Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The technique therefore lends itself to functional decomposition . |
| 2 | It helps to create a pattern in the subconscious mind so that , as you go about your routine actions , the mind automatically prepares itself for sleep . |
| 3 | Such a picture of the mind naturally lends itself to a James-type account of the localisation of bodily sensations : if the mind has its ‘ seat ’ in the head , and sensations are in the mind , then what appears to be the directly-kno-wn location of the sensation must really be the indirectly-known location of the source of the sensation . |
| 4 | But the mind always expresses itself through the body , consciously or unconsciously , just as it does in humans . |
| 5 | Since it can not be known as a concept that will realize itself in the future , Sartre argues instead that the totality only produces itself in the moment : ‘ The incarnation as such is at once unrealizable except as totalization of everything and irreducible to a pure abstract unity of that which it totalizes ’ ( II , 58 ) . |
| 6 | The ethos of the force therefore lends itself to gender differences in police work , and so popular are beliefs about the different capabilities of policemen and women , that some policemen shy away from handling these sorts of cases on the view that they are less able than women colleagues , and many policewomen adopt these notions as self-typifications . |
| 7 | Thus accommodation here is fresh and modern , and the management now prides itself on offering the most comfortable of stylish , up-to-date amenities . |
| 8 | The electron now finds itself outside an electrically neutral system , namely the positive proton and the close-in negative muon ; the electron escapes and where once was a hydrogen atom is now muonic hydrogen . |
| 9 | Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other . |
| 10 | In practice the question therefore resolves itself into : Has there been enough time for enough successive generations ? |
| 11 | In other words , conscience begins to have marked effect , as the attitudes and strictures of which the child has bad experience during its upbringing are supported or modified by the beginnings of life within society , and is built into the sexual persona of the boy or girl ( increasingly meaningful terms at this stage ) which the child now finds itself to be . |
| 12 | The rotor then finds itself in advance of the instantaneous equilibrium position and the motor is able to produce the negative decelerating torque . |
| 13 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
| 14 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
| 15 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
| 16 | The English Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute which has arisen or may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement , unless the Publisher voluntarily submits itself to the jurisdiction of some other tribunal . |
| 17 | If the prey obligingly offers itself as an immobilised piece of meat , what advantage does it gain ? |