Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] myself to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 2 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 3 | I concluded my own column of that week as follows : ‘ After sneering at Lord Mogg , I suppose I should commit myself to a conclusion of my own from the last ten days ' dramas . |
| 4 | ‘ I was desperately waiting for the magic word ‘ Cut ’ so I could attach myself to the wires before falling , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Althusser denies the need for a more detailed account on the grounds that ‘ As the formal structure of all ideology is always the same , I shall restrict myself to a single example , one accessible to everyone , that of religious ideology , with the proviso that the same demonstration can be produced for ethical , legal , political , aesthetic ideology , etc . ’ |
| 6 | This task , in any comprehensive sense , is beyond the scope of the present book , and I shall confine myself to a very schematic presentation of a few salient issues . |
| 7 | In arguing this I shall limit myself to the internal characteristics of the National Curriculum . |
| 8 | In the present chapter , I will restrict myself to a simple summary of Kuhn 's views . |
| 9 | On page 48 , Jim Levi profiles the man who will occupy one of the hottest seats in British banking , so I will confine myself to a few points . |
| 10 | A fuller description of this can be found in the paperback edition of A Presumption of Innocence , so here I will confine myself to the main points . |
| 11 | As a consequence , I will confine myself to the facts as I understand them . |
| 12 | To attempt to summarise the cookery of the Far East in two or three paragraphs would be impossible , so I will limit myself to a brief description of some of the more readily available Oriental foods , and an Eastern style recipe for the buffet table which is always very popular in my catering business . |
| 13 | Almost every line of this surprisingly underrated poem is relevant to the subject in hand , but I will limit myself to the following short extract : |