Example sentences of "himself of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 2 | The farmer who sold it was happy to rid himself of a wreck which was no more than a dangerous playground . |
| 3 | To be branded an unfeeling brute reinforced the image he had made for himself of a man who was dog-rough , ‘ a foul beast ’ , unfit for human company , not to be tolerated in civilised drawing rooms . |
| 4 | ANDERS NEILSEN , the English National champion , staged a fighting comeback against Finland 's Robert Liljeqist to assure himself of a medal and join three Danes in today 's men 's singles semi-finals at the Pilkington Glass European Badminton Championships in Glasgow . |
| 5 | Miloslav Mecir , whose season has been handicapped by back trouble , assured himself of a place in the semi-finals along with Becker with a 6-2 , 6-1 victory against Austria 's Thomas Muster yesterday . |
| 6 | He was , and clearly remained to the last days of his long life , a fairly severe obsessional-rigid , indecisive , racked with doubts and unable to rid himself of a penchant for rather down-market women which led him into a series of miserable relationships . |
| 7 | His deafness debarred him from lectures , and he was unable to avail himself of the help of tutors , but he persevered and he graduated in 1911 , overnight becoming front-page news as the only deaf man ( then ) to achieve the academic distinction of Master of Arts of Cambridge University . |
| 8 | The Sergeant availed himself of the other . |
| 9 | Denim is the sound of a man audibly divesting himself of the baggage of the '80s , the personal mishaps , the disillusionment , the bad indie pop , the cellphones , the red braces , Club X and Margaret Hilda Thatcher . |
| 10 | For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought . |
| 11 | Part of Franco 's concern , in assuring himself of the backing of his staunchest allies , stemmed from the resurgence in support for Don Juan visible in the 1950s . |
| 12 | The location of the offence can be proved by the officer in the case to show that the offender could not avail himself of the dwelling defence under section 5(2) and ( 3 ) . |
| 13 | As Shylock says himself of the incident in Act 3 Scene 1 — line 28 : |
| 14 | A refugee is ‘ a person who , owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race , religion , membership of a particular social group or political opinion , is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or , owing to such fear , unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country ’ , according to the United Nations 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees . |
| 15 | Furthermore , should the specified remedial works be carried out , and the odour emission continue , in any further proceedings , in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) or s.92(1) ( d ) , the odour emitter could avail himself of the defence of best practicable means provided by s.94(4) and s.94(5) respectively . |
| 16 | Certainly nothing would be gained if action was taken under s.92(1) ( d ) of the Public Health Act 1936 , as the defendant would be able to avail himself of the defence of best practicable means provided by s.94(5) of the Public Health Act 1936 . |
| 17 | There have been suggestions that James owed Gowrie a great deal of money , and contrived the incident to rid himself of the debt ; or that he had homosexual designs on the young man , and had murderously silenced him when rejected . |
| 18 | That was how he worked , but in this case he could not free himself of the notion that although Francis was the victim he might not be the central figure . |
| 19 | In general terms this means that if one sets up a trust to accumulate income , and the settlor has not completely divested himself of the trust property , he will be chargeable to income tax on the trust income . |
| 20 | This was all quite accepted , but he could n't rid himself of the memory of his wife gazing blankly at the breakfast table with only the prospect of clearing it . |
| 21 | Holly straightened himself , shrugged at his shoulders to try to rid himself of the weariness , gazed back at the man 's face . |
| 22 | They walk together now , Philip listening , in horror and disbelief , as Iain unburdens himself of the story . |
| 23 | He even persuades himself of the splendour . |
| 24 | His plan for a metropolitan see at London had been stillborn but he had rid himself of the problem of Lichfield ( a process completed by 803 ) , successfully confounded his enemies and consolidated the position Offa had established at the height of his power . |
| 25 | Time at last to rid himself of the name ‘ Marwood ’ for good and all : he told the officiating minister , Alfred Martell , to write him down as ‘ James Henry Titford ’ . |
| 26 | Tzann divested himself of the jacket . |
| 27 | Baroness Hooper 's letter states on the first page with regard to student loans : ‘ Students are not obliged to take up a loan if they do not need to do so and indeed Jeffrey has not availed himself of the facility . ’ |
| 28 | The keynote address was by architect Robert Venturi , winner of the 1991 Pritzker Prize , who availed himself of the opportunity to trumpet his firm 's recent commissions , which include the Sainsbury Wing and the Seattle Art Museum . |
| 29 | " Every intelligent voter " in the country would avail himself of the opportunity proposed by Hare to enter their names on the ballot paper . |
| 30 | Nobody will ever know for sure how much Ken tried to rid himself of the camp , ‘ Carry On ’ image . |