Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 When we talked about flukes and snails we accustomed ourselves to the idea that a parasite 's genes could have phenotypic effects on the host 's body , in exactly the same way as any animal 's genes have phenotypic effects on its ‘ own ’ body .
2 Many thanks to Pamela Vandyke Price for giving us such a memorable glimpse into the highly specialised world of the wine trade — and thanks also to those husbands and sons who allowed themselves to be pressganged into the responsible task of pouring the samples !
3 The fruit , vegetables and herbs you grow yourself often make the most delicious dishes , which is why Marshalls Seeds is running a competition to find the best family recipes .
4 It is an establishment which still , rather too easily , defaults to a competitive , male-dominated and achievement-oriented set of attitudes and values which finds itself — as evidence by a plethora of Pembroke route names — in easy sympathy with militarism .
5 But cafés and restaurants which style themselves ‘ wholefood ’ have a selection of hot and cold dishes based on them , usually combined with equally healthy vegetarian sauces and dressings .
6 Chevallier describes her painting process as improvising on the existing forms and colours which present themselves .
7 This moral goodness was not exactly out there as an actual property of the benevolent feelings and actions which presented themselves to an observer as possessing it .
8 Professionals tend to the conservative , and teachers who regard themselves as professionals tend to be more conservative than most .
9 His aim was for a deeper realism than that of the illustrators and photographers who called themselves Realists .
10 Detailed advice about the organization of local services is contained in the report , together with the recognition of the needs of children and adolescents who harm themselves .
11 The cause of the brave men and women who call themselves the Christian guerrillas is just .
12 The implications are depressingly apparent in a study by Roberta Steinbacher and Helen B. Holmes which shows that young North American men and women who consider themselves sensitive to female inequality , would still choose to have male babies , at least as a first choice if sex-predetermination or sex determination with IVF would allow prospective parents in Western countries the opportunity to choose a preferred sex without the stigma that would be attached to using selective abortion .
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