Example sentences of "[vb base] [pn reflx] to [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President also announced that he would form a transitional government of " national union " as early as January 1991 , which would seek to " strengthen state machinery " and " devote itself to restoring the ethics of the civil service . " |
| 2 | A durian dilettante is a breed apart : there are even special clubs which devote themselves to following the durian season round the entire archipelago — feasting and waxing lyrical on the fruit 's narcotic delights . |
| 3 | Even when they apply themselves to understanding the effects of social relations on individual cognition , as with work on social identity and social representations , the patterns they describe are assumed to be based on universal properties of the human mind . |
| 4 | Members are again advised that when they are consulted by a client who requires legal aid for the purpose of proceedings in the English courts , they should ( subject to the above observations about legal advice and assistance on English matters ) confine themselves to assisting the client to complete the English form of application ( the Central Committee hold a supply of these ) . |
| 5 | Just confine yourself to watching the game , that 's all . |
| 6 | As we shall see in Chapter 6 , much conformity may be explained by powerlessness in the face of social circumstances , where the actors recognise their inability to change things , and so resign themselves to making the best of it . |