Example sentences of "[pn reflx] and the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reality too may be reinterpreted philosophically as an illusion , a world of appearances , what Schopenhauer calls " the veil of maya " , interposed between ourselves and the ultimate reality — by which is meant the ground of being , the primordial oneness or unity of all individual things . |
| 2 | As he had become an English citizen and relations between ourselves and the Soviet Union were , when he died , a great deal pricklier than they are today , this caused considerable suspicion and distrust among the fiscal authorities of both countries . |
| 3 | For the horticultural work , links need to be established and maintained between ourselves and the major gardening programme makers , specialist gardening magazines , and the gardening correspondents of the major newspapers . |
| 4 | In the course of our psychic experiences with the objects of our feelings in our environment we build up an inner world which is peopled by ourselves and the residual images of these objects . |
| 5 | Shortage of newsprint was another link , and I was constantly in touch with Singapore , London and Calcutta about supplies , which when they came were divided as fairly as possible between ourselves and the independent newspapers . |
| 6 | The book is as gloriously colourful as the great maestro himself and the many pictures document his youth , marriage , family life and pastimes . |
| 7 | Macari used his appointment not only to begin his personal return to form , but as an opportunity to put further distance between himself and the squalid affairs at Swindon . |
| 8 | He gathered his great strength , remembered the lessons he had learned abroad , and drove himself and the weary men on to do what must be done . |
| 9 | We have an eye-witness who heard him when he went to preach at Easington colliery to a large congregation of miners and their families , who felt that he himself and the other hearers were electrified . |
| 10 | Hammond retired from his military position in the course of 1651–2 , but continued to be much preoccupied with the pay arrears due to himself and the other personnel of the artillery train from his years of service . |
| 11 | A dog 's defensive instinct is his need to protect himself and the other members of his pack , which in these days usually includes the family unit . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) In case of a dissolution of the partnership , whether as respects all the partners or as respects the assigning partner , the assignee is entitled to receive the share of the partnership assets to which the assigning partner is entitled as between himself and the other partners , and , for the purpose of ascertaining that share , to an account as from the date of the dissolution . |
| 13 | The original accusations levelled by Thorez were based on a fictitious analogy between Nizan himself and the fictional character Pluvinage . |
| 14 | The flute faltered , the flute player stepped aside and indicated to her the place between himself and the hollow-cheeked man with the guitar . |
| 15 | Since Jim Henson 's sudden , untimely death his son Brian has taken over the company reins and continues the great tradition by trundling out Kermit as Bob Cratchit , Miss Piggy as Emily Cratchit , Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig , Rizzo The Rat as Himself and The Great Gonzo as narrator Mr Dickens . |
| 16 | It was not impossible they planned to work some malign mischief upon himself and the gullible Mistress Sinister . |
| 17 | His original plan had been largely dependent on much more time to play with , and involved a much closer personal interplay between himself and the young pilot . |
| 18 | Macmillan — worried by the age gap between himself and the young president — was careful not to take anything for granted . |
| 19 | In his resignation letter , Sir Geoffrey noted the growing difference which had emerged between himself and the Prime Minister on the increasingly important issue of Britain 's role in Europe , and especially on monetary policy , and stated that he now felt that he could no longer serve with honour as a member of her government . |
| 20 | The duties of every professor shall include original work by the professor himself and the general supervision of research and advanced work in his subject and department , and assistance of students in their studies by advice or informal instruction . |
| 21 | On page 215 he does , however , to put some distance between himself and the racist overtones of this tradition : ‘ But what was the mysterious magic by which the Germans breathed new life into a dying Europe ? |
| 22 | His nibs here was doing his solo piece , the stage to himself and the old people were comparatively quiet , until the one with the hearing aid asked in no small voice , ‘ I ca n't get me aid to work ; what 's he playin' ? ’ |
| 23 | Above all , he established a rapport between himself and the leading noblemen , his companions in arms , which formed the basis of the longest period of political stability the country had known since the early years of Edward I. These achievements , however , had their price . |
| 24 | But what held the audience 's rapt attention from beginning to end was above all the genius of Verdi himself and the superlative grandeur of his music . |
| 25 | What distinguishes Burton was the formidable nature of the obstacles he set himself and the growing weaknesses of body which he ignored . |
| 26 | The boat was wedged across a rock where the current was not as bad as that elsewhere , and they threw a rope across to McCandless who tied it around himself and the near-unconscious woman . |
| 27 | ‘ He 'll manage twenty-five miles or so by nightfall , and that will bring him to the stream over there called the Carron , with a dozen miles of forest and boggy ground between himself and the main river-crossing . |
| 28 | To suggest continuity between himself and the triumphant generals of the later Republic , Octavian reconstructed all the buildings in the area of the Porticus Metelli , where their booty had been displayed . |
| 29 | Prentice closed the gap between himself and the terrified woman . |
| 30 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |