Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb -s] itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though still blind and naked , the chick manoeuvres itself inside the nest until an egg is lodged between its back and the side of the nest . |
| 2 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 3 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 4 | In this case we may say that the reflection shows itself through the mirror , and this illustrates the general principle that consciousness can be understood only by an examination of how it reveals itself through the material world . |
| 5 | The contradiction shows itself in the phenomena of underconsumption and in periodic crises ; and it provides the main ground for Marx 's expectation of an eventual breakdown of the capitalist system . |
| 6 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 7 | With the disc , the lamprey clamps itself on the flank of a fish , and with the tongue it rasps off the flesh , eating the fish alive . |
| 8 | I threaten nothing , but sit on my branch , attentive as any other creature ; as slowly the forest reveals itself in the cry of a bird , the crash of a branch , the rustle of leaves as something moves through the forest litter ; the incessant percussive music of insects . |
| 9 | Dr Macdonald clearly identifies the link between oedema , weeping and the flow of urine from the bladder in which the body frees itself from the water retained in the tissues causing the swelling which brings the patient to the doctor . |
| 10 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |
| 11 | The OALD prides itself on the number and quality of its examples — it contains far more than any comparable dictionary . |
| 12 | The roots grow huge , sculptural wings to buttress the tree and the climber wraps itself around the lapuna , which slowly decays inside it . |
| 13 | The I gives itself to the Thou , makes a complete act of dedication , links the two persons through the poetry . |
| 14 | The creature flings itself on the nearest character , crazed with pain and the desire to escape . |
| 15 | The physicality of the artefact lends itself to the work of praxis — that is , cultural construction through action rather than just conceptualization . |
| 16 | He then uses this analogy with the sentence to describe the trajectory by which the subject constitutes itself through the other . |
| 17 | The novel suggests itself as the work of a novelist intent on a gruesome entertainment . |
| 18 | The tRNA attaches itself to the appropriate amino acid . |
| 19 | The project prides itself on the intensive post-placement support offered to the children by their old key workers , and to the family by the family placement worker . |
| 20 | As mentioned earlier , the bidder binds itself to the scheme by agreeing to appear by counsel at the hearing of the petition and giving the appropriate undertaking . |
| 21 | When a solute is soluble in two immiscible liquids , the solute distributes itself between the two liquids . |
| 22 | The bush welds itself to the primary shaft and will not disengage . |
| 23 | Is the inescapable conclusion , therefore , that the régime finds itself between the devil and the deep blue sea ? |
| 24 | Today the school finds itself in the midst of a public debate which is shaking the foundations of French politics — some say ethics — has split Mitterand 's Socialist Party down the middle and has put the questions of immigration and integration back on the agenda with a vengeance . |
| 25 | The effect of Lenin 's strategy , he warned , would be that the party substitutes itself for the class , ‘ the party organization substitutes itself for the party , the Central Committee substitutes itself for the organization and , finally , a ‘ dictator ’ substitutes himself for the Central Committee ’ . |
| 26 | The placenta detaches itself from the uterine wall and , with other material , is forced out after the baby . |
| 27 | What if a council finds itself on the brink ? |
| 28 | Apart from the fact that it avoids the above dilemmas , by claiming only the narrowest scope for semantics , such a theory recommends itself to the pragmaticist for the following reasons . |
| 29 | Thus within hospitals the Alliance of Health Workers ( AHW ) has formed which as a union allies itself with the progressive national union federation . |
| 30 | Such viewpoints I have since found elaborated in Brereton ( 1944 ) who records , almost as an educational ‘ law ’ , that : ‘ the standard of an examination adjusts itself to the standard of those taking it ’ ( p. 43 ) . |