Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As W S Steer pointed out , ‘ … the department which prides itself on never making a mistake is almost certainly grossly overstaffed ’ ( Wiseman 1970:87 ) . |
| 2 | In an institution which prides itself on keeping politicians at arm 's length ( a rare achievement in Italy ) , Mr Dini 's contacts with the former government of Giulio Andreotti were unpopular . |
| 3 | Of course , this is not all there is to life , and Hildamay finds true contentment by adopting a nine-year-old girl who introduces herself on the tube . |
| 4 | Here , significantly , it is only God who puts himself on oath by passing between the pieces . |
| 5 | William Hurt is the medic of the title , an eminent surgeon who finds himself on the other edge of the scalpel when he becomes seriously ill . |
| 6 | Also crucial to the accomplishment of this aim is his awareness of the potential ambiguity of language , an awareness which reveals itself on a number of occasions in his conversational behaviour . |
| 7 | By drawing together a variety of material , it builds up a picture of inequity which ‘ is inexcusable in a democratic society which prides itself on being humane ’ . |
| 8 | This paradoxical state of affairs is the result of three factors : due , first , to the large number of commanders who , like Wojciech Jaruzelski , trace their formative upbringing to the USSR and the Soviet organised First and Second Polish Armies of the Second World War ; secondly , to the social ostracism suffered by officers belonging to an army which prides itself on being the guardian of Communist as well as national values . |
| 9 | He brightened up , getting the glow of a man who feels himself on the verge of discharging a disagreeable responsibility . |
| 10 | Chez Gerard , a London restaurant which prides itself on its Frenchness and its wine list , is just one now considering offering non-French wines for the first time , including some from the Antipodes . |
| 11 | A school which prides itself on its history . |
| 12 | At stake the image of a party which prides itself on being loyal , but which has been riven by dissent . |