Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case one could argue that I and Thou automatically imply We , since the two of us are sharing between ourselves the field of discourse . |
| 2 | We decided to call ourselves the Friends of John McCarthy because that 's what we were . |
| 3 | We all regarded medicine as a religion , and we called ourselves the Society of Reason . |
| 4 | Outside but shadowing the DM , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . |
| 5 | ‘ Outside , but shadowing the Deutschmark , we deny ourselves the support of the system at times of currency fluctuation . ’ |
| 6 | In 1 we set ourselves the problem of accounting for intuitions that some stretches of language are coherent and others are not . |
| 7 | We will know for ourselves the experience of God speaking through his written revelation to us . |
| 8 | Nevertheless we need to hold before ourselves the vision of the peaceable kingdom . |
| 9 | We will set ourselves the objective of increasing the degree of consonance still further , and therefore the bass will be kept consonant with all upper parts : Though the effect of this is quite good , indeed smooth and sonorous , the concept of using a bass consonant with all upper parts has produced chords which are either diminished 7ths ( chord 1 ) or contain major or minor chords . |
| 10 | We set ourselves the task of uncovering the principles behind our feeling that certain stretches of language are meaningful and unified : that they have the quality of coherence . |
| 11 | When we present ourselves with the decision we are much more inclined to drift in a certain direction leaving ourselves the option of getting out if we find we do not like it . |
| 12 | We can allow ourselves the luxury of such an extravagant theory , provided that the odds against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100 billion billion to one . |
| 13 | From the architectural viewpoint the greatest importance of this site , now so excellently opened up and preserved , is that it has preserved for us a provincial Roman city at a certain point in time — A.D. 79 — so that we can see for ourselves the buildings in which such citizens of the empire lived . |
| 14 | They are what we are telling ourselves every hour of the day , year in and year out . |
| 15 | It gave us both lots of pleasure trying to work out the various clues , so we shall give ourselves a pat on the back for doing so well — hope you will have some more mind-boggling competitions in the future . |
| 16 | During the three year programme we set ourselves a total of 33 remits , of which only 5 remain to be completed . |
| 17 | if we 've given ourselves a budget of four thousand pounds and we 've ear |
| 18 | We even excuse ourselves a smile at the Catholic priest who tells of how he , being an incompetent tennis player , accidentally mishit a shot that flew into an adjacent court where a black man happened to be playing . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought if we could get their nature thing together with your Alps thing , we might both do ourselves a bit of good . |
| 20 | ‘ I think Jimmy and I will go and get ourselves a cup of tea and leave you to talk to Len , ’ said Rachel . |
| 21 | Curran reveals : ‘ We 've set ourselves a target of four clean sheets for the last four matches — if we can achieve that we 're certain of at least four points . ’ |
| 22 | For the future , we have set ourselves a series of targets , spelled out below , which are designed to restore BP 's profitability and build a stronger balance sheet . |
| 23 | By checking ourselves a moment before taking action , we give ourselves time to use our reasoning powers in investigating the most efficient and appropriate way of performing such an action . |
| 24 | As experienced clinical forensic practitioners we provide training for ‘ police surgeons ’ but consider ourselves a product of the Association of Police Surgeons ' efforts to improve academic standards . |
| 25 | Thus , " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified , or so as to be unlike those from whom he wishes to be distinguished " ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 181 ) |
| 26 | This brings us back to Le Page 's hypothesis : " the individual creates for himself the patterns of his linguistic behaviour so as to resemble those of the group or groups with which from time to time he wishes to be identified " ; only now we can treat " linguistic behaviour " at a micro level , interpreting " from time to time " to mean even at different stages within the same conversation — perhaps even the same utterance . |
| 27 | By adopting the Waste Land theme , Eliot made himself the performer of the latest enactment of a repeated rite , just as in his poem clerk and typist ( like the earlier Burbank and Volupine ) enact their own sexual ritual . |
| 28 | He has even invented a punning , almost paradoxical , nickname for himself the man with the yellow rosette and the smile has become Never Say Dai Wilson . |
| 29 | Haverford gave himself the credit for being reasonably quick-witted , but now the old ex-pat 's meaning had eluded him . |
| 30 | By leaving when he does , he still gives himself the chance of a second female but he minimises the risk of being cuckolded . |