Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such places always have a high status in the local settlement hierarchy and frequently occupy a central position geographically ; they most obviously manifest themselves in the form of towns and cities . |
| 2 | A sociology of culture must further and most obviously concern itself with specific artistic forms . |
| 3 | They will have to stop thorns getting through to your skin — otherwise you had better also equip yourself with a fine needle , tweezers , and a strong light ! |
| 4 | The other alliance in Ireland , the protestant — loyalist , does not thus far perceive itself as a nation . |
| 5 | Within such studies there is a tendency also to concentrate on those ‘ academic ’ components of the curriculum which more easily lend themselves to didactic modes of exposition and question-and-answer teaching . |
| 6 | In this context the relationship of the persuader to the patient — for example , spouse , parents or religious adviser — will be important , because some relationships more readily lend themselves to overbearing the patient 's independent will than do others . |
| 7 | I forgot , right well get yourself in there . |
| 8 | Women in business today still find themselves in a male-dominated environment where only 20% of managers are women . |
| 9 | This approach means that we do not continue to recruit permanent staff to the Community Charge then perhaps find ourselves with too many permanent staff to fill Council Tax posts . |
| 10 | And , granted that much , " We " then further discriminate ourselves from other men by elaborations of these same three distinctions : |
| 11 | You can be in good shape , mentally , physically and spiritually , yet suddenly find yourself in a situation where destructive power from within seeks to engulf you . |
| 12 | It is just that modern physicists seem to have more imaginative ways of naming new particles and phenomena — they no longer restrict themselves to Greek ! ) |
| 13 | Here then is a criminal phenomenon that is associated with social disintegration — the fact that a society , the inhabitants of these areas of the great cities , who once regarded themselves as one , now no longer regard themselves as one , are not one , were one in the past but are not one now , and are still growing apart . |
| 14 | Our appeal to our traditional supporters was not enough to outweigh our lack of success with those growing numbers who no longer count themselves as working class . |
| 15 | If social anthropologists are sincere when they say that their subject is a kind of micro-sociology and when they proclaim that they no longer feel themselves to be members of a culture/society which is intrinsically " superior " to that of the people they are studying , why do n't they study themselves ? |
| 16 | Major firms like General Motors and Heinz no longer see themselves as machines needing only periodic maintenance to run forever . |
| 17 | Third , how can this shift be played out in the portrayal of disabled people in relationship to their impairment so that they no longer see themselves as able-bodied people who are flawed . |
| 18 | They see the living room and its furnishings as a ‘ front ’ , one way in which individuals and families could both express themselves as individuals and yet still present themselves as part of a social group . |
| 19 | We mentioned earlier in this chapter that some people feel uncomfortable or trapped by the public contract of marriage , yet still allow themselves to be married . |
| 20 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |
| 21 | He issues this warning to parents : ‘ Let them not too much apply themselves to the disposition of their children ’ — in short , not to become obsessed with the whole business of bringing them up . |
| 22 | I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you inside out know his ways and how to cope with them but never ever put yourself at his mercy by marrying him . |
| 23 | Oh he adores her , oh yes he wants her back , and I said , she said , I , you see , I know him , I said there 's a lot to be said for a chap that you know inside , know his ways and know how to cope with them , but I said never ever put yourself at his mercy , I 'm marrying him , and the house will be hers , you see , when there properly divorced it 'll be in her name so if he starts coming the old soldier , she can bung him out . |
| 24 | But all governments are holier-than-thou in this respect and never publicly associate themselves with them . |