Example sentences of "to rid itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Irish Government was resolutely determined to rid itself of the British system which had done so much harm to the economy . |
| 2 | Once more among his Party faithful in Nuremberg in September 1938 , his proclamation contained the usual cliché about the infant Nazi Party beginning the fight against the greatest enemy threatening the German people , international Jewry , and a few days later , still at the Party Rally , he attempted to justify Germany 's attempts to rid itself of its Jews by the stereotype reference to an over-populated country . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Other companies have had similar troubles : Clerical Medical had to rid itself of an agent which was writing unauthorised business ; a Legal & General agent . |
| 5 | Either it will spread , cancer-like , to destroy mankind , or else mankind will have to rid itself of communism . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It snorted , and carefully raised its hind leg and straightened it as if to rid itself of an encumbrance . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Gorbachev noted that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) was bringing about rapid and unforseen changes which placed " new demands on state and public institutions " , especially the CPSU , which needed " drastically to restructure itself " , to rid itself of authoritarianism , bureaucratism and ideological dogmatism , and to " master the art of political work in present-day conditions " . |
| 11 | Enver Hoxha 's widow Nexhmije Hoxha , who had headed the Communist-dominated Democratic Front until December 1990 , but who had subsequently been expelled from the party as it sought to rid itself of the hardline old guard , was arrested on Dec. 4 to stand trial for corruption , as was Rita Marko , a politburo member for 34 years until July 1990 . |
| 12 | Pneumonia during the prepatent phase may cause signs of dyspnoea and depression , whereas the presence of adult worms and excess mucus in the trachea lead to signs of asphyxia or suffocation with the bird gasping for air ; often there is a great deal of head shaking and coughing as it tries to rid itself of the obstruction . |