Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As will gradually become evident , the AEC has proven itself to be an unambiguous success . |
| 2 | The Legal Aid Board has said itself to be impressed with the contribution of law centres to the provision of legal services in the areas they serve . |
| 3 | A stone age management opportunity has revealed itself to the Directors of AIB Bank plc in Britain . |
| 4 | LOSERS : The Financial Times , which was slow off the mark in exposing Labour 's tax plans and by declaring for Labour has shown itself to be as pink as its paper . |
| 5 | Labour has committed itself to a wide range of civil-liberties legislation and constitutional reform when it returns to government , to counter what its Deputy Leader , Mr Hattersley , has described as the vulnerability of traditional freedoms to the dual threat of ‘ legal restriction and a cynical partnership between Government and private enterprise ’ . |
| 6 | One strand of modern research has devoted itself to the ferociously difficult task of building formal models that precisely state the conditions that are necessary and sufficient for competition to work , and describe whether and in what sense the result is ‘ efficient ’ . |
| 7 | I know , because Eliot told me : he also disclosed , what he usually kept to himself , that after the poet had drunk himself to death , and hearing that his widow was in difficulties , he had provided liberal help , though whether she was aware of the fact I do not know . |
| 8 | It was almost as if , after years of stolidly predictable behaviour , an old and respected great-uncle had declared himself to be a Buddhist or a Muslim or the follower of some obscure Eastern mystic , and , instead of keeping it to himself , insisted on dressing up in a variety of different-coloured kaftans and talking to people loudly about The Meaning of Life at drinks parties . |
| 9 | But as ENDS magazine pointed out , by February 1990 the electricity industry had committed itself to only one third of this : 4,000 MW of FGD . |
| 10 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 11 | The institute has committed itself to continuing to offer practical help and communication expertise as long as it is needed in the recovery process . |
| 12 | YORK City Council has proved itself to be one of the region 's most innovative local authorities . |
| 13 | In Britain the new anatomy was seen as especially threatening because the traditional sources of power and influence had committed themselves to Paley 's argument from design . |
| 14 | It is a return to the 1930s idea that people out of work had to humble themselves to be given benefit they were entitled to . |
| 15 | The widow 's eye make-up had transferred itself to Marilyn Thompson 's handkerchief . |
| 16 | The responsibilities of the two departments were to be as follows : the education authorities who operated a service under the 1910 Act had to confine themselves to ‘ interviewing , advising , registering and selecting juvenile applicants ’ , while the labour exchanges would ‘ register vacancies , place juveniles with employers and oversee their progress during the early years of employment ’ . |
| 17 | It had simply lost its way in terms of product innovation , the area in which Habitat had demonstrated itself to be supreme . |
| 18 | Not that her cousin 's health had relapsed , or anything like that , but her mood had communicated itself to the twins , who 'd been particularly fractious and difficult . |
| 19 | A criticism made by those in both parties who were opposed to the appointment was that on Mr Harold Macmillan 's prompting the Queen had allowed herself to be urged prematurely into a decision without having at her disposal all the available evidence about feeling in the Conservative Party . |
| 20 | Disproportionately she had longed , in the interminable wastes of adolescence , in the grey and monotonous steppes , and some of the longing had attached itself to this night , this one night of the year , when others ( she knew from school friends , from the radio , from novels ) , when others went to parties and celebrated whatever was about to be . |
| 21 | There was a wealth of passion in him , but whether — perhaps because of her very limited experience in these matters — something of her shyness had communicated itself to him or not , he had seemed to temper his passion , for the moment , to suit hers . |
| 22 | In 1931 he stated : the moment the responsibilities of any community , particularly in the field of social and economic questions , are shifted from any part of the nation to Washington , then that community has subjected itself to a remote bureaucracy . |
| 23 | Essentially the court is concerned whether the decision-making body has addressed itself to all relevant factors . |
| 24 | Will the whole population have to submit itself to tests of their suitability to have children ? |
| 25 | Although unsuccessful in his 1990 Senate and 1991 gubernatorial campaigns , Duke had shown himself to be a skilled politician capable of mobilizing considerable support amongst the white working class . |
| 26 | The tempo of a summer 's day had adjusted itself to the measured progress of the tournament through the placid dunes and sandhills . |
| 27 | Over the past few weeks , the heirs to Lord Denning 's mantle have proved themselves to be determined defenders of the people and upholders of justice . |
| 28 | The hon. Member for Sunderland , South ( Mr. Mullin ) might have mentioned that the local health authority has committed itself to eliminating all waiting lists of more than 12 months by the end of this calendar year . |
| 29 | The observer has to submit himself to the way things are . |
| 30 | Okoye has endeared himself to team-mates and fans not only through his play on the field but through his incredibly modest behaviour off it . |