Example sentences of "already [vb pp] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That Pericles ' maternal relatives , the noble family of the Alkmaionidai , were enemies of Themistokles ( as they certainly were is no objection to this view : Pericles ' father had already distanced himself from the Alkmaionidai by the time of his ostracism in 484 ( Ath . |
| 2 | These agents are unfortunately fairly easy to come by and the Iraqis have already proven themselves to be masters of er subversive acquisition , er given that they are also now fired with a certain amount of fundamentalism , and should they find their backs to the wall , that even be accelerated . |
| 3 | The two subjects in the eight-month restriction study who had already limited themselves to 6 hours did not benefit from the regime , and reverted to their own established norms . |
| 4 | Theuderic , who was Clovis 's son by an earlier liaison , had already distinguished himself as a military leader : he could not be passed over . |
| 5 | The Lord Chancellor 's civil servants can , they say , only recruit judges from among advocates who have already distinguished themselves by their performance in court . |
| 6 | This brings the UK into line with the Danish , Dutch and Swedish authorities , who have already committed themselves to preserving Decca at least until the end of this century , while the positions of Ireland and Norway have not yet been declared . |
| 7 | How can the Government give an assurance that there will be no change in VAT rates when , under the Single European Act , the Government have already committed themselves to a policy of convergence of VAT rates throughout the European Community ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | By now I have already committed myself to so much , he wrote . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , under pressure from the separatist Parti Québecois ( PQ ) , the Liberal provincial government of Robert Bourassa had already committed itself to a referendum on secession by Oct. 26 unless an agreement had been reached on a new constitutional structure . |
| 11 | I told him that we had already committed ourselves to a cut of one half in our sub-strategic nuclear weapons and to smaller conventional forces . |
| 12 | I mean I think I 've already resigned myself to the fact that I 'm going to have to do one maybe two years more before I get anything like |
| 13 | That to be honest is , is somebody who 's like , been doing this for ten years and has already got themselves like half a million pounds of worth of equity . |
| 14 | She 'd already got herself into all sorts of trouble listening to other people 's opinions , and she was n't going to make that mistake again . |
| 15 | Suppressing a sigh , she surveyed the map of Copenhagen with which she 'd already armed herself before leaving England , refreshing her memory as to the location of the street where Suzie 's presence had last been authenticated . |
| 16 | Philip had already shown himself as king at Worms on 5 April 1198 . |
| 17 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 18 | Innocent had already shown himself against clergy being involved in the ordeal and the duel — the two survivals of superstitious methods of proof . |
| 19 | The Scottish Office and its ministers have already shown themselves to be unreliable guardians of our heritage , formulating policies that have — I am told — even been greeted with horror in the Department of Environment in London . |
| 20 | Science was no longer a programme ; it was a great body of knowledge , parts of which had already shown themselves to be power . |
| 21 | It also has certain opportunities , for example the University has already shown itself to be a leading research centre . |
| 22 | has already crapped himself about the visit cause extra work of course but er the er however we should er revert maybe we 'll keep an eye on the schedule and things er but we we need to tie it up tight so we do n't get a cos I mean what 's being said now in the corridors of power is that the schedule is totally sales driven and it 's the sales department that 's put it together , I am only the administrator , I only I d I completely take my orders from the sales department quote unquote in front of everybody at the management meeting . |
| 23 | If Putt is in the habit of making frequent journeys to London he 'll have already rid himself of such incriminating items there . |
| 24 | A third terrorist had already flung himself on top of Patrick . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've already introduced myself to Miss Quinn , George . |
| 26 | All these specialist platoons are manned by selected men who have already proved themselves in rifle platoons . |
| 27 | She watched him in reluctant fascination as he put to her , ‘ When it comes to being irresponsible , your brother , I 'm afraid , has already proved himself to be in the top league . ’ |
| 28 | Carrickfergus has already proved itself to be a popular commuter town with a population of over 32,500 . |
| 29 | The large increase in coastal shipping after 1760 was built on a transport facility which had already proved itself over a long period among the most valuable of the country 's natural assets . |
| 30 | She had already found herself in isolation over progress to monetary union and the endorsement of a social charter of workers ' rights , and it became clear that the new European Community order would be built on an even closer alliance of France and West Germany . |