Example sentences of "committing himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite not committing himself about specific grievances , Woolf believed that genuine injustice contributes to a lack of legitimacy which in turn makes disorder more likely . |
| 2 | As late as 1864 , five years after the appearance of Origin of Species , Alfred Newton remarked to his brother Edward on Gould 's extraordinary avoidance of the entire question , ‘ It is most amusing to see how anxious he is to avoid committing himself about Darwin 's theory . |
| 3 | To Warnie , he had written a letter fall of the gravest admonitions , designed to make him think carefully about what he was committing himself to . |
| 4 | Methodically , meticulously , he studied every aspect of Kylie 's talent and music before committing himself to what would have been one of the most ambitious projects even he had attempted . |
| 5 | Despite what may have appeared as the rejuvenation of an all-but-lost career , Solly is still a long way from committing himself to the marathon . |
| 6 | It is of the greatest importance for a potential buyer or tenant to assess the potential of a farm before committing himself to it . |
| 7 | He then launched into one of his ruminative orations , reflecting on the evolution of our relations with India , hardly engaging with the Government at all , but indirectly committing himself to full support for the movement towards self-government . |
| 8 | He cemented this election by committing himself to the Israelite nation with the words , " I will take you for my people , and I will be your God " ( Exodus 6:7 ) . |
| 9 | In his public utterances Bohr was always very cautious about committing himself to what it is that actually is . |
| 10 | Perhaps again due to Hesilrige 's patronage , he became clerk of the council under the restored Commonwealth of May to October 1659 ; less predictably , however , he seems to have continued to act in this capacity under the ill-fated committee of safety ( October-December 1659 ) , this time committing himself to the service of the generals , notably Charles Fleetwood and John Lambert [ qq.v. ] , rather than the civilian leaders in the restored Rump , among whom Hesilrige was the leading figure . |
| 11 | At home , he had quelled the murmurings of those who wanted a clear sign of what the regime 's institutional future was to be , without committing himself to a date for the return of a monarch to the leadership of the state , and without specifying who his successor would be . |
| 12 | Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ . |
| 13 | Now , as a simple equation , me committing myself to God , is incomparable to God committing himself to me ! |
| 14 | Perhaps not surprisingly , he was cautious in later life about committing himself in his relationship with others . |