Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pn reflx] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hyatt , a Canadian case which was decided by the Privy Council , it was held that where a director holds himself out to be the agent of the shareholders , then he owes the same fiduciary duties as would an ordinary agent to his principal . |
| 2 | Although its giant neighbour , Ben Alder , can be viewed from the A9 at the top of Loch Ericht , and the peak further west along its ridge , Aonach Beag , can be seen briefly from the A86 if you 're not fishing about for an extra strong mint in the glove compartment , Carn Dearg reveals itself only to those prepared to sweat a bit . |
| 3 | God-like , Niall flings himself on to his adoring audience , sinks beneath the waves and is eventually restored to the stage in time for the anti-rap encore of ‘ Where 's Me Jumper ’ . |
| 4 | Although he felt under pressure — Dustin is an actor who always commits himself totally to what he is doing — he enjoyed having to make the adjustment from Jimmy to John and back again . |
| 5 | The reader projects himself on to me . |
| 6 | Perhaps for this reason , it rarely commits itself entirely to a humanist framework . |
| 7 | In turn , the teacher keeps herself up to date and maintains an active interest in motivating and guiding the learner . |
| 8 | In the wild , it confines itself mainly to unaimed throwing and the brandishing of sticks . |
| 9 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 10 | One of the authors who addresses himself directly to our main concerns is Ardrey . |
| 11 | Be prepared to centre yourself in revery , to give yourself up to your memories just as your sleeping self gives itself up to a dream . |
| 12 | For any adult education movement which addresses itself seriously to education for social change , such alliances are of profound importance — as arenas within which really useful knowledge can be learned , as subjects for learning from , and as sites of practical intervention in the form of participatory research and independent analysis . |
| 13 | In the increasingly popular idiom of so-called ‘ performance arts ’ actors and audiences revel in non-verbal excesses in the belief that such behaviour addresses itself directly to the human soul and that all other forms of traditional theatre are disgustingly ‘ literary ’ . |
| 14 | The common complaint that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people , and that the labouring poor will not now be contented with the same food , clothing and lodging which satisfied them in former times , may convince us that it is not the money price of labour only , but its real recompense , which has been augmented . |
| 15 | Christmas is a natural time for us to indulge ourselves , free from the constraints of commissioning clients , and as calligraphy lends itself admirably to the creation of ephemera such as greetings cards , most of us have a large collection of those many of our distinguished colleagues . |
| 16 | H. Granville-Barker , reviewing Chambers 's work , recognizes both the limitations of " science " ( " no art lends itself wholly to scientific methods of criticism and research " ) and the " magnanimity of true learning " which " scorns special pleading , comes charily to conclusions , opens every path by which the reader may reach his own . |
| 17 | Crataegus , or hawthorn , makes a dense hedge which lends itself well to severe formal trimming |
| 18 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 19 | Sending such digital signals lends itself well to using light along optical fibres rather than electrical signals along copper wires . |
| 20 | Health visitors can be employed in a part-time capacity , and the job theoretically lends itself well to jobsharing . |
| 21 | Her medium is gouache and watercolour which lends itself well to graphic reproduction . |
| 22 | The flexibility of SCOTVEC 's provision lends itself well to European projects in many ways : |
| 23 | And indeed , the lexicon of " Diffugere nives " lends itself repeatedly to the construction of immanent linkages in the lexicon , a strain of metaphor not overt ( like the obvious figure of comae , " tresses " , in the second line ) but operating covertly through the potential spread of reference , the semantic leeway , in certain items of vocabulary . |
| 24 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 25 | Designed as a demonstration of bi-partite segregation between public and saloon , it lends itself poorly to unification , and the restorable public bar would have been lost in the process . |
| 26 | Nature study is another subject which lends itself readily to drawing and painting . |
| 27 | Ivory also lends itself readily to ornamentation . |
| 28 | The assessment of this module lends itself readily to an integrated assignment where evidence may be generated which is appropriate for more than one outcome . |
| 29 | The red-haired baby with the bright blue eyes heaves himself up to a standing position , staggers , then sits down abruptly with a look of mild surprise . |
| 30 | ( Here , in — and im — represent the same grammatical element : the prefix merely adapts itself phonetically to the initial consonant of the root . ) |