Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM is usually pretty forthcoming about the markets that it foresees for its products , but in this case limits itself to saying that it will appeal to professionals who would prefer ‘ easy-to-remember voice commands ’ to complicated keystrokes or mouse movements . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 3 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 4 | The remainder of this chapter concerns itself with these two outer layers . |
| 5 | This parasite attaches itself to the mouths of fishes , sea-squirts , etc. 65 . |
| 6 | This influence manifests itself in melodic shapes ( largely pentatonic falling patterns , but , unlike , say , Chicago blues , also lyrical , sustained , long-breathed ) ; vocal timbre ( rich , open-throated , sensuous ) ; and the use of melisma . |
| 7 | The two rocks are different in chemical composition , and this difference manifests itself in a number of intriguing ways ; ways which a fair part of this book will be devoted to exploring . |
| 8 | This distinction manifests itself in the fact that the " see that " paraphrase fits the second sentence very well but is very awkward for the first . |
| 9 | What irritates me about Vienna is a certain not-quite-definable smugness , a feeling that somehow this place feels itself to be the centre . |
| 10 | Chapter 7.3 examines the colonial impact upon agriculture , and this example confines itself to a very brief exploration of the colonial experience . |
| 11 | This belief shows itself in action : e.g. in the cure of the paralysed man ( Mark 2:1–12 ) . |
| 12 | And yet this film etches itself upon one 's consciousness . |
| 13 | Even as this problem forms itself in my head it is superseded by its very simple and obvious solution . |
| 14 | On the microscopic level , this problem manifests itself in abstractionism . |
| 15 | ‘ This company prides itself in the quality of its totally unsubsidized products , ’ wrote Lord Swaythling . |
| 16 | This dominance exhibits itself in the ability of corporations to choose effectively which topics of policy they will shepherd into the arena of public debate , and which they will keep within the confines of private discussions . |
| 17 | This fatalism lends itself to the infamous Burmese bureaucracy , partly because bureaucracy looks like efficiency , partly because bureaucracy fits so neatly into the unchanging Buddhist worldview . |
| 18 | Whether this view commends itself to many more people than staffers in the NSC and the self-confessed zealots working for Mr Biden is debatable . |