Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This links itself to the three previous parts because it displays a process which metaphorically or symbolically represents change .
2 The tRNA attaches itself to the appropriate amino acid .
3 This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome .
4 His new work attaches itself to the ready-made tradition , taking the theme of laziness into ‘ a la recherche du temps perdu ’ .
5 The bush welds itself to the primary shaft and will not disengage .
6 It constantly adjusts itself to the correct tension as the string is being wrapped .
7 Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae .
8 This simply means that the normal 8-hour duty shift is split ; for example , 4 hours on duty , 2 hours off duty , then 4 hours on duty , or 4 hours in the morning and 4 hours in the evening , or whatever combination lends itself to the efficient running of the hotel .
9 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 .
10 In this country we call it Medau Breathing Movement , and by ‘ breathing movement ’ we mean internal movement of the trunk , which starts with the rising and falling of the diaphragm and then communicates itself to the abdominal walls , pelvic floor , the whole back and as far as the collar bone .
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