Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK was prepared to set itself the " very demanding target " of stabilizing total UK emissions of CO2 at 1990 levels by 2005 as part of " a wide international effort , with a fair distribution of the burden " , and " provided others are ready to take their full share " . |
| 2 | Nietzsche already made the point , and as a philosopher who was willing to call himself an egoist his witness is especially interesting : |
| 3 | Later the reigning champion , Paul Carter , beat the second-seeded former champion , Phil Kenyon , 10-8 , 9-7 , 9-1 to earn himself a semi-final today with another former champion , Bryan Beeson , whose magnificent recovery overcome the England international Chris Walker 8-10 , 8-10 , 9-5 , 9-0 , 9-7 . |
| 4 | The next morning I woke up , and was relieved to find myself a normal man again … |
| 5 | In an historic decision to break with Moscow , the Lithuanian Communist Party has voted by more than 5-1 to declare itself an independent party . |
| 6 | Golf : Feherty to spin himself a cocoon |
| 7 | But it is possible to give yourself a massage at home , after your bath , using a rich lubricating cream or body oil . |
| 8 | If you feel deprived and miserable by not being allowed an early evening drink , or a glass of wine with your evening meal , it is usually better to allow yourself a little alcohol while dieting . |
| 9 | I 'm highly unlikely to find myself a husband and produce another child within the next eighteen months . ’ |
| 10 | " Pure reason ! " barked the Magistrate , unable to contain himself a moment longer . |
| 11 | ‘ Maybe the party will be able to get some money out of it and we will be able to prostitute ourselves a little bit more . |
| 12 | That helps me a lot and I find I 'm able to assert myself a bit more . |
| 13 | If she keeps that up I will be able to buy myself a couple of books from the alcove book shop by the end of the summer . |
| 14 | They attach themselves to executable files and are able to load themselves every time the infected file is loaded . |
| 15 | Though patients were exempt from all charges under the 1946 Act , the Labour government amended that Act in 1949 to give itself the power to levy charges if it wished on prescriptions and appliances . |
| 16 | No gender differences were in fact detected , but the assessment system was rendered less liable to such biases staff were sensitized to their existence and nature and the course was able to give itself a clean bill of health without any special data collection effort being required . |
| 17 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 18 | It is also important to give yourself a realistic — even generous — and flexible budget of time , so that further self-punishment does not accrue if you fail to complete everything in a day . |
| 19 | Isabel had told her , unable to deny herself the relief of letting the truth out at last . |
| 20 | With hindsight one can point to the underground man complaining that if he could manage even to loaf and idle around wholeheartedly he would be able to call himself a lazy man . |
| 21 | The out-of-the-practical-swim ex-student , ex-teacher , the worker at thinking in bed , would be able to call himself an arrested man ! |
| 22 | " You will be able to earn yourself a proper living . " |
| 23 | She was able to make herself a pottery workshop by joining two old telephone engineers ' caravans together , and now works from her father 's market garden near Livingston . |
| 24 | KAY BLAIR was recently shocked to find herself the recipient of high quality service |
| 25 | There were those at that time who cultivated melancholy to give themselves the appearance of profundity . |
| 26 | He is proud to call himself a ‘ Deadhead ’ — not some obscure Whitehall term of abuse , but the name given to fans of the Grateful Dead , an American rock band . |
| 27 | On the other hand they are too exposed to allow themselves the Costa Rican solution of doing without armies altogether . |
| 28 | The Hexagonale regional grouping ( comprising Austria , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Italy , Poland and Yugoslavia — see p. 38508 ) decided in Vienna on Jan. 28 to rename itself the Central European Initiative with immediate effect ; Yugoslavia did not participate in the meeting but Slovenia and Croatia were represented . |
| 29 | Why are you so all-fire determined to do yourself an injury when I 'm around ? ’ |
| 30 | A few seconds is enough to give themselves a boost ! |