Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [prep] the [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Urquhart held himself with the same appealing forcefulness as when he walked . |
| 2 | The Caledonian orogeny in reaching its climax at the end of Silurian times , expressed itself along the same Taconian lines and along the lines that were , much later , to be the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 3 | The Socialist League began to find itself in the same critical relationship with the Labour Party which had forced its predecessor , the ILP , to disaffiliate . |
| 4 | I had them all myself from the former British monopoly , the Central Electricity Generating Board , when I was the minister responsible for the day-to-day operations involved in privatising the British electricity industry : ‘ the integrity of the system ’ , the need to ensure the adequacy of contra power or ‘ vars ’ , safety considerations , the impossibility of storing electricity — all excellent points in themselves , but each fully capable of being accommodated in a competitive system such as has been invented , at least in embryo , in Britain . |
| 5 | Many foreign brands have established themselves in the former Soviet Union for the sake of the publicity , but Baskin-Robbins becomes one of the few to commit themselves to manufacturing there . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ What is the use of doing up the house , if you are to leave yourself in the same poor condition ? ’ demanded Rose . |
| 8 | As they served themselves from the many little dishes , Maura surveyed her companion . |