Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | His thick blond hair , deep blue eyes and effortless charm had probably captivated the hearts of a host of women that evening , but as Becky assumed that every girl received exactly the same treatment , she avoided allowing herself to be flattered by him . |
| 2 | People living here must prefer keeping themselves to themselves . ’ |
| 3 | They want to get away ; they want to forget about politics ; they want to reintroduce themselves to their families . |
| 4 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 5 | As will gradually become evident , the AEC has proven itself to be an unambiguous success . |
| 6 | For a long time it has been content with this unchanging splendour but more recently it has treated itself to a quartier in the most modern style , complete with a magnificent new concert hall , the Corum ( which unfortunately appears to have been built on ground that it is less than stable ) . |
| 7 | For the work so far has limited itself to scientific and technical problems , neglecting political and legal issues . |
| 8 | To understand this point one has to ask how the family has been internally regulated , given that law has claimed no hortatory function over family behaviour and has limited itself to dispute-resolution when things go wrong . |
| 9 | The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ ; God has given himself to be understood in our terms and on our level ; and even in these terms and on that level it is the reality of God that is given for us to understand . |
| 10 | But Newton , known in the dressing room as ‘ Isaac ’ , still has to pinch himself to be sure he really has arrived in the big time . |
| 11 | Mark Wright , bitterly disappointed at being axed by England , has resigned himself to missing tomorrow 's Anfield battle with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 12 | Despite the retirement of coaching team-mates Jim Telfer and Derrick Grand after the recent World Cup , Ian McGeechan has committed himself to a further term as Scotland 's principal coach . |
| 13 | Jonathan has committed himself to rising early enough to get in for work before 9.00am . |
| 14 | He would have been a natural replacement for Blair , but in another cruel twist , Gallagher , a university student in Northampton , has committed himself to the English club this season and will not be available to Dungannon for the league . |
| 15 | He has committed himself to us . |
| 16 | Turkey has committed itself to its friends , in the expectation that its commitment will be rewarded . |
| 17 | The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has committed itself to reforms that will speed up the approval of drugs and reduce development costs . |
| 18 | Labour has committed itself to a wide range of civil-liberties legislation and constitutional reform when it returns to government , to counter what its Deputy Leader , Mr Hattersley , has described as the vulnerability of traditional freedoms to the dual threat of ‘ legal restriction and a cynical partnership between Government and private enterprise ’ . |
| 19 | The world has committed itself to providing water and sanitation for all by the year 1990 . |
| 20 | To give you the flexibility you need , one information and communication company has committed itself to providing answers that make sense for your particular needs . |
| 21 | The institute has committed itself to continuing to offer practical help and communication expertise as long as it is needed in the recovery process . |
| 22 | What the procedure does not permit is an exploration of alternative approaches , an understanding of the views of outside groups ( unless they think it worth briefing MPs ) and there is no scope for public opinion to form and react before the government has committed itself to a definite approach to the problem . |
| 23 | You may know that the Government has committed itself to producing a National Sustainability Plan by the end of this year , for submission to the United Nations Sustainable Development Commission . |
| 24 | The Tribunal noted that Ulster Bank has committed itself to remaining the major centre for development of Information Technology and notes the Bank 's assurance that it will expand and improve the facilities . |
| 25 | We know perfectly well that the Labour party has committed itself to an additional £35,000 million of public spending and no capping on local authority expenditure . |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Sunderland , South ( Mr. Mullin ) might have mentioned that the local health authority has committed itself to eliminating all waiting lists of more than 12 months by the end of this calendar year . |
| 27 | The government has committed itself to reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 28 | ‘ It has committed itself to this new dental hospital and we are looking to it to deliver . ’ |
| 29 | His address to army officers clearly underlined the split between the army and Prime minister Nawaz Sharif 's civilian government which has confined itself to condemnation of the large scale bombing of Iraq . |
| 30 | Men , as he tried to pull himself to his feet , something big and heavy and square cannoned into him out of the dark and plunged off after the wizard . |