Example sentences of "[verb] itself [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In accepting Murav'ev 's proposals the regime made plain that , although it had just committed itself firmly to the emancipation of the serfs ( in the Nazimov Rescript ) , it was not yet prepared to adopt the principle of decentralization or to move towards provincial self-government . |
| 2 | I regard the existence of flourishing humanities research as an index to the civilisation of our society ; Labour , however , has committed itself prematurely to the establishment of a humanities research council . |
| 3 | It has lent itself admirably to the finishing of chairs , cabinets and desks — pieces where a very sensitive finish is required . |
| 4 | A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry . |
| 5 | The object may lend itself equally to the expression of difference , indicating the separate domains to which people or aspects of people belong , and to the expression of unity , connecting otherwise diverse domains . |
| 6 | And at temperatures of 40°C plus , the insect can orient itself parallel to the Sun 's rays to reduce the amount of body surface facing the Sun . |
| 7 | Unsurprisingly , it confined itself largely to the home — to the space between the sink and the bed . |
| 8 | Christmas is a natural time for us to indulge ourselves , free from the constraints of commissioning clients , and as calligraphy lends itself admirably to the creation of ephemera such as greetings cards , most of us have a large collection of those many of our distinguished colleagues . |
| 9 | The accumulation of data over a long period of time is a situation that lends itself well to the use of a microcomputer . |
| 10 | And indeed , the lexicon of " Diffugere nives " lends itself repeatedly to the construction of immanent linkages in the lexicon , a strain of metaphor not overt ( like the obvious figure of comae , " tresses " , in the second line ) but operating covertly through the potential spread of reference , the semantic leeway , in certain items of vocabulary . |