Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coutts & Co prides itself on offering comprehensive national and international banking and financial services with ‘ an unwavering commitment to courteous and individual service ’ . |
| 2 | Each city , town or village lends itself to a collage in some odd way . |
| 3 | The dance responds to another rhythm — the violent modern dissonances of Stravinsky 's famous musical score and spring releases itself with a boundless , dangerous energy in movements tense , muscular and frankly sensual . |
| 4 | The affinity between dog and cat reveals itself in the number of equi-status or near-equi-status traits they have in common ; and the differences between dog and cat appear more sharply when the affinity patterns are articulated in greater detail by means of diagnostic frames . |
| 5 | Provided sado-masochism limits itself to practices between consenting partners ( and provided it does not get out of hand ) and affects no one else , it is doubtful whether remedial measures are necessary or justifiable . |
| 6 | But pop sets itself against nature and abandons wisdom for folly , moments of dissipation . |
| 7 | On the basis of the principle of identity on the other hand , no subjection of nature can take place , since man identifies himself with the processes of nature . |
| 8 | When dissatisfaction identifies itself in the form of a complaint , this necessary condition for long-term survival is clearly not being met . |
| 9 | For liberalism prides itself on its rejection of moral paternalism , that is the imposition of a particular scheme of the virtuous life upon all citizens . |
| 10 | When DNA replicates itself before cell division , the old strand remains methylated but the freshly replicated strand is unmethylated . |
| 11 | With the definition of more precise points , metrical procedure for sexing will be valuable in the study of large series , especially as measurement lends itself to more reliable statistical analysis ( as Pons , 1955a , b ; Thieme , 1957 ; and Thieme & Schull , 1957 , have shown ) . |