Example sentences of "be [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 2 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 3 | There are other meanings to be drawn from this first sonnet , of course , but what is clear is that the poetic sequence of Astrophil and Stella may be seen announcing itself as a failure , a success , both , or neither . |
| 4 | That regional neglect has fuelled a feeling in many regions that perhaps they should be empowered to assist themselves in the face of an unsympathetic central Government . |
| 5 | The collaborators can be used to play themselves in the drama . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's so awfully difficult — I 'd be bound to get myself in a muddle trying to explain myself . ’ |
| 7 | What remained of the morning was to be spent acclimatising himself to the deaf-aid receiver and learning how to pace himself with the A.S.M. who was going to feed the lines . |
| 8 | But I do n't see why they should be asked to shoot themselves in the foot by paying to train a competitor 's workforce , and neither do they ! ’ |
| 9 | Good communications are encouraged by doing so , and each product line can be encouraged to see itself as a profit centre , a company within the company , making for commitment to that element of the company objectives . |
| 10 | He seems to be playing really well at the moment and to let him go at this stage would be killing shooting ourselves in the foot . |