Example sentences of "attaches itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | RICHARD : Well , it 's a seed from the fig family , a strangler fig , and it attaches itself … |
| 2 | Anyway , as I was saying , it attaches itself to a tree . |
| 3 | The chlorine atoms make way for the other atoms when cis- DDP attaches itself to guanine , one of the bases of DNA . |
| 4 | They were ordinary chaps who deliberately sold themselves short right down to their weedy name , an idea that still attaches itself to anything on the label . |
| 5 | His new work attaches itself to the ready-made tradition , taking the theme of laziness into ‘ a la recherche du temps perdu ’ . |
| 6 | When a neurotransmitter attaches itself outside , the part on the inside changes its shape . |
| 7 | Carbon monoxide attaches itself to haemoglobin much more easily than oxygen does . |
| 8 | Particular interest attaches itself to the distribution of the elderly population , because of its implications for the provision of retirement accommodation and social services . |
| 9 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 10 | It then finds a hiding place and attaches itself to a branch with silk . |
| 11 | This little parasite attaches itself to fish with a vicious barbed head . |
| 12 | This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome . |
| 13 | The tRNA attaches itself to the appropriate amino acid . |