Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On a number of occasions in the novel , the narrator Marcel himself refers to the intellect as a kind of lattice-work , with which we try to capture reality , but through which reality flows and escapes us .
2 Offe himself refers to the exhaustion of the potential of the labour movement and explicitly endorses Gorz 's ( 1982 ) Farewell to the Working Class .
3 Ackerley himself marches at the head of this file of memorialists .
4 Bogle himself sits at the desk by the door and takes the money .
5 The great man himself sits at an aircraft-carrier of a desk across the room from the entrance .
6 Refusing all but the most exceptional interview , Auerbach himself insists on the autonomy of the work .
7 Day 30 Paid himself wages for the month of £320 calculated on the basis of £80 per week for a 40 hr week .
8 This assessment is borne out in part by what Gandhi himself says about the need for sexual renunciation in order to realize God .
9 We shall examine the relation of this new humanism to the history of Western colonialism in a later chapter : it is not a question that Foucault himself elaborates in the course of what is claimed to be an , ethnology of Western culture' .
10 The challenge he sets himself grows from the nature of his materials and their relationship to an evolving form , and the outcome often involves a series of variations on known or familiar objects .
11 What he leaves himself amounts to a prize-giving for English composition with the sea as the subject .
12 After a few moments the professor himself appears from a doorway .
13 The warp loops marked on the map are to misdirect intruders and add to the security of the Bloodheart — whenever anyone or anything except Drachenfels himself treads on the start-point of a warp loop , roll a D10 to see where they end up :
14 Some birds and animals come via the RSPCA and he receives funding for these ; but he himself pays for the care of injured wildlife brought in by the public .
15 Mascis himself hides behind a curtain of hair , uttering barely a word to the audience all evening , letting his guitar do all the squealing and screeching , but always with a suggestion of melody .
16 Tod himself weeps like a baby before the dreams happen .
17 Merton 's ( 1938 ) attempt to explain crime as a response to anomie — the disjuncture between cultural goals of success and legitimate opportunity structures through which success might be realized — has been reproduced over 110 times , a fact which in itself testifies to the importance of this analysis .
18 The actual administration of services authorized by Acts is a process that itself contributes to the making of social policy .
19 The prosody of Dame Sirith may be unobtrusive , but as such it represents a smooth and polished performance that itself contributes to the tone of the work .
20 Moreover , though he devotes several pages to a description of the work done in these oil refineries , Gallie does not address the question of whether the technology itself differs in the French as compared to the British plants , nor whether details of the work organisation itself differ in a non-random way between the two countries .
21 It does not include every instance in which the hearer or reader has to supply missing information , but only those cases where the grammatical structure itself points to an item or items that can fill the slot in question .
22 It could be said , however , that this type of critique of Western rationalism itself belongs to a tradition within Western culture .
23 Here the account of the legal problem itself refers to a disposition as a legacy or a trust , and then goes on to quote words of the other type .
24 But it could not in my judgment , be done simply by a document which itself refers to the contract , and I reject Mr Ritchie 's submission on this …
25 But even in times of privation , idealism could sustain itself thanks to the prospect that talent and motivation would be identified and promoted .
26 Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state .
27 Certain ex parte applications are required to be made by affidavit , in which case the affidavit itself suffices as the application .
28 What you pack apart from the camcorder itself depends on the kind of holiday you are planning and the amount of luggage you can reasonably handle .
29 A CONDITIONED REFLEX occurs when as a result of experience an associated stimulus brings about the response , thus where the taste or smell of food brings about salivation ; and the ringing of a bell does not ; after a series of experiences where both stimuli are given simultaneously , the ringing of the bell by itself results in an animal salivating .
30 If the wrong agreed on itself amounts to a tort against the plaintiff perhaps little has been lost by the restriction of conspiracy , for the combination must be carried into effect to cause damage and then the substantive tort is committed .
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