Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest Goblins decorate themselves with colourful feathers , often sticking the quills directly into their skin as Goblins feel little pain . |
| 2 | Animals lend themselves to humorous interpretations . |
| 3 | Animals lend themselves to humorous interpretations . |
| 4 | Patios lend themselves in particular to herb cultivation because they are so often sited next to the house and facing the sun . |
| 5 | Coming from Russia , where freedom of the press has been not so much unknown as uncomprehended since long before the Revolution , he is shocked to discover that a free press disseminated all kinds of false , partial and invented information and that journalists contradict themselves from one day to the next without shame and without apology . |
| 6 | And how many schools avail themselves of this opportunity each year ? |
| 7 | In the wild , even modern breeds of hens form themselves into small social groups comprising one cockerel and perhaps four or five hens . |
| 8 | And so they depart — on board ship — ( The two SPIES position themselves on either side of the PLAYER , and the three of them sway gently in unison , the motion of a boat ; and then the PLAYER detaches himself. ) — and they arrive — ( One SPY shades his eyes at the horizon. ) — and disembark — and present themselves before the English king- ( He wheels round . ) |
| 9 | If this passage does have central and significant relevance to contemporary working relationships , we must begin by clarifying in what ways the issues touched upon by Paul 's words address themselves to current situations and concerns . |
| 10 | Whether pupils ' behaviour is itself a political statement or not , the aggressive forms impress themselves onto educational politics . |
| 11 | Apart from the formal accomplishments of law , accountancy and financial management , these skills restrict themselves to formalized consumer analysis , market survey technique , matrixes and learning curves . |
| 12 | I could n't get rid of my disability , became more staunch in my socialist politics , got rid of my accent and was thankful when my parents put themselves into enormous debt and bought a tip of a house in Croydon . |
| 13 | Conditions laid down by Haussmann along the lines of those set out by the Monopoly Commission , that the companies divest themselves of certain divisions which , if merged , would be against German interests in the arms industry , were eventually agreed to by both MBB and Daimler . |
| 14 | ‘ The more it develops , the more possibilities suggest themselves for further development . |
| 15 | A number of explanations suggest themselves for this strange impulse towards self-effacement in men who loved power , besides the official one that it served to maintain the standing of the native authorities in the eyes of the people . |
| 16 | The chestnut red neck , and the distinctive black and white patterning of the back and head and belly were clearly visible as neighbouring geese spread themselves to either side . |
| 17 | Companies are keen to adopt the ‘ open ’ moniker simply for that purpose : how many suppliers these days describe themselves as open systems companies , when just a few years ago they would probably have sneered at the term . |
| 18 | Similarly , if social representation theorists stress anchoring one-sidedly , they will find themselves describing the ways in which individuals anchor themselves to social knowledge : the thinking individual will be perceived as someone who unthinkingly seeks to avoid novelty by automatically categorizing fresh information in terms of familiar schemata . |
| 19 | Evidence for this comes from the fact that the ambivalent expression does not seem to be confined to a limited range of situations , in which individuals find themselves on public display , especially to an audience from a higher social class or more advanced educational attainment . |
| 20 | As well as the growth in the number of low-paid jobs , a significant group of flexible workers find themselves in great demand , and consequently gain high salaries . |
| 21 | Despite great efforts to ‘ bottle up ’ sources of funds within regional boundaries , some banks find themselves with excess liquidity which they are not allowed to use for expanding credits to local enterprises , and this has led to some inter-regional flows of bank funds ( and to the uncontrolled expansion of bank lending to firms such as Agrokomerc ) . |
| 22 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 23 | But it remains true that the cabinet , its members and senior officials concern themselves with broader issues and leave the trivia to underlings . |
| 24 | Algae reproduce themselves in two ways — by straightforward asexual division and by the sexual method , of such importance to the progress of evolution , in which the sex cells will only develop if they meet each other and fuse in pairs . |
| 25 | In part two , as the Featherstonehaughs preen themselves in pristine white tuxedos , flaunting two-foot mug shots offering surrealist images of bodyless faces , hands and legs emerging and retreating , the word precious takes on a different meaning : while yet further connotations appear as the Cholmondeleys , in voluptuous crimson velvet , sensually stimulate the imagination in part three . |
| 26 | These conceptions in the mind define how individual managers relate themselves to those seen as having authority and those who are subordinate . |
| 27 | The surfaces of regular and semi-regular solids lend themselves to geodesic shells in which all the vertexes touch the surface of a circumscribing sphere . |
| 28 | This can result in fast access if the application files lend themselves to this type of structure . |
| 29 | Most skinheads see themselves as straightforward blokes and birds , more honest than the soul boys , more working class than the punks and the posers , rougher and tougher than the mods . |
| 30 | A mitigating circumstance is the fact that few library users restrict themselves to one source alone for obtaining books . |