Example sentences of "[pn reflx] to [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely , then , we can confine ourselves to exploring the syntactical properties of such expressions and leave the ontological and epistemological issues , temporarily at least , to one side ? |
| 2 | The first step to developing a Christian philosophy of finance would be to commit ourselves to developing the character of Christ in our own lives and helping others do the same . |
| 3 | What it really means of course is that erm I 've committed ourselves to doing the dare I say it , the odd jobs . |
| 4 | That done , we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them . |
| 5 | From the day he got out , he would apply himself to spreading the invisible killer . |
| 6 | The plaintiff 's accountant Mr confines himself to quantifying the heads of loss and does n't speak with reference to the er allegations that are made in any way . |
| 7 | James Paul was terribly hurt by the collapse of the N.D.D.S. and although he helped to establish the British Deaf and Dumb Association in 1890 , accepting the position of Treasurer in the first year , he preferred to devote himself to developing the social status and services for the deaf people of Ayrshire . |
| 8 | He committed himself to helping the future of rugby when he was elected president of a relaunched Young England Club . |
| 9 | But then let us add that sometimes , in the very depth of his love , he ( sic ) may have to resign himself to reading the text and , knowing what he knows , feeling what he feels , passing on in silence . |
| 10 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |
| 11 | Gavriil Popov , a leading campaigner for democratic reform , who had been popularly elected as mayor of Moscow in June 1991 and who had threatened to resign in December 1991 , resigned on June 5 , saying that he wished to devote himself to leading the Russian Movement for Democratic Reforms ( an offshoot of the Movement for Democratic Reforms ) . |
| 12 | Confronted by noble resistance and alarmed by foreign upheaval , Nicholas had shelved the issue and committed himself to upholding the status quo at home and abroad . |
| 13 | He finally resigned himself to memorizing the translated words , hoping to come across a matching entry on one of the invoices . |
| 14 | Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury . |
| 15 | Unabashed , Nicholas dedicated himself to purging the Congress Kingdom of dissent . |
| 16 | After the banks ' nationalisation he sold most of his interests in the dozen or so companies he had created and drawn his wealth from , and committed himself to combating the existing political system . |
| 17 | You do n't have to make contact with the ground on which the ball sits , and if the ball does lie in any little depression , an old divot hole or a slightly poor lie , the putter lends itself to sending the ball bobbling on its way . |
| 18 | The government has , however , not committed itself to publishing the review and , Courtney added , it is unlikely to be published in its entirety as it may contain sharp judgements about the usefulness or effectiveness of some research activities . |
| 19 | No manufacturer has yet committed itself to using the Cosworth engine , which is expected to be fully ready for production by June . |
| 20 | ‘ thought it best to confine itself to enunciating the guiding principle that , before the grant of nationality is generally recognised , there must be a genuine link between the ship and the State granting permission to fly its flag |
| 21 | The ‘ new approach ’ Community legislation limits itself to setting the essential or basic standards and the detailed specifications that implement these standards are delegated to relevant European Standardisation bodies such as CEN ( European Committee for Standardisation ) or sectoral bodies as , for example , CENELEC ( European Committee for Electro-Techinal Standardisation ) for the building and electrical industry and ETSI ( European Telecommunications Standards Institute ) for telecommunications standards . |
| 22 | The government does not merely confine itself to setting the ‘ rules of the game ’ , but is in a sense a participant in industrial relations to the extent that it chooses to intervene . |
| 23 | The Provisional Government committed itself to recognizing the right of national self-determination and , in place of the old Tsarist governors , installed in the minority areas governing committees of local dignitaries and deputies of the relevant nationality to the national parliament , the Duma . |
| 24 | The National Party had in March 1990 committed itself to maintaining the ban which then ceased to be a domestic political issue . |
| 25 | The President also announced that he would form a transitional government of " national union " as early as January 1991 , which would seek to " strengthen state machinery " and " devote itself to restoring the ethics of the civil service . " |
| 26 | The Tribunal noted that Ulster Bank has committed itself to remaining the major centre for development of Information Technology and notes the Bank 's assurance that it will expand and improve the facilities . |
| 27 | Declaring that " corruption , indiscipline , mismanagement , tribalism , nepotism , injustice and thuggery " were rampant , the NPRC committed itself to returning the country to multiparty democracy in the " shortest possible time " . |
| 28 | Spain 's Alcatel Sesa SA has taken control of two Polish companies , PZT Telkom , which employs 640 people in Warsaw , and Teletra , which has about 1,300 employees making public telephone exchanges ; Alcatel Sesa said it would guarantee jobs for 1,650 people at the two firms for the next 18 months and committed itself to increasing the capital of the two companies by another $25m within a year ; it plans to start manufacturing the Alcatel 1000 S-12 exchange in Poland , where it says it has already built eight digital exchanges in Poland with a $60m credit that was put up by the Spanish government . |
| 29 | The Thatcher government in particular , throughout its terms of office , repeatedly committed itself to cutting the burden of taxation , and thereby to increasing incentives and encouraging enterprise and initiative . |
| 30 | AN undercover paramilitary group emerged in Colombia yesterday dedicating itself to ending the country 's wave of bombings and drug terror and offering a $5 million reward for the cocaine king Pablo Escobar — dead or alive . |