Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a Fender Princeton Reverb II as a test amp , the Signature model 's custom-wound Seymours prove themselves to be all smooth power , full and solid , with plenty of mid-range . |
| 2 | The biblical perspective of divine revelation is of God speaking at specific times addressing himself to particular situations . |
| 3 | It was pointed out that the modular nature of the new advanced provision lends itself to students choosing groups of units which , although having vocational relevance for the individual or a particular employer , do not satisfy the criteria for an existing HNC or HND . |
| 4 | Either way the working groups exposed themselves to criticism for failing to produce universal and progressive learning hierarchies . |
| 5 | If you are really living in a mess , have a grand clear-out and put the whole place straight ; after that try to discipline yourself to dean and tidy on a regular basis to keep it under control . |
| 6 | We would like to se the political parties commiting themselves to an overhaul of the sentencing process to make it more rational and civilised . |
| 7 | The site from which the mountains were drawn would be chosen so the different peaks arranged themselves to their best advantage whilst retaining their correct topographical position . |
| 8 | He found another porter to address himself to . |
| 9 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 11 | A cowardly vacillation , this hesitation to commit themselves to being myth . |
| 12 | Thus , owners who were forced to sell their land to public authorities considered themselves to be very badly treated in comparison with those who were able to sell at the enhanced prices resulting in part from planning restrictions on other sites . |
| 13 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 14 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 15 | A permanent consultation mechanism was established and the public sector committed itself to the privatization of state enterprises except for certain strategic concerns , and to the substantial reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy , of expenditure and of the public deficit . |
| 16 | In fact , the war gave him a new sombreness of attitude to match his stark experience of the " essential problems of life " ; and inevitably this sombreness communicated itself to his continued thinking about the problems of tragedy . |
| 17 | But when I rejected everything of this sort to set myself to one purpose , my soul was absorbed with love for my Maker . |
| 18 | In Bulgaria , some Christians allowed themselves to be manipulated by the State , rather than face severe hardship or persecution . |
| 19 | What irritates me about Vienna is a certain not-quite-definable smugness , a feeling that somehow this place feels itself to be the centre . |
| 20 | Thomas of Marlborough took about forty days to get himself to Rome , riding fast and wearing out horses on the way . |
| 21 | With Goodman 's hamstring injury certain to keep him out of the weekend 's home clash with Brentford , Colquhoun looks set to be handed another chance to prove himself to the fans . |
| 22 | Over 140 wines to help yourself to . |
| 23 | What matters is not whether the human psyche is in itself constructed in grammatical terms ( as Noam Chomsky has suggested ) , but that social behaviour lends itself to analysis in broadly linguistic terms . |
| 24 | Their joints were swollen with rheumatism , their eyes were dimmed with years , to a man they were short of breath and their hands trembled ; one old gentleman believed himself to be again taking part in the French wars , another that he was encamped before Sebastopol . |
| 25 | So old Mokosh changed herself to a moorhen and ran through the meadows to the town , and Neva followed her . |
| 26 | The German Grand Prix was next and Hunt scored another victory to pull himself to within 14 points of Lauda but the race was marred by the horrific accident to the Austrian who was badly burnt in his wrecked car . |
| 27 | Chapter 7.3 examines the colonial impact upon agriculture , and this example confines itself to a very brief exploration of the colonial experience . |
| 28 | ‘ The emergency committee has unanimously decided to press British Gas to commit itself to the relocation of this installation at the earliest possible date . ’ |
| 29 | Into our own time , many architectural historians confine themselves to that subject ; it has moreover continued to have a nostalgic appeal to novelists . |
| 30 | A survey I carried out in Brighton last summer indicated that unemployed men report themselves to be much less satisfied with their lives than do employed men . |