Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , the enquirer who is using himself as a research instrument needs to be as aware as possible and committed to becoming more aware of his own biases , values and his reasons for holding the conceptual framework he does . |
| 2 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three foot distance for your first time since puberty . |
| 3 | Another innovation of lenses is seeing yourself without the cover of glasses from a three-foot distance for the first time since puberty . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Belfast is bracing itself for a vicious war between rival republican terror groups over drugs . |
| 5 | ENGLISH football is bracing itself for an invasion of South African soccer talent . |
| 6 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Philippines is bracing herself for a legal battle over her decision not to allow the remains of the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , to be returned home from Hawaii for burial . |
| 7 | This implies that the vendor is representing itself as an insurer whereas the real claim is the full value of the damages suffered by the breach of contract ; ( d ) ensuring the purchaser acknowledges it has not relied on any representation other than those incorporated in the sale agreement and that it shall not have any right to rescind the sale agreement . |
| 8 | He 's amusing himself at a dull time of year , and being here without his womenfolk , but he 's as adroit at calming the storm as he is at raising it . |
| 9 | I note that , yet again , the Liberal party is aligning itself with the Labour party on social and taxation matters . |
| 10 | In my view the key to the solution of the present problem is to be found by recognising that in present day society people generally work with two principal aims in view ; the first is to provide themselves with an income available for current spending and the second is to provide money that will be put into a pension scheme to provide them with an income after their retirement . |
| 11 | Married but childfree , she 's gearing herself for a sad goodbye to her 20s . |
| 12 | And signing on and signing off … the goalie who 's saved himself from the dole queue |
| 13 | Milpitas , California-based , LSI Logic Corp is catapulting itself into the X terminal market introducing the RISC-based Racer X Board , which allows OEMs to build monochrome or colour X-terminals based on the MIPS Computer Systems Inc R3000 RISC . |
| 14 | Fraser 's had two thousand pounds in cash and been allowed lots of time by the airforce , and the army gave him a radio used in the Falklands — the rest he 's done himself with a mortgage |
| 15 | She is expressing herself against the popular wisdom concerning her sex . |
| 16 | Professor Moravcsik is addressing himself to a vast audience , from high school students to politically responsible adults . |
| 17 | UTV and Channel 4 now have their own separate sales arrangements in Dublin , and UTV is pushing itself as an all-Ireland TV medium . |
| 18 | Computervision Corp so wants to put its sad ownership by Prime Computer Inc behind it that it is remaking itself in the pure computer-aided design software image of the company Prime acquired as quickly as it can . |
| 19 | China 's Gansu Institute for Natural Energy , the only institute permitted by Chinese authorities to design solar energy equipment , is establishing itself as a training centre for solar energy technicians from African countries . |
| 20 | In 1983 gas , coal and nuclear power accounted for 16% , 9% and 1% respectively of energy demand and it is gas which is establishing itself as the most significant oil alternative . |
| 21 | ‘ Cup places are up for grabs and I 'll be watching carefully tomorrow to see if any player is saving himself for the semi-final , ’ said Malone . |
| 22 | With more emphasis on household products , does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket ? |
| 23 | Yes , in his own quiet way Summerchild is presenting himself to an audience . |
| 24 | In bringing the case , the Turkish government is presenting itself as a great ally of archaeologists . |
| 25 | The truth is that the party leadership , in contradiction to its own declarations , is ridding itself of the democratic wing of the party and is preparing for social revenge and for a party and state coup . " |
| 26 | ‘ Captain Hook 's drowned hisself in the river , ’ he babbled . |
| 27 | Now it is selling itself as the natural arena for developing companies in the new Länder . |
| 28 | To sit down in meditation and think of these mystical ideas is to poise oneself for the transcendent journey . |
| 29 | To smoke is to dissociate oneself from the middle-class health fascists , to say no to jogging and yoghurt and yoga . |
| 30 | ‘ It seems he 's elevated himself into the big league these past four years . |