Example sentences of "it [verb] itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neuron Data , better known for its Nexpert expert system until it re-invented itself as a GUI development outfit , plans to push on into what it sees as a burgeoning market for software which can make an ISV 's job designing solutions which work across heterogeneous environments much easier . |
| 2 | It allies itself with no political party , no outside cause . |
| 3 | From then on , throughout the fifties , it doubled itself every five years . |
| 4 | In fact it doubled itself in size every day . |
| 5 | Then the logic of the social system and the antagonism of classes continues to develop so that ultimately it destroys itself and the material conditions which brought it about . |
| 6 | It turns itself off if you leave it untouched for five minutes , a feature sadly lacking on the GameBoy . |
| 7 | Total marketing and sales expenses increased as it turns itself into a market-driven company to $24.3m , up 45% . |
| 8 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 9 | When he sat , it revealed itself as a sticking-plaster , like a small moustache . |
| 10 | At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment . |
| 11 | Moreover it is less than clear from the Bill what advantages are supposed to accrue to a school if it separates itself from a Local Authority , unless doing so is thought in general to be advantageous ( where , for instance , a Local Authority is unduly ‘ political ’ ) . |
| 12 | For a moment before it separates itself from its surroundings I catch a glimpse of its round eyes , beautiful but stupid , taking in the sight of a forty-three-year-old writer wearing shorts and a faded polo shirt , his face somewhat craggier than he sees it in his mind 's eye , his waist a little more solid and his eyes bright with the thoughts he is generating . |
| 13 | Given that N. Langsdorfii could be a perennial in a mild winter and that it seeds itself even more freely , this could go from being a rarity to a ‘ pernicious weed ’ in record time . |
| 14 | I ca n't remember now , but I still love it and continue to be amazed every time I see it in a catalogue for it seeds itself as freely as any common plantain . |
| 15 | Correctly named Limnanthes douglasii , the seed is readily available and , when conditions suit , it seeds itself so readily that it becomes self-perpetuating and can even become invasive . |
| 16 | For example , in Lonrho/House of Fraser ( 1979 ) , it concerned itself with the managerial capacity of a particular individual . |
| 17 | It impresses itself upon you subliminally . |
| 18 | When it spots an insect on overhanging vegetation , it lines itself up and then shoots a jet of water from its mouth to knock the insect out of the air . |
| 19 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
| 20 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 21 | She 'd loved the stones it smoothed , and its wildness when it flung itself over the promenade wall , scattering gravel and driftwood . |
| 22 | Eager to be a good green , she spent her entire week 's allowance on a giant aerosol spray because it announced itself as ‘ environment-friendly ’ . |
| 23 | The RSPB goes to great lengths to research the topics in which it involves itself , so that people will take notice of what the Society says and does and treat its views with respect . |
| 24 | A rite is part of the culture the individual is born into , and it imposes itself on him from the outside like the rest of his culture . |
| 25 | the relative informality and openness of literature teaching , its disinclination to impose judgements or dictate pre-given conclusions , itself constitutes a determinate discursive regime , constrained by its own rules , limits and positionalities : a regime that can be characterised as " liberal " in so far as it imposes itself not by insisting on the positional authority of the teacher , nor by compelling assent to a given and explicit curriculum of knowledge , but by inviting a voluntary recognition of the existence , purpose and value of a " subject " : Literature itself . |
| 26 | Where it offers itself up |
| 27 | There are two courses open to the British government if it is to maintain its reputation , on which it prides itself , of honouring its commitments . |
| 28 | It prides itself on this fact and points out in its brochure that while a large group can offer a wide range of services ‘ many of which you are unlikely to want … its investment managers suffer from real problems and conflicts of interest : supporting in-house issues , buying in-house unit trusts , helping its market makers and churning portfolios ’ . |
| 29 | It manifested itself in pedestrianised town centres and neighbourhood centres , in Radburn type housing layouts , by the provision of a direct footpath system quite separate from , and more direct than , the roads , and by bridges or underpasses where footpaths crossed the distributor roads . |
| 30 | It manifested itself in the small hours at such an advanced stage that no cure save amputation of the head could bring relief . |