Example sentences of "[noun] that [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was something in his utter stillness — a tension that communicated itself to her . |
| 2 | Yet the contrast that presented itself to me as Edward Thomas described it was dramatic : down in the valley less than half a mile away was a modern colliery with all the latest gadgetry of modern technology , while the hill farmers ( at least some of them ) were still in the Middle Ages — even earlier , as far as their material culture was concerned . |
| 3 | and about the snake that ate itself to death . |
| 4 | In this chapter I will look at some of the literature that addresses itself to Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge — these writers are the inheritors of his work in the sense that they have read and responded to his ideas . |
| 5 | The so-called ‘ comprador bourgeoisie ’ , groups that orient themselves to the interests of foreigners in general and TNCs in particular , play a central role in these analyses of the triple alliance . |
| 6 | Philosophy that limits itself to conceptual analysis can discuss the discourses of those who talk about sex and gender , looking for conceptual coherence and the presence or absence of rational argument . |
| 7 | If the Smiths had only produced sunny , cuddly stuff like ‘ Heaven Knows ’ , ‘ Ask ’ , ‘ Vicar in a Tutu ’ , they would have merely presaged the perky negligibility of The Housemartins , the sound that grins itself to death . |
| 8 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 9 | Martin Casey , ‘ Perspex ’ business manager in the Acrylics Business describes it : ‘ Because extruded sheet is made by a continuous process that lends itself to long runs , it is offered in only a limited range of colours and thicknesses . |
| 10 | It is one of those lovely places that lends itself to exploration on foot — especially in and around the old city . |
| 11 | We merely became accustomed to the general life of the common birds and animals , and to the appearances of trees and clouds and everything upon the surface that showed itself to the naked eye ’ . |
| 12 | The main difficulty from our point of view was that AIB was not organised in a manner that lent itself to giving instruction . |
| 13 | Eutrophication also spawns epidemics of epiphytes , microalgae that attach themselves to the leaves and stems of underwater plants and further obstruct light . |
| 14 | Any company or firm that believes itself to be a victim of behaviour by its competitors which infringes EC competition rules can make a complaint to DG IV against the parties concerned . |
| 15 | The classic example offered is that of the diffident schoolboy , who has learnt the dates of , say , the English kings the previous night but who is so alarmed by his hectoring schoolteacher that he becomes completely unsure that the answers that suggest themselves to him under questioning are in fact the right ones . |
| 16 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 17 | Further even that this , although it is not possible for knitters to write their own programs for Form , there are programs that lend themselves to a great deal of adaptation and change that can be used to knit almost any type of garment . |
| 18 | The retreat led by theorists was of a dwindling army that felt itself to be beaten , and at best it could only remember its victories . |
| 19 | The sorts of premises that lend themselves to this kind of development tend to be your large country house type accommodation , miles from anywhere . |
| 20 | Even those currents that attached themselves to the drift of labourism , and with which they often had an uneasy relationship , were pathologically infected by the same bourgeois traditions . |
| 21 | There was no direct reference to socialism or communism ; the republics that committed themselves to the treaty would rather be bound to respect the principles of democracy , human rights as defined by international agreements , and social justice . |
| 22 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |