Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pn reflx] to [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived for his profession , so much so that , instead of limiting himself to examining the remains of bomb-blast victims , he attended the courses and lectures available only to a very few on bomb-making and disarming offered at Fort Halstead . |
| 2 | Although slight changes have been made to covenant administration , the principle of committing yourself to giving , for four or more years , remains the same . |
| 3 | There is also the consideration that she seems to be flirting with the possibility of committing herself to re-entering mainstream education locally . |
| 4 | As a youth , he was never an avid record collector and he had no real interest in applying himself to mastering an instrument . |
| 5 | Michael Coogan of the Building Societies Association Legal Department says : ‘ The Government wants mortgage lenders to emphasise to borrowers that they think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan . ’ |
| 6 | Indeed , the whole exercise is circular , since ‘ most banks would wish to review the audited accounts before committing themselves to renewing on demand facilities ’ . |
| 7 | Yet , he is not sure all his countrymen benefit similarly from committing themselves to becoming fulltime professionals in the northern summer : ‘ There is a danger if fast bowlers go over when they are too young , ’ Tribe says . |
| 8 | Some members of the Association hoped that English in education would help achieve such ends by addressing itself to countering linguistic perversion . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , by confining yourself to pinning literary tags on your own , closely observed generation , the picture distorts . |