Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the hot spell set to continue , doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports . |
| 2 | As we have seen , such organisations tend to be dominated by formal rules and by committees which may lend themselves to the more autocratic style of leadership . |
| 3 | Finally , the information found may lend itself to various forms of presentation , ranging from fact sheets to some kind of argument for or against various issues . |
| 4 | Acute , function-related pain is primarily sensory or peripheral , and may lend itself to treatment with analgesics directed to the involved organ . |
| 5 | Apart from the fact that Asiatic birth rates flourish and will continue to flourish , that the population of Russia may double itself to over 320000000 before decline begins , there is evidence of resistance [ to a declining birth rate ] in Germany and Raly . ’ |
| 6 | The solitary adults may wander over vaguely defined home ranges , or they may restrict themselves to clearly defined and defended territories . |
| 7 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 8 | First , if specific librarians and information scientists are unable or unwilling ( or both ) to learn about and understand the detailed situations within which the information that they handle will eventually be used , then they should restrict themselves to the more general situation-independent value-adding processes . |
| 9 | This difference , as we have seen , is between two kinds of causal explanation , and if both can have some force , as Miller believes , it is not obvious why social scientists should restrict themselves to only one of them . |
| 10 | We should restrict ourselves to trying to understand , and then try to help them expand and develop what they want to say . |
| 11 | As racial tension increases , social workers must adapt themselves to the prevailing racial climate . |
| 12 | The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse . |
| 13 | Reverting to my opening discussion of the evolution of the ego and superego , we can readily see the importance of these stages and we can understand why it is that the sexual drive should lend itself to such apparently irrelevant associations as the oral and anal zones . |
| 14 | Recently , an electronic device has been marketed which gives advice on when you should expose yourself to daylight at your destination . |
| 15 | In the reply he is not allowed to introduce any new matter and must confine himself to replying to the points made in the discussion and to summarising the main arguments he put forward when moving the motion . |
| 16 | In this context it is worth recalling the long-established case law on the judicial review of a Community institution 's discretion where ‘ the evaluation of a complex economic situation ’ is involved : the Court must confine itself to examining whether the exercise of the discretion contains a manifest error , or constitutes a misuse of power or whether the institution did not ‘ clearly ’ exceed the bounds of its discretion . |
| 17 | Adenauer 's view was that West Germany must tie itself to the Atlantic Alliance in order to ensure Western support against Russia . |
| 18 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 19 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 20 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 21 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 22 | ‘ We should confine ourselves to maintaining safety and not restrict people 's freedom of expression , ’ he said . |
| 23 | The Wolfenden Committee , in distinguishing between public and private behaviour , also drew a distinction between ‘ crime ’ and ‘ sin ’ , and concluded that ‘ as a general proposition it will be universally accepted that the law is not concerned with private morals or ethical sanctions ’ , and further , ‘ it is not the duty of the law to concern itself with immorality as such … it should confine itself to those activities which offend against public order and decency and expose the ordinary citizen to what is offensive or injurious ’ . |
| 24 | He suggested , as I describe earlier , that the NHS should confine itself to health care , and local authorities should be responsible for social care . |
| 25 | ‘ Then I must introduce myself to him , yes ? |
| 26 | It was to be expected , and she knew she must show herself to be more efficient in future . |
| 27 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 28 | She wants her image ‘ sorted out ’ before she signs a deal to prevent any manipulation , to ensure no one tells her how she should present herself to the record-buying public . |
| 29 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 30 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |