Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it 's to reward ourselves for an achievement , or to lift our spirits , many women find little can compete with the rustle of tissue paper and the thrill of slipping into a pristine new outfit . |
| 2 | After being on the receiving end of the challenge which brought Marsh 's late dismissal , he allowed Piatnitski to complete a night which showed the strides the home side must make if it is to re-establish itself as a European force . |
| 3 | How much easier and publicly commendable it is to devote yourself to the parish , however demanding , than to a wife having a nervous breakdown at home . ’ |
| 4 | Computervision Corp so wants to put its sad ownership by Prime Computer Inc behind it that it is remaking itself in the pure computer-aided design software image of the company Prime acquired as quickly as it can . |
| 5 | It is to remind ourselves of the radical demands of God , and to realize that to call the Christian gospel ‘ good news ’ is to concentrate on only half the story . |
| 6 | Now it is selling itself as the natural arena for developing companies in the new Länder . |
| 7 | A landmark environment policy document was issued by the Labour Party in September , which claims it is committing itself to a green government . |
| 8 | Security officials feared that it was re-establishing itself in the region , possibly with the help of the small Catalan secessionist group Terra Lliure . |
| 9 | The third case resulted from the willingness and need of the firm to take work from any source while it was establishing itself in a new market . |
| 10 | If I had been standing I could have put it in my personal manifesto that I was a sabbatarian but when the Party committed itself to that , it was placing itself in the position of a church . ’ |
| 11 | And when at last she fell asleep it was to find herself in the château , running endlessly through a labyrinth of rooms , searching for something that was always just beyond her reach . |
| 12 | It was sunning itself on the path . |