Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the relationship of the two lines within the couplet is not predetermined , the reader is more fully engaged in the process of interpretation , a more active participant in the construction of meaning , than when a text presents itself in more straightforward linear fashion . |
| 2 | The court held that where a person places himself in danger and it is foreseeable that another person may attempt a rescue , the rescued person owes a duty of care to the rescuer . |
| 3 | A society organises itself in such a way that people adhering to cultural norms are rewarded whilst those that deviate are ‘ punished ’ , to a greater or lesser degree depending upon the culture . |
| 4 | If a country finds itself in deficit it can really only do one of two things to put matters right . |
| 5 | However , where a company establishes itself in another member state all the rules of that member state which Apply to its own nationals apply equally to that company . |
| 6 | If the pub as an institution expresses itself in a rich variety of ways , the same is true of the physical forms it takes . |
| 7 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |