Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tRNA attaches itself to the appropriate amino acid . |
| 2 | This messenger RNA ( mRNA ) leaves the nucleus , enters the cytoplasm and attaches itself to the ribosome . |
| 3 | His new work attaches itself to the ready-made tradition , taking the theme of laziness into ‘ a la recherche du temps perdu ’ . |
| 4 | The bush welds itself to the primary shaft and will not disengage . |
| 5 | It constantly adjusts itself to the correct tension as the string is being wrapped . |
| 6 | Its secondary antennae have become adapted , forming claws with which it digs in and fastens itself to the delicate gill lamellae . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |