Example sentences of "itself by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money in the drapes , and in the pottery that had a shelf to itself by the wide , dark wood staircase . |
| 2 | The subtle mind used against itself by the simple mind . |
| 3 | This group , as well as the anti-nuclear movement itself , was strongly influenced by members of Revolutionary Struggle , an extreme left-wing group which mixed neo-Marxist economic analysis with traditional republican ideology and was strongly influenced itself by the revolutionary movement in Italy and , to a lesser extent , France , at the time . |
| 4 | Indeed , while with one hand trying to hold down expenditure by local authorities , the Government found itself by the late 1980s involved with the other hand in massive ear-marked spending on inner urban areas . |
| 5 | It 's like a B-movie from a past of happier memories , turned against itself by the one British director who truly understands the mode . |