Example sentences of "[pn reflx] to [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 2 | We can choose between accepting the categories already defined , in which case theory remains implicit ; or we can ‘ commit ourselves to working out critical and explicit theory ’ . |
| 3 | DAVEY Boy Smith left his 14-year-old schoolfriends to chase girls while he dedicated himself to building up his body in the gym . |
| 4 | Jamil Kebbe ( Sunni member of the ‘ Salam Bloc ’ from Sidon ) has dedicated himself to removing as much political power from the Maronites as possible . |
| 5 | Jonathan has committed himself to rising early enough to get in for work before 9.00am . |
| 6 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 7 | By Oct. 14 he had resigned himself to submitting merely the question of proxy voting by husbands to the seven-member Constitutional Council set up in 1989 . |
| 8 | He comes , and after a heated discussion he commits himself to closing down the factory by 1992 . |
| 9 | Mark Wright , bitterly disappointed at being axed by England , has resigned himself to missing tomorrow 's Anfield battle with Sheffield Wednesday . |
| 10 | A radical government should commit itself to phasing out these tax allowances . |
| 11 | Following a referendum in 1980 , Sweden committed itself to phasing out its 12 nuclear power stations by the year 2010 ( even through nuclear power provides 45 per cent of the country 's electricity ) . |
| 12 | The Company devoted itself to building up a substantial trade in pepper which , while not as valuable as the most expensive products of the Spice Islands like nutmeg and cloves , still commanded a very steady market in Europe . |
| 13 | On the one hand , as I have just observed , the Convention itself confines itself to requiring there to be a ‘ genuine link ’ between the flag state and the ship . |
| 14 | Six days later the TUC Congress finally called weakly for ‘ practical aid ’ to the strikers but refused to commit itself to cutting off supplies . |
| 15 | The waitress made off again , and Dimity applied herself to pouring out the tea . |
| 16 | She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig . |
| 17 | Next day , I set myself to writing out my dream , as Horace Walpole did with his dream of Otranto . |
| 18 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 19 | erm , I , well I ca n't commit myself to going down to that to , I mean if it 's , if I can I 'll give you a ring because with Cherry being off as well it 's , I mean it 's gon na be unfair if I start , cos I 've been so much |
| 20 | But a major difficulty remains : SSDs will be reluctant to commit themselves to picking up the bill for several months ' residential rehabilitation for someone who may have arrived in the area the previous week . |
| 21 | Walls built to support terraces , used as boundaries , forming part of a flight of steps , containing raised beds and so on , whether brick or stone , lend themselves to planting actually in their fabric . |
| 22 | To be fair , engineers are also impressed by the idea of harnessing the purifying capabilities of nature in this way , largely confining themselves to pointing out the real-world constraints on the wilder flights of fancy . |
| 23 | ‘ With the unexpected accession of their parents to the throne , ’ said the voice from the television , with that odd blend of reverence and condescension reserved for royalty and its doings , ‘ the little princesses had to reconcile themselves to seeing less and less of their mother and father . |
| 24 | Michael Coogan of the Building Societies Association Legal Department says : ‘ The Government wants mortgage lenders to emphasise to borrowers that they think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan . ’ |
| 25 | Many foreign brands have established themselves in the former Soviet Union for the sake of the publicity , but Baskin-Robbins becomes one of the few to commit themselves to manufacturing there . |
| 26 | The BEA also looked carefully at the possibility of importing plant and materials , but ( with steel prices significantly higher in the USA and Europe and considerable difficulties in obtaining foreign exchange ) they confined themselves to importing only a few specialist components which were causing serious delays in the programme . |
| 27 | But at least they restricted themselves to saying now . |
| 28 | Within the enterprise , we will also assume for the purposes of argument that ‘ Internal Library and Information Centres ’ restrict themselves to acquiring only that external information which is ‘ publicly available ’ . |
| 29 | Lexicographers will normally confine themselves to working on about 1000 of these . |
| 30 | You should have dedicated yourself to bringing up your child … . ’ |