Example sentences of "declare [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This practically ruined him but rather than take the easy way out and declare himself bankrupt , he called a meeting of his creditors and asked for time to pay . |
| 2 | Minter fell silent , letting his next , unspoken implication declare itself . |
| 3 | In February 1990 the National Federation of Workers ' Unions of Benin ( Union nationale des syndicats des travailleurs du Bénin — UNSTB ) was weakened by the decision of the postal and telecommunications workers ' union to split from the UNSTB and declare itself autonomous ( the second defection after that of the Higher Education Union in August 1989 ) . |
| 4 | Fortunately Eliot declared himself unequivocally , in an essay , ‘ Reflections on Vers Libre : ’ … the ghost of some simple metre should lurk behind the arras in even the ‘ freest ’ verse ; to advance menacingly as we doze , and withdraw as we arouse' . |
| 5 | Contradictorily , Mr Patten also declared himself in favour of seeing urban land recycled — it already provides nearly half the land used for new homes . |
| 6 | Bobby Robson said : ‘ I spoke to Bryan and he declared himself fit and willing to join up with the party . |
| 7 | Bell opted out of the tour , but declared himself available for internationals , and can expect extra attention on Sunday from the Kiwi centres . |
| 8 | NEIL KINNOCK yesterday declared himself fit to be Prime Minister , by claiming in an end-of-conference message that he now speaks for the British people . |
| 9 | While Sir Lewis declared himself to be reasonably happy with the way the group 's three hotels were being used , he admitted that the 100-acre-plus ski resort was suffering from a glaring lack of investment , and poor road communications . |
| 10 | Sir Ian was one of those who considered putting himself forward as a candidate , but did n't when Sir Anthony Meyer declared himself . |
| 11 | On 9 January 1227 Henry III declared himself to be of full age , and immediately began measures to reclaim the Forest rights of his crown . |
| 12 | Cipollini , who recently declared himself to be the fastest finisher in the world , crossed the line in second place but with both arms in the air in protest over Abdoujaparov 's jersey-pull , which , say the race referees , occurred twice in the last half-mile . |
| 13 | In 1638 Charles I intervened , and , re-engaging Vermuyden , declared himself undertaker . |
| 14 | ALLY McCOIST last night declared himself fit for tomorrow 's European Cup match against CSKA Moscow — and vowed to make up for lost time . |
| 15 | While 1990 is likely to be a difficult new business year , Mr Bell declared himself confident ‘ that our financial strength and reputation , allied to the determination and enthusiasm of our staff , will again enable us to increase further our share of the various markets in which we operate . ’ |
| 16 | They had been told they had NO chance of a refund after Tjolle declared himself bankrupt , even though he removed £400,000 from the company before it collapsed . |
| 17 | Prison had been too good for him and although he declared himself innocent of any crime , he was most certainly guilty of fecklessness , leaving important matters of finance in the hands of his greedy younger brother . |
| 18 | General Garcia then decided to back the vice-president , Gustavo Espina , who declared himself president . |
| 19 | He successfully petitioned parliament to reverse the judgement of 1322 against his cousin Mortimer of Chirk , but declared himself his uncle 's heir and expropriated his lands despite the fact that his uncle had a son and grandson living . |
| 20 | Yoshida declared himself to be a liberal opposed equally to the excesses of the left and right . |
| 21 | Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness . |
| 22 | In the late ninth century the Byzantines temporarily reasserted their control over the Croats , but in 924 Tomislav , župan of Nin , declared himself King of the Croats and established a kingdom free from both Frankish and Byzantine rule . |
| 23 | Chairman Peter Bagnall declared himself ‘ quite pleased ’ with these results , given the year 's trading conditions . |
| 24 | But , as BA president John Hitchin at the a.g.m. the following morning declared himself ‘ gobsmacked by Roy Davey 's appalling statement of policy at HarperCollins ’ , it would appear that he did not succeed . |
| 25 | In the teaching controversy he declared himself a strong advocate of at least fingerspelling and stressed the importance of training , knowledge of deaf people and experience of teaching in deaf schools as primary qualifications for teachers . |
| 26 | Edward declared himself without musical talents of any kind . |
| 27 | A fierce uprising in 1534 was suppressed by Henry VIII , who declared himself King of Ireland in 1541 . |
| 28 | Johnson declared himself in favour of such prescribed succession : ‘ His opinion was that so much land should be entailed as that families should never fall into contempt , and as much left free as to give them all the advantages in case of any emergency . ’ |
| 29 | Elliptically relating this " philosophical task " to academic philosophy ( including the history of philosophy ) , he declared himself to be better qualified for a philosophical chair than a purely philological one . |
| 30 | If the old witch was a prophet , then so was I , for we had hardly ridden a bow 's length into the trees when Benjamin declared himself lost . |