Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | The male busies himself with placing the eggs in a nest , and when this is complete , the ritual can begin again . |
| 3 | Figure 7.6 A territorial rufous humming-bird weighs itself by perching on a spring balance . |
| 4 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 5 | There is a wide choice of dinner menu and the management prides itself on offering service of a fine standard . |
| 6 | The management prides itself on offering excellent service at all levels , with a strong emphasis placed on giving guests individual , personal attention . |
| 7 | The management prides itself on offering comfortable accommodation in elegant surroundings , and puts an emphasis on providing excellent service . |
| 8 | This intimate family hotel offers a warm welcome to a homely atmosphere and the management prides itself on offering a choice of good local cooking in its dining-room . |
| 9 | A well run property , the management prides itself on offering good service . |
| 10 | The Sun congratulates itself on securing a Conservative victory : ‘ It 's the Sun wot won it ! … |
| 11 | The political anger of ‘ On Civil Disobedience ’ and ‘ Walden ’ has burned itself out ; only one remark still rings with it , when Thoreau considers how the cherry disperses itself by having its stones swallowed : ‘ It is only princes who can afford to have their cherry puddings stoned , and so make their lives more completely luxurious and useless . ’ |
| 12 | You do n't have to make contact with the ground on which the ball sits , and if the ball does lie in any little depression , an old divot hole or a slightly poor lie , the putter lends itself to sending the ball bobbling on its way . |
| 13 | Drama lends itself to becoming part of topic work because : |
| 14 | The curriculum justifies itself by saying that unless teachers deliberately introduce the subject of homosexuality to the classroom it would be unlikely ever to arise among the children themselves . |
| 15 | An age defines itself by choosing another age — usually a forgotten or neglected age — to teach itself new manners through old customs . |
| 16 | The Vale Rescue Centre prides itself on releasing nine out of every ten animals back into the wild . |
| 17 | The ‘ new approach ’ Community legislation limits itself to setting the essential or basic standards and the detailed specifications that implement these standards are delegated to relevant European Standardisation bodies such as CEN ( European Committee for Standardisation ) or sectoral bodies as , for example , CENELEC ( European Committee for Electro-Techinal Standardisation ) for the building and electrical industry and ETSI ( European Telecommunications Standards Institute ) for telecommunications standards . |
| 18 | Individuals are assumed to take account of current taxes but ignore the future tax liabilities created by the issuing of debt : ‘ society fools itself into consuming more , thinking that possession of government paper provides for its future ’ ( Tobin , 1965 , p. 681 ) . |
| 19 | Direct Line prides itself on responding to 90% of enquiries within 10 seconds . |
| 20 | The rest of the book addresses itself to developing this approach . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ Science lends itself to learning through play . ’ |
| 22 | The system funds itself by operating on the Royal Bank of Canada 's over-the-counter exchange rates which are not as fine as those obtained by the institution itself . |
| 23 | In the end the Profitboss helps himself by helping others . |
| 24 | Everything depends on how the country adapts itself to using information technology . |
| 25 | The flexibility of the shaft shows itself in bending and twisting . |