Example sentences of "[vb infin] itself [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the rage and common decency of the British people will vent itself in the near future where it has not in the past and finally get this Government out and replace it with a more caring one . |
| 2 | This amalgam of experience will embody itself in the final shape and fitting of a lifeboat that is designed to take the RNLI into the 21st century . |
| 3 | Tarvaras was a quarantine world , cut off from contact with the rest of the universe by orbiting weapons platforms which were programmed to destroy any craft which did not identify itself with the appropriate recognition codes , and it had seemed unlikely that the civilian survey crew would be tempted to break the stringent regulations which applied to the situation . |
| 4 | ‘ Moreover , this class or fraction in charge of the state may or may not identify itself with the ruling class or fraction in the political scene ’ ( Poulantzas 1973 , p. 335 ) . |
| 5 | A people may or may not identify itself with the dominant culture . |
| 6 | Occasionally the fungus can ensconce itself in the terminal portion of the urethra , and it may then give rise to symptoms similar to those found in non-specific urethritis . |
| 7 | Analysis that is performed only occasionally or perhaps in one batch does not lend itself to the statistical interpretation underlying conventional QC systems . |
| 8 | ‘ The pattern of study leave block release — does n't lend itself to the smaller offices or indeed to business organisations . |
| 9 | A difficulty is that Mercier 's brushwork , and an essential freedom in his style , does not lend itself to the same kind of minute scrutiny that could be applied to a painter like Zoffany . |
| 10 | It does not lend itself to the earlier analysis of symbolism which identified distinct abstract signifiers and concrete signifieds , since it simultaneously operates at both levels . |
| 11 | It was suggested that Library staff could take over this function , since they are scanning the journals in any case , and the work would lend itself to the eventual creation of an image database , but Library staff shortages have made it impossible to undertake this work systematically . |
| 12 | What happens is that when you follow a strict diet , your body will adjust itself to the sudden reduction in the amount of calories you eat by simply slowing down your metabolism . |
| 13 | Masculine development did not detach itself from the nourishing mother . |
| 14 | Sometimes a little block of five or six men would detach itself from the larger mass and drift off in the direction of the track . |
| 15 | Note that you may only select approved versions for successful approval ( except for the package module which must select itself at the same issue ) or |
| 16 | I was hoping that my indecision might somehow communicate itself to The Fat Controller . |
| 17 | In Zimbabwe today , education must fundamentally orient itself towards the revolutionary transformation now taking place in many spheres of our society . |
| 18 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 19 | All this can manifest itself in the simple relief of getting back to civilization , supermarket queues and all . |
| 20 | Malnutrition need not manifest itself in the short term as severe disease . |
| 21 | But until you consider the amount of money tied up in County Farms , and the return it gives us , and the , the subsidy if you like of so few people , and you think that school ca n't have toilets and things like that , then these should all go into the decision making melting pot , and this council should not blind itself to the various options that there could be , and in those circumstances Mr I think should be allowed to explore the possibilities of the market . |
| 22 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 23 | But since , against the odds , Alice keeps her cellar as ‘ the perfection of cleanliness ’ , the image is pleasing and does not impose itself in the same way on the reader 's imagination . |
| 24 | Not until Aug. 7 did Turkey unequivocally place itself in the anti-Iraqi camp , with its decision ( coinciding with a similar decision by Saudi Arabia — see above ) to block the pipelines , to ban Iraqi and Kuwaiti trade ( except supplies of medicines and food ) and to freeze assets . |
| 25 | This does not mean that the governing body should involve itself in the day-to-day running of the school . |
| 26 | The problem for the marketing function of a potential supplier will eventually resolve itself into the specific issue of how to promote and sell the product to the Decision Making Unit . |
| 27 | The dark hair inherited from her father was streaked with grey now , and when she wept , it would loosen itself from the neat coils in which she pinned it over pads called ‘ rats ’ every morning , as if in sympathy , and strands would creep down over her hands and cheeks . |
| 28 | This emphasis will not commend itself to the English reader whom Herbert Schniedau envisages . |
| 29 | If the European Convention on Human Rights is incorporated into our law , political power will relocate itself in the Royal Courts of Justice , and advocates will be deciding the law on abortion , on Sunday trading , on political and tobacco advertising , and the like . |
| 30 | The further east the boundaries are drawn , the more Britain will find itself on the Western periphery of a Germany-centred Europe . |