Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pn reflx] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 2 | It was to be expected , and she knew she must show herself to be more efficient in future . |
| 3 | This being impossible , the next thing to be wished for is that , at every instant , seeing reason to believe as much , and not being able to satisfy himself to the contrary , he should conceive himself to be so " ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 4 | Marxism and Existentialism have exercised the greatest influence upon theology , while in addition the general question of how far theology should permit itself to be influenced by philosophy has also been given a good deal of attention . |
| 5 | It drives us directly from foundationalism ( for it was in foundationalist terms that the argument was formulated ) to the most interesting form of solipsism , the view that you must take yourself to be the only subject of experience — in fact the subject of experience — since you can have no conception of another such . |
| 6 | To begin with I thought I must force myself to be matter-of-fact , not let his abnormality take control of the situation . |
| 7 | So when we listen to music we should allow ourselves to be carried away into the musical paradise . |
| 8 | The range of oriental rugs on offer in a dealer 's showroom or department store is overwhelming , and you may feel yourself to be at the mercy of the salesman . |
| 9 | A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework . |
| 10 | Neither did I feel male , but rather neuter , as a child might feel itself to be neuter . |
| 11 | I would personally not wish to live in a society which , no matter how secularly Utopian it may claim itself to be , kills its weakest members , namely the innocent unborn child and the old and/or terminally ill . |
| 12 | In our view , although the Code extends beyond the treatment of those in detention , what is clear is that it was intended to protect suspects who are vulnerable to abuse or pressure from police officers or who may believe themselves to be so . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’ |
| 14 | Where lay the basis for the belief that there was a corporate life , a level of interchange over academic matters in which all could feel themselves to be involved ? |
| 15 | I simply ca n't understand how Simon de Montfort , with his experience , could allow himself to be trapped in a loop of the Avon . ’ |
| 16 | Either the US could allow themselves to be convinced that they were fighting one war , in Vietnam and Korea ; that with practically unlimited US military and economic assistance the French could defeat the main Vietminh forces in Tonkin ; and that revolution or insurgency could be contained in the rest of the country . |
| 17 | Mining remained a craft until the early part of the last war , with each collier taking a boy as a kind of ‘ apprentice ’ into his stall ; and in some instances trying him out later with another boy , both under supervision in an adjacent stall , until they could prove themselves to be master-craftsmen , able to work the stall and be trusted to look after themselves . |
| 18 | Further , how can this situation occur in a society which would consider itself to be both civilised and compassionate in its dealings with older people ? |
| 19 | One would expect ourselves to be bonded with Adam and Eve against our common foe but instead in their unfallen state , they seem to be most unlike the people of today . |
| 20 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 21 | But , it also knew that no politician in the run-up to an election would allow himself to be associated in any way with organisations or groups tainted with crime or violence . |
| 22 | Except that women were deferential to other speakers they would let they would they were they would allow themselves to be walked over in conversation but at the same time you had this stereotype of women who talked too much . |
| 23 | But there was no way she would allow herself to be carried away by that hypnotic pull that he had over her . |
| 24 | The trend to uniformity ( not always necessarily simplification ) that is often found in so-called prestige accents ( such as RP ) would seem itself to be related to functional factors . |
| 25 | As I cycled faster and faster each morning as my legs grew stronger , I would imagine myself to be beating a world record for the number of times anyone could ride round our yard in one morning . |
| 26 | Though this notion of what I shall be calling ‘ discursive metaphor ’ may seem itself to be metaphoric , it is , as we shall see , a justified extension of the standard definition , as it accounts for the distinct use of figurality in Brooke-Rose 's fiction . |
| 27 | Later on the 40 pins will reveal themselves to be tiny light bulbs . |
| 28 | Last night , Ena Gilmour , Raymond Gilmour 's mother , of Hawthorn Avenue , Johnstone , said : ‘ I will allow myself to be slightly optimistic , I do n't put it any stronger than that because I have been let down before and I do n't want to let myself go too far this time . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And he will allow himself to be arrested and hanged , ’ I continued , nodding . |
| 30 | All the animals here , including some birds , may be approached and in some cases will allow themselves to be petted and stroked . |