Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | There is a delightful passage where he addresses himself to the role of dreams and faces out the difficulty inherent in medieval lore which others like Chaucer resolve through ambiguity : namely , that in a situation where some dreams were held to reveal truth and others to be the products of a disordered digestive system , it is difficult to distinguish true from false . |
2 | But if one rids oneself of the idea that there need be any thing in common to good things , other than that they are good , one will be ready to recognize that there may be other good things which do not involve pleasure , that some things which involve pleasure may be good rather than bad , and that relative goodness need not be proportional to relative pleasurableness . |
3 | Joanna Grenside is described as beautiful — but when she sees herself in the mirror , she wo n't see that . |
4 | However , when he surrenders himself to the moods and atmospheres of the hills , something authentic comes through : |
5 | Ackroyd 's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers — a repertoire of others . |
6 | This is a good activity for small group project work as it lends itself to the pooling of information and sharing different elements of the task . |
7 | In fact , thanks largely to Sir Robin Day — ‘ the Grand Inquisitor ’ , as he calls himself in the title of his new book — the impression that the average viewer probably has of politics on television is that it is predominantly adversarial . |
8 | ‘ YO , this is Dalek exercises , mon ! ’ booms Derrick Evans , his skin-tight leotard stretching in impossible directions as he throws himself around the GMTV studio . |