Example sentences of "to rid [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commission considered that ‘ no producer should be entitled to rid himself of all responsibility for the waste simply by handing it over to a contractor for disposal ’ , and it recommended that the duty should be enshrined in legislation . |
| 2 | So , together with his engraving , etching and aquatinting materials and his pigments for colours which he always mixed carefully himself , it was in the summer of 1800 that he decided to go north ( to the Lakes ) to begin once again and to try to rid himself of all he had learnt over the last decade and ‘ to adhere as faithfully as possible to nature . |
| 3 | Possibly Cnut took active steps to rid himself of this dangerous figure for good . |
| 4 | There was no end to such supposings — he shook his head like a dog with a bad ear , trying to rid himself of these crawling thoughts . |
| 5 | To rid himself of some of the frustration , Wright , who I know and like , should look for a solution very close to Highbury in Alan Smith . |
| 6 | Equally , the lesbian and gay movement needs to make far more serious and energetic efforts to rid itself of racist assumptions in its political agenda . |
| 7 | The origins of this popular movement lie in the first wave of pressure for disarmament , which began with the emergence of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( CND ) in 1958 and ended in 1964 , with its decline in the face of the new Labour Government 's failure to rid itself of nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | The Office for Fine Arts in the Netherlands has decided to rid itself of most of the 230,000 works of art which have been left to deteriorate in a number of large depots around the country . |
| 9 | The positions of Byelorussia and Kazakhstan are less clear , while the Ukraine , with the nightmare of Chernobyl etched on its consciousness , wants to rid itself of those weapons . |
| 10 | She took personal charge of the cellars and , well aware of the problem posed by the obstinate particles of sediment which refused to fall easily , spent night and day trying to rid herself of this nuisance . |
| 11 | She longed to rid herself of this infuriating tiredness and start exploring everything … |
| 12 | Adam Drabo has since become a folk hero , for the inspiration he has given to his country 's people to rid themselves of corrupt government . |
| 13 | There is one foolproof way to rid yourself of this — take a cold shower . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'd do well to rid yourself of those kind of notions , Deveraugh , or you could find yourself greatly disappointed . ’ |
| 15 | In order to lose weight permanently , and at the same time to rid yourself of some possibly long-standing unpleasant symptoms , you will need to learn what your body needs . |