Example sentences of "to concern [pn reflx] with the " in BNC.
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1 | Our terms of reference made it clear that we were to concern ourselves with the English curriculum for all pupils , whatever their mother tongue . |
2 | In practice this means that we do n't need to concern ourselves with the contents of such data files ; they 're not for human consumption without previous digestion by a computer . |
3 | Clearly , we would not need to concern ourselves with the meaning of analogue information if all sources of text , numerics , sounds and images were digital . |
4 | In consequence , I acquired Beejay , an animal who is too laid back to concern himself with the eccentricities of any vehicle he encounters . |
5 | The seller can not lose , and indeed the bank tells the seller not to concern himself with the authority given to the cardholder . |
6 | Critics charged that he was too busy thinking about France to concern himself with the problems of the French people . |
7 | Let us leave the last words with Walter Abish who declares that ‘ the innovative novel is , in essence , a novel of disfamiliarization , a novel that has ceased to concern itself with the mapping of the ‘ familiar ’ world ’ ( Martin 1983 : 238 ) . |
8 | It is clear at that stage the London committee envisaged funding its proposed activities by subscriptions , and that it intended to concern itself with the diseases of cows and sheep as well as horses . |
9 | Moreover , it allows us to adjudicate on a matter with which the bible does not concern itself ( as it may be said not to concern itself with the question of the liberation of women ) . |
10 | The government did not have to concern itself with the balance of payments ( which was always expected to be favourable or self-adjusting ) , free trade meant that there was no need for elaborate connections with industry , the level of employment had to be left to the supply and demand for labour , and all that the government should do was elementary regulation in the interests of those sections of the community unable to defend themselves . |
11 | I shall not have to concern myself with the interview of [ W ] but I shall concern myself with the interviews of [ the co-accused ] . ’ |
12 | It is doubtful whether the unfortunates impounded in the Lazzaretto had time to concern themselves with the aesthetic niceties of the building , and it can only be hoped that the church offered them some spiritual comfort . |
13 | This does not tackle head on the various problems of priority raised above , but the principle of minimum coverage seems a very good starting point for a public librarian , allowing value judgements to concern themselves with the degree of provision attempted within the overall coverage . |
14 | And they had to concern themselves with the possibility of igniting even greater disturbances which could not be contained by the forces at hand . |
15 | In 1979 fourteen committees were set up to concern themselves with the work of specific ( or in some cases two specific ) government departments . |
16 | Though it is too early for beginners to concern themselves with the relationship between musical forms and mathematics , the often surprising exactness in the relative proportions of musical sections , and even between movements , may be mentioned here . |