Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since such progress is conceived as immanent to musical history itself , independent of variants of musical practice , social usage and reception , the theory moves dangerously close to a hypostasis of technique ; at the very least it confines the relationship between musical and social structures to the level of the longue durée , since at that level society is ‘ encapsulated ’ in music , while in between , music 's ‘ autonomous unfoldment … follows the social dynamics without a glance or any direct communication ’ ( ibid : 206–7 ) , still less putting itself at the service of particular social subjects . |
| 2 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 3 | The new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4–6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix . ’ |
| 4 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 5 | To burst it now would be to risk the messiness of it re-grouping , possibly cloning itself across the infected area and returning in a small battalion . |
| 6 | The team was able to win some very prestigious senior assignments during this time , deliberately dissociating itself from the wholesale movement of dealing and broking teams , an aspect of search of which GKR strongly disapprove . |
| 7 | It responds to this helpful adjustment by promptly inverting itself into the mock-dead posture . |
| 8 | At one extreme , within the committee of officials charged with reshaping the national educational system , was the isolated Cleary who saw the common school at the age of eleven gradually extending itself across the whole of the secondary age range . |
| 9 | The Bulgarian succession problem , indeed , was gradually settling itself under the noses of the mighty opposites , because each day made joint action on Bulgaria less likely . |
| 10 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 11 | However , Visionware is also priming itself for the opening of its US office in California on July 1 . |
| 12 | Peter drew a torch out of his pocket and held it above his head ; the beam spread out , eventually spending itself against the darkness of the tunnel . |
| 13 | Unlike their predecessors they were at home in French , now establishing itself as the pre-eminent diplomatic language , and cultivated contacts with foreigners . |
| 14 | A remarkably similar dilemma was now presenting itself over the hand-overs of the Yugoslavs . |
| 15 | This is entirely appropriate to a form of academic work which spent much effort in locating and charting such diverse elements as well as increasingly concerning itself with the principles of their harmonious unification within the text . |
| 16 | In fact it was rather modernism , as its name implies ( from latin modo , just now , or hodie , today ) , that tried to awake from the nightmare of history , self-consciously setting itself against the past , and rejecting forms of historical understanding . |
| 17 | Central administration has been continually adapting itself to the new demands made upon it by the creation of services . |