Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] itself [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philosophy that limits itself to conceptual analysis can discuss the discourses of those who talk about sex and gender , looking for conceptual coherence and the presence or absence of rational argument . |
| 2 | For these teachers the time taken up by their extra activities more than repays itself in renewed zest and self-confidence in school . |
| 3 | This process seems to have been handled badly , even if it is not one that lends itself to sensitive treatment . |
| 4 | It will settle and drape itself on either side forming a natural , water-shedding thatch . |
| 5 | Theory could only be completed in practice and , as a result , Dewey argued that philosophy must abandon abstract metaphysics and apply itself to social engineering . |
| 6 | When injured it becomes a less efficient hunting machine and puts itself in considerable danger . |
| 7 | To others , however , Gorbachev 's policies marked a skil-ful attempt to gain the initiative in the international field , to end Reagan 's massive rearmament effort , and allow the USSR to reform and strengthen itself for continued competition with the West . |
| 8 | Designers ' Saturday is not an exhibition of how to furnish your home , but concerns itself with interior design as a whole . |
| 9 | Yet to me it is more quietly impressive than all the grand ‘ exegi monumentum ’ gestures , since it refuses to turn outward to time , or the world , but addresses itself with complete absorption to its subject . |