Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside , the heart repeats itself like a sleepy gong , |
| 2 | The male positions himself at the edge of the nest and fires a rapid succession of water droplets one to two inches out of the water and onto the nest itself to possibly agitate the eggs for recognition purposes . |
| 3 | The male places himself behind the female and pecks at her cloaca . |
| 4 | As they mature , they migrate to the skin surface — the skin renews itself about every 28 days . |
| 5 | When Goethe , in a scene of Faust I written in Rome , evokes the travail of modern man and shows it being assuaged by the contemplation of the " silver figures of the ancient world " ( der Vorwelt silberne Gestalten ) these shapes are the ideal models of Greek man which Winckelmann had set up in his historico-aesthetic studies ; and when , in his " classical " drama Iphigenia in Tauris , Goethe 's fervent heroine is eventually victorious and the play resolves itself into a serene and harmonious close , it is the spirit of Winckelmann that triumphs . |
| 6 | However , as one of the main findings of this research was that arts educators were not aware of recent changes in modes adopted to undertake professional development generally , the first part of the chapter concerns itself with a review of this issue , exemplars being drawn from arts education where these are available . |
| 7 | The President feels himself in a state of siege . |
| 8 | The Seventh , however , is reined back to the point of stodginess , at least until the white-hot finale and even there one of the trumpets forgets himself in the last three bars . |
| 9 | The reformulated law makes it plain that an offence is committed if the defendant conducts himself in a way that causes his victim to anticipate that the defendant is about to use unlawful violence . |
| 10 | Romantic love is the nearest most people reach to the peak experience , for the lover loses himself in the beloved and while he is in the state of love , he forgets all his problems and is happy for perhaps the first time in his life . |
| 11 | Though still blind and naked , the chick manoeuvres itself inside the nest until an egg is lodged between its back and the side of the nest . |
| 12 | In many of these sonnets the poet accuses himself of a gross failure in judgement in having formed a relationship with this woman . |
| 13 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 14 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 15 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 16 | For managers , the issue manifests itself at a more procedural level , and is now revolving around resource management . |
| 17 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
| 18 | When the Reeve likens himself to an " " open-ers " " he associates himself with Nicholas in the tale just passed , and can thus be attributed with the same wry self-reflection as the Miller shows in attaching himself to John the carpenter . |
| 19 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 20 | At night , in true Italian fashion , the Lido transforms itself into a disco ! |
| 21 | In these circumstances , where a director alleges an agreement with a committee of the Board for payment of remuneration , the court will not , in law or equity , award a sum to him for services to the company , as in relying on such an alleged agreement the director involves himself in an irreconcilable conflict between his duties as a director and his personal interests . |
| 22 | The contradiction shows itself in the phenomena of underconsumption and in periodic crises ; and it provides the main ground for Marx 's expectation of an eventual breakdown of the capitalist system . |
| 23 | Although it probably began as a lung , over the course of evolution it has become the swimbladder , an ingenious device with which the fish maintains itself as a hydrostat in permanent equilibrium . |
| 24 | The ritualized nature of the contest is made particularly clear by what happens if one of the fish finds itself with a temporary , but irregular , advantage . |
| 25 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 26 | What differentiates the Asiatic system is that while in the ancient or feudal systems the community sees itself as a fundamental unit and as the holder of its common property , in the oriental case it does not . |
| 27 | With a pink carpet and green walls , the room lends itself to a Christmas colour theme of red and green . |
| 28 | With the disc , the lamprey clamps itself on the flank of a fish , and with the tongue it rasps off the flesh , eating the fish alive . |
| 29 | I threaten nothing , but sit on my branch , attentive as any other creature ; as slowly the forest reveals itself in the cry of a bird , the crash of a branch , the rustle of leaves as something moves through the forest litter ; the incessant percussive music of insects . |
| 30 | Dr Macdonald clearly identifies the link between oedema , weeping and the flow of urine from the bladder in which the body frees itself from the water retained in the tissues causing the swelling which brings the patient to the doctor . |