Example sentences of "[vb base] ourselves [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predation between invertebrates if we confine ourselves in the macro sense and exclude zooplankton feeding invertebrates is mainly due to mobile forms attacking and feeding upon sessile forms . |
| 2 | So when we have real emotions about someone , we lift ourselves from the shallow level of selfishness into the real and eternal . |
| 3 | Individually these are small matters but collectively they are important in the way we present ourselves to the outside world , or in modern jargon the way we market the profession . |
| 4 | Perhaps we should not be too surprised when we find ourselves in the new world of quality primary care . |
| 5 | And I 'd like to explain since we find ourselves in the real world , rather than fantasy land , how we 've approached the subject of client server . |
| 6 | In such comments we find ourselves in the precise atmosphere of Rudolf Otto 's ‘ numinous ’ , the ‘ mysterium tremendum et fascinans ’ — the mystery that creates wonderment as well as terror — which surely accounts at least in part for the high level of religious feeling in Canadian folklore and literature ; not least in Leonard 's expression of it . |
| 7 | " We have no aggressive intentions and we commit ourselves to the peaceful resolution of all disputes . |
| 8 | Then , we remind ourselves of the supreme example of Christ , who placed his trust in his father 's love and ascended the hill of Calvary for our redemption . |
| 9 | When George Abbott , the Archbishop of Canterbury , accidentally shot dead a gamekeeper , Andrewes , as a member of a commission of enquiry , urged his colleagues ‘ Brethren , be not too busy to condemn any for uncanonicles according to the strictness thereof , lest we render ourselves in the same condition . ’ |
| 10 | And kill them , you say , and help ourselves to the great burrow ? |
| 11 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |