Example sentences of "in [pn reflx] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a man shoots his dog because the animal is no longer capable of service , he does not fail in his duty to the dog , for the dog can not judge , but his act is inhuman and damages in himself that humanity which it is his duty to show towards mankind … . |
| 2 | On 8 August Franco signed a law vesting in himself total power over the administration of the state . |
| 3 | And he talks of the , and plainly in that erm sort of mystical experience that he had with the Whiteheads , he did in , as it were , come to realize for the first time that there was in himself this desire to lead a life erm inspired by love and guided by knowledge , and to see others leading it . |
| 4 | Naming good species is worth doing , but it is like grammar : a necessary step in the elegant and efficient ordering of ideas , but not in itself real science or literature . |
| 5 | Commenting on Attorney General William Barr 's refusal in August to appoint a special prosecutor [ see p. 39044 ] , Shoob said that this in itself raised concerns " about the government 's impartiality in handling this case " . |
| 6 | Their recovery from graves shows that they were used as personal ornaments , but the discovery of large numbers in the peat bogs , sometimes enclosed in eared flasks , suggests that they were also used as votive offerings , a sign which suggests in itself that amber was regarded as precious enough to serve as conspicuous waste . |
| 7 | Furthermore , they may have to accept work further away from home than they are accustomed to travelling , which may in itself present child care problems . |
| 8 | The very unexpectedness of plant poisoning is in itself another hazard . |
| 9 | Disbelief — as exemplified by the militant atheist or rationalist , for instance — is in itself another form of belief . |
| 10 | However , the origin of scribal habits is not in itself valid proof that variable use of the conventions in written English do not also relate to variable usages in spoken English . |
| 11 | In itself this notion of structure does not necessarily distinguish literary texts from ordinary acts of communication , since these too evidently have a structure . |
| 12 | In itself this elusiveness is testimony to just how enormously difficult it is to find practical solutions to Britain 's economic problems . |
| 13 | The number of women working in consumer public relations who started as secretaries is legion , but in itself secretarial work is not a qualification for public relations . |
| 14 | The formal nature of the signature does indeed suggest that Molla Fenari was signing the document in an official capacity ( cf. the informal nature of the problematical signature , cited on p. 155 of Husameddin 's article and discussed below , where Molla Fenari has clearly been asked simply to lend his name to the proceedings ) ; and while he was most probably acting as kadi of Bursa , as the biographical sources would suggest , it should be noted that the signature is not in itself conclusive proof of this . |
| 15 | She found it easy : to begin with , she found everything easy , as her memory for facts was remarkable , and it was only as she grew older that she began to notice in herself slight doubts about her ability to pursue higher physics and mathematics . |
| 16 | She could not find in herself any source of passion . |
| 17 | How are you in yourself these days ? ’ |
| 18 | These claims ( for example , that such-and-such a change is in progress ) are not in themselves quantitative claims : they are substantive and are independent of the quantitative method . |
| 19 | The work of business historians is providing growing evidence that large size and a bigger market were in themselves major objectives in merger activity , which interestingly tends to confirm certain hypotheses of earlier theoretical literature [ Cyert and March , 1963 ; Marris , 1964 ] . |
| 20 | In themselves such problems required no change in the administrative system . |
| 21 | These are all in themselves heavy penalties and there is no reason why the judge should not impose the maximum in a suitable case . |
| 22 | As previously argued , beautiful end-products are not in themselves sufficient justification for project work . |
| 23 | It may be argued , of course , that in themselves these facts demonstrate comparatively little . |