Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He placed the course in what was , to our minds , a very reasonable perspective , saying that we were here to teach our particular specialities , but obviously there would have to be give and take , in that we would adapt ourselves to the students ' needs , and they would adapt themselves in turn to the sort of thing which we felt capable of teaching . |
| 2 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 3 | He first isolated pure lines of eight paired traits ; of which we shall confine ourselves to the lines of tall ’ and ‘ short ’ peas . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , we do n't confine ourselves to the town . |
| 5 | Lord Wilberforce 's statement in Tameside , that the decision-maker should properly direct himself to the facts , provides a good example of one aspect of factual review which would allow the courts great latitude for substituting their view for that of the decision-maker . |
| 6 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 7 | The actual agenda now established by the Americans and their subsidiaries , does not direct itself to the issues either Enzensberger or Halliday identify . |
| 8 | In accordance , however , with the normal practice , the court considered the whole case and did not confine itself to the objections in point of form to the surrejoinder . |
| 9 | The planning sub-committee of Buckinghamshire county council , which meets on Monday to consider the scheme , must inevitably confine itself to the planning application before it , and the planning issues arising from it . |
| 10 | Adenauer 's view was that West Germany must tie itself to the Atlantic Alliance in order to ensure Western support against Russia . |
| 11 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 12 | As a consequence , I will confine myself to the facts as I understand them . |
| 13 | " I might as well resign myself to the fact that Matthew Preston is not out of my life . |
| 14 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 15 | Local GPs and social workers need to know that guaranteed specialist assistance is at hand both day and night and , as distress and despair do not conveniently confine themselves to the hours of nine to five , this means having experienced consultant psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses on call for community work at all times . |
| 16 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 17 | Stating that Mr McNeill ‘ apologises without reservation for the offence caused by his remarks ’ , Mr Pignatelli said his deputy would further explain himself to the council 's advisory group on racial equality and the Strathclyde Community Relations Council on Thursday . |
| 18 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 19 | It should be noted that if any of these ineffective exclusion clauses are included in an advertisement , the trader responsible will expose himself to the risk of proceedings against him under the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988 ( see paragraph 16 — 37 , below ) . |
| 20 | From the seller 's point of view , rather than expose himself to the vagaries of litigation , and the need to negotiate with each buyer as to exactly what remedies are appropriate in each case , it is preferable to set out a specific and detailed procedure which deals with the remedying of defects . |
| 21 | I was angry as hell at the time and disappointed , too , for this was a strongly Labour-controlled council , but looking back now I realize that this was the best thing that could have happened to the group , for now we could present ourselves to the people of Rotherham as a genuine minority with a grievance . |
| 22 | It is perhaps in part a matter of date which makes Dornford Yates 's novels seem high-flown and absurd to us where we can accommodate ourselves to the formalities of Anthony Hope 's Ruritania . |
| 23 | Jesus told the leper to go and show himself to the priest and make an offering for his healing . |
| 24 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 25 | The fiduciary relationship , if it is to exist at all , must accommodate itself to the terms of the contract so that it is consistent with , and conforms to , them . |
| 26 | Only after these days can she present herself to the priest for ritual atonement of her impurity : |
| 27 | In the second account , Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priests , and while they were on their way they discovered they were cured . |
| 28 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 29 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 30 | The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse . |