Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] to this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a general rule Green in his Guide recommends the skies be a quarter blue and three quarters grey , and he holds himself to this idea most strictly . |
| 2 | In addressing ourselves to this process , we are not speculating . |
| 3 | For anyone to destroy themselves to this extent , it must be a manifestation of a profound lack of love . |
| 4 | French restaurants particularly lend themselves to this kind of combination , and the staff seem quite happy to oblige . |
| 5 | The sorts of premises that lend themselves to this kind of development tend to be your large country house type accommodation , miles from anywhere . |
| 6 | This can result in fast access if the application files lend themselves to this type of structure . |
| 7 | As he adapted himself to this reputation , Deems indeed grew subtle in his affairs , until man and reputation became one . |
| 8 | What Karlsson proposes essentially is that the genes responsible for the disposition to schizophrenia ( he confines himself to this form of psychosis ) also code for creative ability . |
| 9 | Nothing could have prepared her for the beauty they had just shared , and she knew that for as long as she lived she would never regret giving herself to this man . |
| 10 | You might like to think about that before committing yourselves to this course of action . ’ |
| 11 | Had they had a more sophisticated social and cultural theory , they would have been in a much better position to address themselves to this problem . |
| 12 | I can look back with pride on recalling how well I had adapted myself to this trade , and all aspects involved . |
| 13 | If teachers believe that the National Curriculum can widen curriculum opportunities for all , and commit themselves to this cause , then it may turn out to be so . |
| 14 | Marketing services are no exception , with sales promotion lending itself to this quest for measurable results . |
| 15 | A judge of an inferior court , in order to entitle himself to this immunity , must , however , show that in reality , or at any rate upon the facts disclosed to him , he had jurisdiction in the matter in question . |
| 16 | Any farm worker could easily anticipate the consequences of ‘ going against ’ the local farmers , so for the most part they resigned themselves to this situation , bit their tongues rather than spoke out and developed what is by now their notorious taciturnity and ability to ‘ keep themselves to themselves ’ . |
| 17 | Really , thought Edward , people must be out of their minds , submitting themselves to this sort of occasion quite voluntarily . |
| 18 | ‘ I am devoting myself to this mystery because i want to be a man . ’ |
| 19 | Some phenomena may simply not lend themselves to this kind of analysis . |
| 20 | Materials with interesting sound effects would lend themselves to this kind of treatment . |
| 21 | As a style , modernism visibly lends itself to this appropriation . |
| 22 | Sport is so simple , so concentrated and unquestioning , that it sometimes , paradoxically , lends itself to this kind of metaphysical yearning . |
| 23 | So it 's a more complete er picture , of , of , of the personality , and of course it lends itself to this kind of historical portraiture . |
| 24 | The inquiry , therefore , narrows itself to this question : Does the letter itself disclose any consideration for the promise ? |
| 25 | What is called the ‘ moral sense ’ is on this account being able to recognize that if , even against my present will , I let myself become aware of how someone in trouble feels , I would be moved to help , and that I ought not to close myself to this awareness . |
| 26 | Can they open themselves to this source of energy , this fresh spring of water , this new wine , this ‘ women spirit rising ’ , and change and be changed in the process ? |
| 27 | One can only speculate about the line the UK legislature would take , should it address itself to this problem , except that it is not too difficult to predict that the present administration would change the law so as to minimise the protections afforded to the worker . |
| 28 | Disproportionately she had longed , in the interminable wastes of adolescence , in the grey and monotonous steppes , and some of the longing had attached itself to this night , this one night of the year , when others ( she knew from school friends , from the radio , from novels ) , when others went to parties and celebrated whatever was about to be . |
| 29 | She did not intend to commit herself to this man . |
| 30 | All I need for you to tell me right now is you 're going to commit yourself to this product and I will come round and we 'll sign the contract , all the stuff you told him , then we 'll talk about copy and it does n't cost you anything . |