Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Other criteria such as the press 's preference for orientating itself to the state , to political parties , or to economic interests are important but secondary considerations . |
| 32 | If you really enjoy relaxing in the bath , you might like to think about treating yourself to a relaxing whirlpool or spa bath ( of which Jacuzzi is the best known brand ) . |
| 33 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 34 | He poured a brandy and handed it to Craig before helping himself to a good measure . |
| 35 | There was certainly no implication in classical criminology , as there was to be in positivist , that we can ignore the content and operation of legal rules in addressing ourselves to the question of the causes and treatment of crime . |
| 36 | In presenting yourself to the examiner , the skill with which you save time over small routine items can be very much in your favour , and this skill comes only with practice . |
| 37 | Their work points the way to a revision of plate tectonic theory and ideas about mountain building The USGS geologists , Mark Blake , David Howell and David Jones , have identified six distinct ‘ episodes ’ gradually creating present-day California Chunks of land came crashing onto the western side of the continent and spread out before fixing themselves to the existing coastline . |
| 38 | Highly successful in commending himself to a variety of audiences and communicating his project with the Dhalit people . |
| 39 | The position of the old inn made it attractive to wealthy friends of Royalty , wishing to change their clothes before presenting themselves to the monarch at Windsor . |
| 40 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
| 41 | Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ . |
| 42 | It is worth discussing your child 's needs in detail and having a few rehearsal sessions before committing yourself to a job . |
| 43 | Check carefully with your own Customs and Excise and the other country 's embassy before committing yourself to a purchase , as you can not take the rug back should it prove unsuitable . |
| 44 | Being a temp gives you a good chance to try out different types of work before committing yourself to a permanent job , and also to size up the different companies . |
| 45 | Nevertheless , knowledge and skill can be acquired more quickly through a well-planned training programme , and you would be well advised to consolidate your early practical experience through further training before committing yourself to the full responsibility of your own farm and livestock . |
| 46 | Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong . |
| 47 | I want to upgrade to a much larger reef tank in the near future , but first should I gain much-needed experience in keeping invertebrates before committing myself to the expense of failure with a large tank ? |
| 48 | Despite what may have appeared as the rejuvenation of an all-but-lost career , Solly is still a long way from committing himself to the marathon . |
| 49 | We do know that responses by women members of the Legitimation League were cautious and ambiguous , highlighting the tensions felt by feminists in committing themselves to a libertarian politics . |
| 50 | He sat for more than an hour alone before dragging himself to the room , shutting the doors loudly behind him as he went . |
| 51 | Perhaps now we can take Mill 's insight on board without opening ourselves to the charge of arbitrariness . |
| 52 | What are things coming to if it is no longer possible to spend time sailing and taking part in other water sports without subjecting yourself to the risk of such symptoms as rashes and vomiting ? |
| 53 | At home , he had quelled the murmurings of those who wanted a clear sign of what the regime 's institutional future was to be , without committing himself to a date for the return of a monarch to the leadership of the state , and without specifying who his successor would be . |
| 54 | This is a good place to abseil down the face without committing yourself to a hard route out again . |
| 55 | To counter both the unfavourable home environment , and the difficulty poorer parents have in equalling the sharp elbows of the middle classes , who are well accustomed to taking themselves to the front of the queue , the school starting age for nursery education should be reduced to three . |
| 56 | However , he did so without conceding a share in his legitimacy to the Resistance inside France and without confining himself to the role of the Resistance 's leader . |
| 57 | Tomkinson had a previous conviction for exposing himself to a woman in 1985 and was given probation in 1990 for assault . |
| 58 | There is no choice about the way through ; if you enter you can only earn the right to emerge by submitting yourself to a series of confrontations with the work . |
| 59 | Where identification is a morally valuable attitude which can be expressed by binding oneself to the authority , one has a reason to do so which is served by consent to the authority . |
| 60 | They won by applying themselves to the job in hand and , if they had continued to do the same in the Tests , it might have been an interesting summer . |