Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a duty of undivided loyalty — although the exact extent of this duty is uncertain , it may be argued that a conglomerate , when acting as a fiduciary , must not place itself in a position where its duty to one client conflicts with that of another client . |
| 2 | The SNP must not allow itself to be bullied by Labour in the stramash over the Commons vote . |
| 3 | In effect this meant accepting that the sociology of knowledge must not concern itself with the truth of knowledge being studied but analyse the ‘ norms of thinking ’ for the participants under study : |
| 4 | But until you consider the amount of money tied up in County Farms , and the return it gives us , and the , the subsidy if you like of so few people , and you think that school ca n't have toilets and things like that , then these should all go into the decision making melting pot , and this council should not blind itself to the various options that there could be , and in those circumstances Mr I think should be allowed to explore the possibilities of the market . |
| 5 | The principle which underlay the concept of Jubilee , ( that all land alienated during the preceding fifty years was to be returned to its original owner or his descendants ) was that each family should not find itself in a position in which it was permanently barred from owning land , the vital productive asset in that economy . |
| 6 | A leading figure in the Arab world , sure that the Third World should not align itself with either superpower . |
| 7 | A people may or may not identify itself with the dominant culture . |
| 8 | ‘ Moreover , this class or fraction in charge of the state may or may not identify itself with the ruling class or fraction in the political scene ’ ( Poulantzas 1973 , p. 335 ) . |
| 9 | The claim that a class may or may not allow itself to be exploited is another case of Poulantzas ' belief that the course of the class struggle is not altogether determined by the structural constraints of a particular phase of capitalism . |
| 10 | The sunburn redness may not reveal itself until later in the day and by that time , the damage will be done and could ruin the rest of your stay . |
| 11 | In the 1930s , Mr Justice Stone declared that the United States Supreme Court ought not to see itself as the sole guardian of the constitution . |
| 12 | Husbandry was so neglected the population could not feed itself from local resources . |
| 13 | But German Romanticism could not sustain itself against the blandishments of urban existence , and as the nineteenth century progressed the movement lapsed into sentiment and kitsch — the absolute artistic opportunism that insisted on ‘ moving ’ people emotionally . |
| 14 | A twenty-foot wing-span model powered by a steam engine of Henson origin , but much improved by Stringfellow , was tested in 1845 but could not sustain itself in the air . |
| 15 | Malnutrition need not manifest itself in the short term as severe disease . |
| 16 | Absent notice or agency whereby a creditor may be affected by the debtor husband 's improprieties towards his wife , the surety , the creditor is not concerned with what has passed between debtor and surety and need not concern itself with whether or not the surety understands the transaction , notwithstanding the relationship between the surety and the debtor and the creditor 's knowledge of it . |
| 17 | The importance of the concession theory is that it establishes a theoretical framework sympathetic to state intervention ; the company is a creature of the state , existing to promote the public welfare , and as such the state has the right to interfere in its internal affairs and need not confine itself to external , general-law regulation . |
| 18 | The government remained reluctant to recognize UNITA until it agreed to end its destabilization campaign , while UNITA would not commit itself to ending hostilities until its future political role was guaranteed . |
| 19 | A truly political art , he realised , would not content itself with the message alone ; it would it had to engage the viewer in a questioning of the nature of the institutions and the pressures they exert , and thereby subject them to the necessary critique . |
| 20 | Farmers are worried now with the ‘ open borders ’ that there is a possibility of importing diseases , in particular Johne 's Disease , which would n't manifest itself until two or three years after animals had been purchased . |
| 21 | It ca n't sell itself through purity of motive nothing can . |
| 22 | It ca n't supply itself with water and electricity , let alone care for its poor . |
| 23 | But the recognition since of the tremendous value of historic buildings of all types , the successful conversion of buildings for new uses and a public determination that history will not repeat itself in terms of the demolition and desecration that was then taking place , have inspired us — and many local amenity societies , preservation trusts , action groups and individuals — to carry on campaigning . |
| 24 | What I am concerned about is that electricity privatisation will not lend itself to improving the situation . |
| 25 | Jim Birrell , chief executive of Halifax , has made it clear that Halifax will not allow itself to be frogmarched into a potentially damaging merger with a large but weak society . |
| 26 | This emphasis will not commend itself to the English reader whom Herbert Schniedau envisages . |
| 27 | But unless it is possible to escape being moved from other viewpoints , our selfishness can not perfect itself to its theoretical absolute except in such circumstances as a tooth-and-claw fight for survival . |
| 28 | I am sure that your council will understand that the company can not commit itself to the long term investment programme , or expose itself to the commercial risks involved in the project , unless the facilities can be planned in a climate of security . |
| 29 | for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore . |
| 30 | It means that the firm can not exempt itself from liability for fraud , bad faith , wilful default14 and possibly gross negligence . |