Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] itself [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Yet in the absence of reductive , causal explanation , holism must content itself either with an ultimate appeal to the occult and inexplicable , or to doubtful functional metaphors concerning the ‘ social system ’ , ‘ social organism ’ , or whatever . |
| 3 | He said the NHS should address itself more to the needs of cancer patients so that they do not feel they have to go outside the system . |
| 4 | In London , meanwhile , a Whitehall report citing all sorts of commercial opportunities at the British Museum has drawn a defensive response : suggestions that the museum might see itself more like a branch of the leisure industry have got the staff bristling with indignation . |
| 5 | Well you pa yeah you certainly pay nine hundred pound a year out anyway , damage to the toilet seat and so you know , that 'll pay itself back in a year and , you know . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll switch itself off in a few seconds . ’ |
| 7 | In short , to explore ways by which the BBC could pull itself out of the on-going financial crisis but , at the same time , to maintain the quality of the product . |
| 8 | One yank and she had a feeling it would detach itself completely from the dashboard . |
| 9 | At present , Ann led and Megan followed , but that would sort itself out in the long run . |
| 10 | If one had a particle with an energy above what is called the Planck energy , ten million million million GeV ( 1 followed by nineteen zeros ) , its mass would be so concentrated that it would cut itself off from the rest of the universe and form a little black hole . |
| 11 | The supreme example of spiny defence is shown by the porcupine fish , a small inflatable creature that can puff itself up into a prickly sphere , either with an intake of water when under the surface , or with air when it has been caught and removed from the sea . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This involves an input of energy and the sodium is trapped inside a large molecule , called an ionophore , that acts as a ligand ( a compound that can attach itself strongly to a metal ) . |
| 14 | We believe that , in that way , Britain can pull itself out of the slump and out of the recession into better times economically . |