Example sentences of "rid [pn reflx] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 2 | In order to believe in the Devil we must rid ourselves of unhelpful images of him ( though we do not need to wax philosophical about him as I did for the doubting lady ! ) . |
| 3 | I will now entertain suggestions as to how we can rid ourselves of this horrible dog menace . ’ |
| 4 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 5 | They wanted more reforms , not less , and an active role to play in helping the country rid itself of social ills . |
| 6 | But it seems that I can not rid myself of this fear of running short of money . |
| 7 | Come on , Luke , you 're the boss , the one with all the answers , so explain how I can rid myself of this resentment I feel at having you foist yourself on me again ! ’ |
| 8 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 9 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 10 | The commission considered that ‘ no producer should be entitled to rid himself of all responsibility for the waste simply by handing it over to a contractor for disposal ’ , and it recommended that the duty should be enshrined in legislation . |
| 11 | So , together with his engraving , etching and aquatinting materials and his pigments for colours which he always mixed carefully himself , it was in the summer of 1800 that he decided to go north ( to the Lakes ) to begin once again and to try to rid himself of all he had learnt over the last decade and ‘ to adhere as faithfully as possible to nature . |
| 12 | Possibly Cnut took active steps to rid himself of this dangerous figure for good . |
| 13 | There was no end to such supposings — he shook his head like a dog with a bad ear , trying to rid himself of these crawling thoughts . |
| 14 | To rid himself of some of the frustration , Wright , who I know and like , should look for a solution very close to Highbury in Alan Smith . |
| 15 | Equally , the lesbian and gay movement needs to make far more serious and energetic efforts to rid itself of racist assumptions in its political agenda . |
| 16 | The origins of this popular movement lie in the first wave of pressure for disarmament , which began with the emergence of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( CND ) in 1958 and ended in 1964 , with its decline in the face of the new Labour Government 's failure to rid itself of nuclear weapons . |
| 17 | The Office for Fine Arts in the Netherlands has decided to rid itself of most of the 230,000 works of art which have been left to deteriorate in a number of large depots around the country . |
| 18 | The positions of Byelorussia and Kazakhstan are less clear , while the Ukraine , with the nightmare of Chernobyl etched on its consciousness , wants to rid itself of those weapons . |
| 19 | She took personal charge of the cellars and , well aware of the problem posed by the obstinate particles of sediment which refused to fall easily , spent night and day trying to rid herself of this nuisance . |
| 20 | She longed to rid herself of this infuriating tiredness and start exploring everything … |
| 21 | Adam Drabo has since become a folk hero , for the inspiration he has given to his country 's people to rid themselves of corrupt government . |
| 22 | There is one foolproof way to rid yourself of this — take a cold shower . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd do well to rid yourself of those kind of notions , Deveraugh , or you could find yourself greatly disappointed . ’ |
| 24 | In order to lose weight permanently , and at the same time to rid yourself of some possibly long-standing unpleasant symptoms , you will need to learn what your body needs . |
| 25 | For the people as a whole , therefore , the destruction of the Temple and the exile to Babylon came to be viewed as a dramatic realization of these doom prophecies , and proof of the absolute power of the jealous God Yahweh , and — harnessing these concepts to their own pragmatic ends — the exiles set about ridding themselves of all impurity in an effort to regain his favour . |
| 26 | Clark Gable , James Cagney and Bogart developed peaceful ways of ridding themselves of these nuisances . |
| 27 | If Putt is in the habit of making frequent journeys to London he 'll have already rid himself of such incriminating items there . |
| 28 | Unlike history , the ‘ new ’ geography would appear to have rid itself of imperialist associations . |
| 29 | Its main function , however , is to ensure that the system rids itself of unwanted air . |
| 30 | RIDS ITSELF OF MORE DEBT , POSTS PROFITS |