Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kazakhstan the CP dissolved itself on Aug. 28 to create an organization uniting progressive forces . |
| 2 | Nor does it seem to be the case that the notorious reluctance of the Masai to accommodate themselves to the modern world was to any significant extent the result of administrative protection from it . |
| 3 | At a symbolic rally , held on May 23 in the capital San Salvador , the FMLN transformed itself into a political party . |
| 4 | The Sheikha settled herself in the dressing room , determined not to be too far away from her son at any time . |
| 5 | This year 's event attracted a number of scholarships from the Volvo Tour itself to manufacturers such as Wilson and Dunlop Slazenger and Tour sponsors like Diners Club and Hewlett Packard . |
| 6 | The Webbs devoted themselves to pressing these ideas upon leading politicians and civil servants . |
| 7 | Within years their cotton plants were decimated by a tiny bug and the Sutherlands resigned themselves to a meagre living from farming . |
| 8 | The proto-JPL proved itself during the Second World War . |
| 9 | The CNAA committed itself to the Diploma . |
| 10 | He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies . |
| 11 | When the Reeve likens himself to an " " open-ers " " he associates himself with Nicholas in the tale just passed , and can thus be attributed with the same wry self-reflection as the Miller shows in attaching himself to John the carpenter . |
| 12 | In 376 , however , the Visigoths found themselves under extreme pressure from the Huns , an Asiatic people from the steppes . |
| 13 | On 19 December 1960 a new Cuban — Soviet agreement was announced , by which the USSR committed itself to the purchase of 2.7 m.t . |
| 14 | Typically , the first action he describes was a mistake : the bombing of Freiburg at the beginning of the war by a squadron of the Luftwaffe believing itself to be over Dijon . |
| 15 | They enlisted the help of a rebellious warlord from Vidin , in Ottoman-occupied Bulgaria , Osman Pazvant-oglu , and the governor was able to maintain his position only by arming the Serbs to defend themselves against the invaders . |
| 16 | In the first decade of the century the Bridgewaters aligned themselves with the whigs . |
| 17 | Declaring that " corruption , indiscipline , mismanagement , tribalism , nepotism , injustice and thuggery " were rampant , the NPRC committed itself to returning the country to multiparty democracy in the " shortest possible time " . |
| 18 | It 's all terribly well the BBC congratulating themselves on their magnificent wildlife films but the huge ‘ movie theme park ’ they are planning for Rainham Marshes in Essex should comprehensively destroy yet another Site of Special Scientific Interest . |
| 19 | As Benn 's frustration indicates , the ‘ public good ’ which the BBC considered itself to be serving was not necessarily the same as that defined by government . |
| 20 | We 've struggled against a background of the Charter Review in the BBC to match ourselves to the changing needs of the audience . |
| 21 | During World War II the Keppels established themselves at the Ritz Hotel in London . |
| 22 | Other aircraft joined in the fight , and before it could make a second attack the Albatros found itself under attack . |
| 23 | Using SMED with the policies of ‘ Working Smarter not Harder ’ and ‘ Eliminating Waste , ’ the MIT launched itself into grade change-over time reduction with tremendous success . |
| 24 | In no time at all , The Haçienda found itself with a reputation of being the coldest , most unresponsive , most apathetic gigging hall in the country . |
| 25 | The miners refused to accept such changes and the General Council of the TUC committed itself to sympathetic strike action from Friday , 31 July . |
| 26 | In June 1991 all EC members except the UK committed themselves to a minimum standard VAT rate of 15 per cent from January 1993 [ see p. 38297 ] . |
| 27 | In the weeks before the Luxembourg summit the governing Conservative Party in the UK showed itself to be seriously divided over the pace and goals of UK integration in Europe . |
| 28 | Were , therefore , the deputies of the Cortes to limit themselves to the study of the ‘ means and methods of expelling the French army ’ , or was their sacred task to endow Spain with a constitution that would limit the despotism which had ended in French invasion ? |
| 29 | On practically every issue the Comintern found itself in the role of an infallible body which had adopted a manifestly fallible policy . |
| 30 | The Trunchbull seated herself behind the teacher 's table . |