Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [be] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That all that we know of ourselves is an unimportant encrustation over the true seed of the eternal idea which lives inside us , using us as a vehicle merely , which develops in spite of us . |
| 2 | What we discover within this secret part of ourselves is an inner being , a soul , an inner mind , and inner life , an inner subtle-physical entity which is much larger in its potentialities , more plastic , more powerful , more capable of a manifold knowledge and dynamism than our surface mind , life or body ; especially , it is capable of a direct communication with the universal forces , movements , objects of the cosmos , a direct feeling and opening to them , a direct action of them and even a widening of itself beyond the limit of the personal mind , the personal life , the body , so that it feels itself more and more a universal being no longer limited by the existing walls of out too narrow mental , vital , physical existence . |
| 3 | Through it all runs the most noble assumption — that no human need be daunted by the stature even of a genius such as Shakespeare , that his wisdoms and magics are for us all and that Johnson himself is an eager and willing guide . |
| 4 | For Svend not to keep the appointment he made , solely to pleasure himself with the attractions of Copenhagen , will be regarded as an act of arrant rudeness , and will almost certainly disqualify him from gaining the approval of my brother-in-law 's cousin who himself is an ex-patriate Dane . ’ |
| 5 | Dowling himself was an irregular , a member of the Old Catholic Church , a splinter group that did not recognize the supremacy of Rome ; he was drawn into the cause as a result of saying house Masses for expatriate Nicaraguans in San Francisco . |
| 6 | The Headmaster himself was an aloof and somewhat austere figure in public , betraying his emotions only twice — when he announced , on the afternoon of 11th November 1918 to the assembled school , the signing of the Armistice , and when some sixth-formers presented him with a gift to mark his marriage . |
| 7 | He himself was an Iraqi Jew and estimated that 150,000 Iraqi Jews were expelled from their country . |
| 8 | ‘ Trade knows no gentlemen , ’ her father replied loftily , as if he himself was an important landowner instead of just the foreman of a modest building firm . |
| 9 | Peter Yeo himself was an old-fashioned and recognizable object , McLeish thought , seeing him against the rapidly fading light from the window . |
| 10 | Lyell himself was an excellent man on principles and processes , but he did not take very much interest in rocks . |
| 11 | Charlemagne himself was an energetic , cultured patron . |
| 12 | Presumably the ability to attract good staff is , in itself , the mark of a good leader , but beyond that it can be said that Reagan himself was an indispensable part of the team . |
| 13 | At Liz 's party , last night , there had been bosses : Charles himself was an archetypal boss , and if one did n't know Liz so well one might think she was one too . |
| 14 | Action : The root package can not itself be an updated module — remove it from the steering file |
| 15 | But though this supposition may be fairly accurate , it can certainly be stated that a slavish adherence to principles of precise proportions can not in itself be an absolute guarantee of good musical form , which , as we have stressed again and again , depends on the satisfaction of psychological and emotional needs . |
| 16 | the gay male parody of a certain femininity , which , as others have argued , may itself be an elaborate social construct , is both a way of giving vent to the hostility toward women that probably afflicts every male ( and which male heterosexuals have of course expressed in infinitely nastier and more effective ways ) and could paradoxically be thought of as helping to deconstruct that image for women themselves … |
| 17 | The possibility of HIV itself being an intestinal pathogen challenges the pathogenic relevance of other infectious agents recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of HIV infected patients . |
| 18 | The plateau of Paúl da Serra itself is an extensive moorland area where there was once a proposal to build an international airport . |
| 19 | In this respect considerable reliance was placed upon Lord Diplock 's dictum in Gill and Duffus SA v Berger and Co Inc [ 1984 ] AC 382 : … while " description " itself is an ordinary English word , the Act contains no definition of what it means when it speaks in that section of a contract for the sale of goods being a sale " by description " . |
| 20 | A positive training ‘ climate ’ in the library department itself is an essential resource . |
| 21 | Assam itself is an extraordinary place . |
| 22 | He argues that the ‘ computer system itself is an integral part of the record ’ ( Morelli 1993 : 88 ) . |
| 23 | The first reason to dispense with it is that the nation state itself is an expensive fiction , particularly in terms of its loss of human life . |
| 24 | The play itself is an irreverent look at war . |
| 25 | The house itself is an elegant early 19th-century stone building which was originally an aristocratic shooting lodge . |
| 26 | The Time Machine itself is an undirected thought vehicle ; The Land Ironclads , prophetic and little else , are directed thought vehicles . |
| 27 | This exemption can not be used if the client itself is an Authorised Person under the FSA . |
| 28 | The effect of overeating is weight gain , which in itself is an added stress . |
| 29 | The game itself is an interesting mix of platform hopping and hand-to-hand combat , with a few subgames thrown in for good measure . |
| 30 | Easily Accessible : Arundel itself is an interesting historical town with many attractions , including the Wildfowl Trust nature reserve , a Saturday antiques market , and a picturesque park . |