Example sentences of "avail [pn reflx] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 North told him not to be downhearted , ‘ that the one bright spot is that the government is availing itself of part of the money for application to Central America . ’
2 The better off could avail themselves of banking and credit facilities , shops selling luxury goods , culture in the form of theatres and other entertainment facilities .
3 Those who think that they may wish to practise in the North may avail themselves of advice kindly offered by Mr J.M. Shorrock , Hon.
4 The few indigenous listeners availed themselves of community sets provided at chief 's courts and administrative centres .
5 Idealistic friars now put their arguments for a propertyless church to the service of Gaunt and other laymen who simply wanted to avail themselves of church wealth for the relief of their own tax burden .
6 Other examples of applications of high energy technology to agriculture and stock-rearing , such as deep boreholes in semi-arid areas are discussed by Cliffe and Moorsom ( 1979 ) , and Kassapu ( 1979 ) , where it becomes even more difficult for those with dwindling resources to avail themselves of soil conserving and yield enhancing new technologies .
7 Floods : Fish in the Amazon have seasonal opportunities to avail themselves of plant material .
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