Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 True , Kant thinks that if morality is ultimately valid it is because we have somehow settled on these imperatives ourselves at the noumenal level , but to this — apart from the dubiousness of the metaphysics — it is likely to be objected that if the imperatives spring from myself it is quite proper for me to rescind them when convenient .
2 Therefore representative democracy presents itself as the best compromise .
3 The pattern repeats itself throughout the Welsh uplands and appears to be the norm in the UK uplands generally .
4 2 or 3 days at home in Oxfordshire is a luxury , even when he does get the chance to relax , he watches re-runs and readies himself for the next race .
5 I think he even been on the boards himself in the early days .
6 In the preparation of the details themselves in the various shops , the underlying idea of continuous progression from one operation to another was adopted .
7 Hmm well you 've been giving a few answers yourself over the last few weeks .
8 Not only are the pub interiors themselves of the nondescript , open-plan kind , but the barn to the rear has been wholly mutilated .
9 The complaints must be made to the police themselves in the first instance and all subsequent investigations are undertaken by police officers .
10 The object of parody in Between is not so much theories and belief systems themselves as the linguistic manoeuvres by which they attempt to convince .
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