ‘ Is capitalism ethically justifiable ? ’ and ‘ Can a profitable business ever be ethical ? ’ . |
| 2 | But if only now is it God 's intention that they also be admitted to orders , women must necessarily see themselves as some kind of secondary citizens . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd better mind yourself with this fellow . |
| 4 | Isabel Marshall had been added at the age of fourteen , when her gawky , bony clumsiness had suddenly transformed itself into dazzling beauty , and Clara , her especial friend , was added a year later when her breasts grew . |
| 5 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 6 | Russians in Central Asia , imperialists in India , South-East Asia , and Africa , colonizers in Australasia , and the commercial intruders in China and Japan all expressed themselves with striking forcefulness through this one architectural type . |
| 7 | It might have invested too little in building its capital stock , thus perhaps enfeebling itself in future competition with foreign rivals . |
| 8 | A stockbroker looking at Vermeer 's ‘ Portrait of a Young Woman at the Met ’ suddenly finds himself alongside another woman whose face resembles the painting . |
| 9 | ‘ Now , Mr O'Malley , ’ the sergeant said sternly , ‘ I strongly advise you not to ; you 'll only get yourself into serious trouble . |
| 10 | Cricket , an old and complex game , naturally lends itself to statistical analysis . |
| 11 | Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other . |
| 12 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 13 | The patient was shortly afterwards transferred to the National Hospital , but quite soon discharged himself against medical advice , evidently heedless of the fact that the Board had agreed to pay 2s.6d per day for his maintenance there . |
| 14 | He had already committed himself to more work than he could handle because he was inexperienced at making deals and having to turn down work . |
| 15 | Nor do we easily associate ourselves with violent behaviour . |
| 16 | ‘ I just dried myself with some hay and wrung out my dress before putting it back on . |
| 17 | Our appeal to our traditional supporters was not enough to outweigh our lack of success with those growing numbers who no longer count themselves as working class . |
| 18 | When the door had opened to admit her , the waiting tension still gnawing at him had finally transformed itself into swift action , and he 'd been too busy quitting the bed and judging the right moment to attack to identify the intruder . |
| 19 | Is he aware that the Institute of Housing has recently reported that it does not believe that competitive tendering in housing management is a sensible option , saying that it does ’ not easily lend itself to competitive tendering ’ ? |
| 20 | Just get yourself in this car else we 'll be late . |
| 21 | Having just painfully disentangled herself from one relationship , she had no intention of getting involved in another for a very long time . |
| 22 | Many soon found themselves in long-term debt to richer peasants , particularly in the Famine areas . |
| 23 | The Iranians , who soon freed themselves from Hellenistic control and always escaped that of Rome , were also the only nation which the Greeks had known and appraised before Alexander . |
| 24 | Swayed by similar arguments , the governments of the rich countries have now largely deprived themselves of this option . |
| 25 | Gee Armytage was yesterday bracing herself for another spell on the sidelines as she recovers from a back injury sustained in the Coral Welsh National . |
| 26 | Up to now I 've always resigned myself to rented accommodation , but it 's just not the same is it . |
| 27 | Some things needed to change , but some needed to remain the same and I usually found myself in this place pulling at the forces of change as a child might pull at the reins of a runaway horse . |
| 28 | Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country . |
| 29 | After his retirement in 1974 he quickly involved himself in local community work in the church and will several charities . |
| 30 | There is also a very important smaller group who have deliberately injured themselves in some way . |