Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] in the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the rage and common decency of the British people will vent itself in the near future where it has not in the past and finally get this Government out and replace it with a more caring one .
2 With these qualities they well be fully prepared for the big trial , but they must also know themselves in the deepest sense — ‘ to be in touch ’ , as Scott frequently mentions , ‘ with that critical inner voice . ’
3 People can immerse themselves in the spiritual dimension without being religious at all .
4 This amalgam of experience will embody itself in the final shape and fitting of a lifeboat that is designed to take the RNLI into the 21st century .
5 Donna was n't sure whether it was perspiration or if she 'd wet herself in the hectic chase .
6 Another way of creating a bad impression at a social interview is by being so self-conscious and aware of what is going on that you are unable to act naturally and show yourself in the best possible light .
7 Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis .
8 If you plan to stay up on election night , you could sustain yourself in the small hours with freshly baked pizza .
9 They can advertise themselves in the truest and most direct way possible : the experience of friends , colleagues or neighbours who make up the union .
10 Professor Davis noted that the industries which expanded before 1780 did not transform themselves in the dramatic way we have come to know as an industrial revolution .
11 Because you do n't hear yourself in the same way as everybody else hears you .
12 Because they had no way of driving out of office the men who ran the executive in their colonies , the colonial assemblies could not assert themselves in the same way as the Westminster Parliament , and had to fall back on using the seventeenth-century approach of saying that there should be redress of grievance before taxes were voted to run the government .
13 All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all .
14 Malnutrition need not manifest itself in the short term as severe disease .
15 Most advocates of biological theories do not express themselves in the same bizarre language and style as Lombroso , and such theories of crime are not merely historical relics that died with Lombroso .
16 Er to work on the key issues which are common to all options for the future , er such that th we can put ourselves in the best position to secure future business success .
17 First , however , he must prove himself in the hardest job of his life .
18 But since , against the odds , Alice keeps her cellar as ‘ the perfection of cleanliness ’ , the image is pleasing and does not impose itself in the same way on the reader 's imagination .
19 If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that .
20 Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired .
21 I mean if if a woman undresses okay let's take a scenario okay Simon maybe er you know you could put yourself in the same situation
22 They were the merchants , traders and businessmen of the north-east Mediterranean coast who had most to lose if the Shias could establish themselves in the economic life of the Levant .
23 Apart from that , there 's a certain justification for the MC4 clasping the live album nettle — given that it was their constant , sometimes belligerent belief in gigging that helped them establish themselves in the first place .
24 Unfortunately , in the course of talking and pretending , the sovereign states can harm themselves in the real exercise of real power .
25 Not until Aug. 7 did Turkey unequivocally place itself in the anti-Iraqi camp , with its decision ( coinciding with a similar decision by Saudi Arabia — see above ) to block the pipelines , to ban Iraqi and Kuwaiti trade ( except supplies of medicines and food ) and to freeze assets .
26 This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school .
27 More significantly , only a fifth believe lawyers should not involve themselves in the general running of other people 's businesses and just three per cent that they are currently too aggressive in selling their services .
28 The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge .
29 Without rigorous financial controls , a haulier will never find himself in the happy position of considering a real expansion of his business .
30 Another who may find himself in the same situation will call upon all his inner resources in his efforts to deal with the problem .
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