Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly because BIS confines itself to activity in the academic , college and research libraries ( where most library instruction takes place ) , and the various committees have set themselves more specific tasks , BIS seems to be a more successful co-operative and co-ordinating agency than LIRT . |
| 2 | In examining my own background it seems logical to refer to the findings of Selvini Palazzoli and Minuchin on the families of anorexics , but whereas Minuchin especially confines himself to the family ambience at the time of the onset of the disease , I should like to say a little more about the genesis of that family ambience . |
| 3 | It constantly adjusts itself to the correct tension as the string is being wrapped . |
| 4 | Such a picture of the mind naturally lends itself to a James-type account of the localisation of bodily sensations : if the mind has its ‘ seat ’ in the head , and sensations are in the mind , then what appears to be the directly-kno-wn location of the sensation must really be the indirectly-known location of the source of the sensation . |
| 5 | Cricket , an old and complex game , naturally lends itself to statistical analysis . |
| 6 | Because the terrain so lends itself to visual spectacle , the grand prix races draw crowds from Vienna , Salzburg and Innsbruck like no other . |
| 7 | He discreetly allows himself to be steered . |
| 8 | Where there 's lines that just lends itself to having a dry paint rubbed down it . |
| 9 | It is this form of drama which best lends itself to topic work and intercurricular project work . |
| 10 | He is the God who specially reveals himself to one people : |
| 11 | They were ordinary chaps who deliberately sold themselves short right down to their weedy name , an idea that still attaches itself to anything on the label . |
| 12 | Chapter seven , the hinge by which The Form opens to this level of significance , directly addresses itself to the essence of the contemplative life — certainty of being , through which all experience is transfigured to joy . |
| 13 | The ever-present reality in the West — industrial ‘ restructuring ’ , the whittling away of heavy industry and the growth of ever more exotic services — is not a model that automatically commends itself to imitation . |
| 14 | FOR accurate timekeepers , a watch that automatically sets itself to special radio time signals will be launched in Europe later this year . |
| 15 | This phenomenon again suggests that the interpretation of a pronoun is influenced by a representation of superficial aspects of the preceding text It also lends itself to experimental study . |
| 16 | Role play also lends itself to every aspect of language work , including structures , lexis , functions , intonation patterns , and register . |
| 17 | Stainless steel also lends itself to this modern form of finish . |
| 18 | ICL now reckons itself to be the second largest supplier in the UK , John Bennett , ICL 's Director of Marketing Support and Communications told the audience at a recent briefing . |
| 19 | That section is in the following terms : ( 1 ) Every one who by words spoken or written or by conduct represents himself , or who knowingly suffers himself to be represented , as a partner in a particular firm , is liable as a partner to any one who has on the faith of any such representation given credit to the firm , whether the representation has or has not been made or communicated to the person so giving credit by or with the knowledge of the apparent partner making the representation or suffering it to be made . |
| 20 | I hope that he now applies himself to them , because he has not applied himself to the rest of his portfolio . |
| 21 | In other words , conscience begins to have marked effect , as the attitudes and strictures of which the child has bad experience during its upbringing are supported or modified by the beginnings of life within society , and is built into the sexual persona of the boy or girl ( increasingly meaningful terms at this stage ) which the child now finds itself to be . |
| 22 | If in doubt about what to do next , keep yourself busy by going around and changing all the name plates : in a move scarcely calculated to do much to restore battered confidence in the company , IBM Corp 's shrunken Cadam Inc , the Burbank , California company that now confines itself to the microcomputer versions of the computer-aided design software , has changed its name to Altium , effective immediately : it says the Altium name is part of its plan to secure the unit 's position in the desktop market and ‘ a part of the larger renewal ’ of IBM . |
| 23 | In it , the feral mink often finds itself to be a close neighbour to vulnerable domestic stock . |
| 24 | In his statement released on the eve of the resumption of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament [ see p. 37979 ] , Bush said that " we are formally forswearing the use of chemical weapons for any reason , including retaliation " and added that " the USA unconditionally commits itself to the destruction of all our stocks of chemical weapons within 10 years of [ the convention 's ] entry into force " . |
| 25 | He spends his money and himself too quickly , runs up massive bills , gives , gives , gives , takes , takes , takes , fast forwards himself to extremes of bliss , extremes of abjection , invests unwisely in the single love-object , the addiction or the fetish . |
| 26 | But Ruth goes out and she diligently applies herself to it . |
| 27 | Boosted by the appearance of an extra vocalist , who immediately endears herself to everyone by shutting out MC Wayne , ‘ Omega Amigo ’ , ‘ Pro-Gen ’ and ‘ Hyperreal ’ become more ecstatic and lavish than ever — three glistening glimpses of what the future may bring . |
| 28 | Boosted by the appearance of an extra vocalist , who immediately endears herself to everyone by shutting out MC Wayne , ‘ Omega Amigo ’ , ‘ Pro-Gen ’ and ‘ Hyperreal ’ become more ecstatic and lavish than ever — three glistening glimpses of what the future may bring . |
| 29 | And Evan even stirs himself to encore with a heart-breaking solo shimmy through The Shirelles ' ‘ Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ? ’ , the latest addition to Lemonheads ' litany of unlikely , gorgeous cover versions . |
| 30 | The opening Adagio of the Sixth Concerto readily commends itself to one 's attention as it did in Stanley 's time , especially as performed on this fine recording . |