Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pn reflx] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , the local historian will find it useful to think of his chosen parish or neighbourhood in terms of broad categories such as ‘ open-field arable ’ or ‘ wood-pasture ’ or ‘ fenland edge ’ and to set himself the fundamental task of understanding how people adapted themselves to their physical environment . |
| 2 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 3 | The prospect of1993 and the abolition of customs controls between EC countries has spurred the Italian State to set itself the awe-inspiring task of cataloguing a further two million items of its national heritage within two years in execution of its duty to ‘ care for Italy 's landscape , history and cultural heritage ’ ( to quote the Constitution ) . |
| 4 | A good way of familiarising yourself with the principle of intervallic interchange is to set yourself the following task , both on and away from your guitar . |
| 5 | It seemed — the least he could do — to deny himself the dramatic gesture , to humiliate himself . |
| 6 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 7 | While Sarazen felt ‘ the biggest heel in the world ’ , he also knew he had to give himself the best chance of winning the Open ; and that , regrettably , could not be achieved with his old caddie Dan . |
| 8 | He kept up the pressure with his shoulder to give himself the widest gap possible . |
| 9 | All the right ingredients seem to be there : so it 's easy enough to persuade yourself the sharp steering , smooth increase in turbo power in the mid-range , quick-shifting gear change and body-hugging seats imply something of a breakthrough by Detroit . |
| 10 | But most important , please decide today to give yourself the financial protection of the Midland Personal Accident Plan . |
| 11 | If you ignore the ‘ whisper ’ of the wheel clamp , then you might choose to twist your ankle to give yourself the same message again . |
| 12 | In the 19th Century the working classes , exasperated by their plight and the lack of initiative of their employers , formed into trades unions to give themselves the corporate strength which individuals lacked . |
| 13 | But at least it brought in a lot of new business for the organisation which now likes to call itself the listening bonk . |
| 14 | A choice of dates is available from which to reckon the life of the College : 1 8 February 1791 , when the London committee decided to call itself The Veterinary College , London , and 8 April 1791 , when the president , vice-presidents and directors were elected and the statutes and regulations were approved . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , to call oneself the Fourth Estate is hardly unambitious , while the very names and nicknames of newspapers tell us much about their occupational pretensions — The Times ( the Thunderer ) , the Guardian , the Globe , the Tribune , the Observer , the Examiner , the Mirror and Le Monde . |
| 16 | The start of every cricket season causes cricketers of all standards and all ages to ask themselves the basic question , ‘ have I still got the old skills ? |
| 17 | It used to be thought that , when Offa was styled on occasion in the charters of the period rex Anglorum , this signified that he aspired to lordship over all the Anglo-Saxons or at least to make himself the only king south of the Humber . |