Example sentences of "[vb pp] itself [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the goat had made itself evident in the warm air . |
| 2 | Since its inception in 1984 the Middlesbrough 10k Road Race and Fun Run has proved itself one of the premier events of its kind in the North-East . |
| 3 | Money had proved itself flimsy in the face of those imponderables . |
| 4 | The rebel republic has already declared itself independent from the Soviet Union and President Gorbachev threatened grave consequences if its parliament does n't renounce the decision . |
| 5 | Their suspicions were borne out by a careful analysis of six different tumours ; in each case the viral promotor turned out , as expected , to have inserted itself next to the proto-oncogene myc . |