Example sentences of "to submit [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who was prepared to submit himself to a debtors ' prison for a token period could apply from The Fleet or the Marshalsea for the help of the Insolvent Debtors Court . |
| 2 | How Dustin would have managed to submit himself to a real auteur like Bergman must remain a matter for conjecture . |
| 3 | Outright condemnation was as rare as condign punishment where the criminal was a man of high social standing ; for if the delinquent vassal chose to submit himself to his lord , he had performed an act of self-abasement which , in itself , merited courteous handling . |
| 4 | The observer has to submit himself to the way things are . |
| 5 | He replied that he did n't intend to submit himself to a leadership election because he was determined to fight the right wing , I told him that if he refused to go he would probably end up giving them exactly what they wanted . |
| 6 | An early decision to submit himself to re-election was probably his only chance of holding on , though I doubted if he could in any circumstances . |
| 7 | 19 Lord The Lord Ordinary having considered the Petition and proceedings , no Answers having been lodged , Nominates and Appoints to be curator bonis to designed in the Petition with the usual powers and decerns ; authorises the said after finding caution to enter on the duties of his office upon a certified copy of this interlocutor with a schedule of the curatory estate annexed thereto ; and that upon condition that before issue of a certified copy interlocutor of his appointment he shall lodge in the hands of the Accountant of Court a bond binding himself to lodge Accounts annually with the Accountant of Court and otherwise to conduct the affairs of the curatory estate in all respects in conformity with the laws and practice of Scotland ; to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland to answer for his conduct as curator aforesaid or in connection with any matter arising out of said curatory ; to submit himself to and prorogate the jurisdiction of the Court of Session for said purposes and to assign an address in Scotland where he may be cited , and decerns ( * Finds the expenses of this application and procedure following thereon to form a proper charge upon the curatory estate , and remits the account thereof , when lodged , to the Auditor of Court for taxation ) . |
| 8 | He did n't know what was happening between Gesner and Suzi any more , had n't seen either of them since the Season began , since that dreadful scene at Willi 's party , but he knew he had to submit himself to yet another bout of torture and watch them together on the stage . |
| 9 | Will the whole population have to submit itself to tests of their suitability to have children ? |
| 10 | Apparently the offer from the department to submit itself to cross-examination came about because of a gaff in communications between the department and counsel instructed on its behalf by the Treasury Solicitor . |
| 11 | This is due partly to the great unwillingness of the legal profession to submit itself to scrutiny and a general lack of scholarly interest in the subject until recently . |
| 12 | She is already six days overdue beyond the expected date of birth , which was 6 October 1992 , and she has now refused , on religious grounds , to submit herself to a Caesarean section operation . |
| 13 | Like Georg , she felt the need to submit herself to the possibility of seeing the one she loved who had rejected her . |
| 14 | Simon Barrington-Ward , Bishop of Coventry , wrote recently ‘ We certainly have an experience all over the world of church leaders in loneliness needing to submit themselves to others and this is a crying need that is just not being met ’ . |
| 15 | Despite killing more than 1m of their countrymen between 1975 and 1979 , and despite refusing to submit themselves to the vote , they still have a chance of being invited into the government after the election . |
| 16 | I tried to imagine Ronald Reagan or Margaret Thatcher agreeing to submit themselves to a monthly grilling by members of the public , and failed . |
| 17 | Perhaps the majority are right to submit themselves to a period of subliminal absorption . |
| 18 | And on occasion some groups would choose to submit themselves to the Russians as the lesser of two evils when called upon to supply tribute to a third party with whom they were not on good terms . |
| 19 | ’ — Whatever lies to the west , to invite the people there to submit themselves to the protection of our rule . ’ |
| 20 | It is no coincidence that Rousseau also believed that women were incapable of the development and education required for citizenship and ‘ must be trained to bear the yoke from the first … and to submit themselves to the will of others . ’ |
| 21 | Duty solicitors are subject to the control of the Legal Aid Board which requires them and their authorised representatives to have relevant experience and to submit themselves to selection by a local committee . |
| 22 | ( c ) Medicals In some firms partners are required to submit themselves to regular medical checks as a way of confirming their fitness to remain in harness or as a means of alerting their co-partners as to some future problem . |
| 23 | Not easy though , he wrote , to submit oneself to it , to enter its orbit . |