Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] to [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | That done , we can begin to address ourselves to identifying the right technical and political means for achieving them . |
| 32 | From the day he got out , he would apply himself to spreading the invisible killer . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Toks Akpata has devoted himself to changing the Laws to reduce the risk of spinal injury . |
| 35 | Chissano and Dhlakama pledged ( i ) to guarantee conditions that would allow complete political freedom " in accordance with internationally recognized principles of democracy " ; ( ii ) to guarantee the personal security of all Mozambican citizens and all members of political parties ; ( iii ) to accept the role of the international community and particularly the UN in monitoring and guaranteeing the implementation of the general peace agreement , particularly the ceasefire agreement and electoral process ; ( iv ) to respect the principles contained in Protocol No. 1 [ see p. 38517 ] under the terms of which the government undertook not to adopt or apply laws which could conflict with agreements between the parties , while Renamo undertook to stop fighting and to behave as a political party ; ( v ) to respect political rights , with the government specifically committing itself to incorporating the various agreements and protocols into law [ see pp. 38517 ; 38565 ; 38804 ] ; and ( vi ) to complete an agreed agenda and sign a general peace agreement incorporating a ceasefire by Oct. 1 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 ) . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Even when they apply themselves to understanding the effects of social relations on individual cognition , as with work on social identity and social representations , the patterns they describe are assumed to be based on universal properties of the human mind . |
| 40 | He finally resigned himself to memorizing the translated words , hoping to come across a matching entry on one of the invoices . |
| 41 | Thus Sylvia resigned herself to walking the streets until something turned up . |
| 42 | I thought that if FAKINTIL were confining themselves to bringing the mast down , then they would be just escaping now , shooting their way out of town . |
| 43 | For four years he led beaver-trapping expeditions along the Snake with increasing success , while the Nez Perce warriors confined themselves to fleecing the less provident of Mackenzie 's Iroquois henchmen . |
| 44 | Members are again advised that when they are consulted by a client who requires legal aid for the purpose of proceedings in the English courts , they should ( subject to the above observations about legal advice and assistance on English matters ) confine themselves to assisting the client to complete the English form of application ( the Central Committee hold a supply of these ) . |
| 45 | Just confine yourself to watching the game , that 's all . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Researchers might also address themselves to studying the processes by which the implicit is translated into explicitness . |
| 49 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |
| 50 | The ISPA says it is determined to take ‘ strong action ’ against individuals who ‘ fail to commit themselves to raising the image of professional squash players ’ . |