Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of religious education the right of withdrawal is statutory and governors are recommended to make themselves familiar with the special status which is accorded to this subject in the national curriculum . |
| 2 | The beneficiaries thus regard themselves as having received no more than their due , to which they were entitled anyhow , while those whose benefits are discontinued regard themselves as cheated of what they had a right to and had been encouraged to expect . |
| 3 | The actual study skills part is running in tandem with the library Project , and we are beginning to see already … , in the third year for example [ where ] they did have library skills [ and it 's apparent from what members of staff are saying ] that … in areas where they are expected to research themselves that there has been a big improvement . |
| 4 | Although the City Code does not have the force of law , those who wish to take advantage of the facilities of the securities markets in the UK are expected to conduct themselves in matters relating to takeovers according to the City Code . |
| 5 | This ambiguity of voices co-operates with the rhetoric of textual autonomy whereby texts are seen to undermine themselves without intervention . |
| 6 | Pöhl said that his decision had been made to give himself more time for his family and private interests and was prompted by " neither resignation nor frustration " . |
| 7 | And one has seldom been seen to enjoy oneself so much . |
| 8 | That 's why 67-year old George Bush has been seen humiliating himself on a tennis court and going on daily runs . |
| 9 | Over 200 species of birds have been seen anointing themselves with these substances . |
| 10 | Titles stocked are selected to develop themselves on the morning and evening sermons . |
| 11 | Climbers who have succumbed to the lurking intimidation will find this little haven quite familiar over the next few moments … hours ? … as repeated attempts are made to commit themselves to a traverse across the wall towards that seemingly distant arête . |
| 12 | Although workers had already been told to keep themselves and their families indoors , no warning was given to people in nearby villages . |
| 13 | Falconer said : ‘ I have been told to keep myself fit . |
| 14 | Falconer said : ‘ I have been told to keep myself fit . |
| 15 | Officials are told to confine themselves to facts and to avoid being drawn into discussion of alternative policies . |
| 16 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |
| 17 | During English lessons the children are helped to express themselves competently both orally and in writing . |
| 18 | We are bound to protect ourselves . |
| 19 | LEO You are bound to find yourself thinking about all sorts of future possibilities now ! |
| 20 | Old Somervillians visiting Oxford are invited to make themselves known to the Librarian , Pauline Adams ( History , 1962 ) who is the Governing Body 's representative on the A. S. M. Committee and would be delighted to meet them . |
| 21 | The beamed sitting room has an open fire and the appropriately named ‘ honesty bar ’ where guests are invited to help themselves to drinks , and then record their indulgences on a slate — charges are then made at the end of the visit . |
| 22 | We are invited to help ourselves . |
| 23 | We are invited to locate ourselves somewhere in between . |
| 24 | After the British general election of 1987 the Alliance would no doubt have been gratified to find itself under-represented to a degree no greater than that . |
| 25 | Moreover , they misunderstand the nature of the task upon which the judge has been compelled to engage himself , which is to discover , using the tools with which the law has furnished him — the accepted presumptions and canons of construction — not some speculative but unexpressed ‘ intention of Parliament ’ but the ambit of the written rules that Parliament has imposed for the regulation of the subject 's conduct and his rights and duties under the law . |
| 26 | ‘ Or are driven to hang themselves from fear and despair ? |
| 27 | Some sufferers have been known to jog themselves literally to death , despite being told by doctors of the specific risks they would incur by taking further exercise . |
| 28 | You have been known to get yourself into scrapes . ’ |
| 29 | If anything happens to me mother — and it 's not all that far off really — I 'm expected to pick meself up , go back out there and start again . |
| 30 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |