Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
| 2 | Divergent sexuality , it is clear even now , is only permissible as long as it allows itself to be stolen , as long as it conforms to existing industry patterns and dominant sexual stereotypes . |
| 3 | In fact , if inspected more closely , it shows itself to be a rickety structure of ad hoc contrivance and ill-founded reductivist moves . |
| 4 | It keeps itself to itself . ’ |
| 5 | However , the government initiative of 1984 , in which it commits itself to a policy of records of achievement for all pupils , states : |
| 6 | Anyway , as I was saying , it attaches itself to a tree . |
| 7 | But to begin with this assumption is to by-pass , rather than explain , the mystery of perception as it presents itself to us if we assume that perception occurs because the perceived object impinges directly or indirectly upon the nervous system . |
| 8 | ‘ Not so , ’ replies the university ; ‘ give if you will ; withhold if you must but understand if you can what nature of community we are and do not deprive us of our freedom , the freedom to pursue , and to teach others to pursue , knowledge for its own sake in whatever guise it presents itself to us ; for that is of our very essence. , |
| 9 | It presents itself to the citizen in many different guises : the payment of VAT on a chocolate bar , a rule against parking on a yellow line , a maternity allowance . |
| 10 | The determination and effective preparedness of the nuclear powers to mount an instant all-out nuclear counter-strike the moment it perceives itself to be under nuclear attack must be condemned as an illegitimate threat of force , and is rightly so condemned by the world 's peace movement . |
| 11 | Even if it restricts itself to these , it is certain to face opposition from the Cable Television Authority , many of whose members are investigating the technology . |
| 12 | Limp and apparently lifeless , it permits itself to be mauled and prodded without twitching a muscle . |
| 13 | The tradition thus has a double intent : on the one had it engages in the primary sociological task of describing and documenting the ‘ state of society ’ ; on the other hand it addresses itself to central social and political issues . |
| 14 | The broad vigorous body suggests a mind that has no need of the intellect to remain sane , though it gives itself to every fantasy ... |
| 15 | It adjusts itself to road conditions , switching each shock absorber from firm to soft in just 150 milliseconds . |
| 16 | C's attraction is that it lends itself to structured programming more readily than assembly language programming and it is within a C language shall that the assembly language modules should be inserted . |
| 17 | It lends itself to me and I return to the theatre strangely renewed . |
| 18 | For example , it lends itself to a curve following the outline of the frame , a garland or a solid design . |
| 19 | Because the music is fairly hard , it lends itself to expressions of anger and bitterness and violent feelings rather than blissed-out loveydovey stuff . ’ |
| 20 | than a typical marker and it lends itself to softer and more characterful styles . |
| 21 | One reason why chalcedony has been so highly esteemed is that it lends itself to a variety of decorative treatments . |
| 22 | This is a good activity for small group project work as it lends itself to the pooling of information and sharing different elements of the task . |
| 23 | In particular it lends itself to analysis by a technique which has received limited application to extensive data for a British conurbation , namely the technique of trip chains . |
| 24 | So it 's a more complete er picture , of , of , of the personality , and of course it lends itself to this kind of historical portraiture . |
| 25 | And and it lends itself to interpretive kind of approach rather than a politics sort of approach which tends to be . |
| 26 | But that is only how we perceive it , how it registers itself to our physical senses , and not how it really is . |
| 27 | Israel 's uniqueness stems from the fact that it considers itself to be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbours which , together with the Nazi barbarities of the last war , is somehow supposed to make the rest of the world feel permanently sorry for Israel and give it the right to carry out any intelligence operations it likes . |
| 28 | If it feels pain , it considers itself to be under attack . |
| 29 | It is that permanent element in human nature which causes the soul to be restless until it realizes itself to be at one with Truth or God . |
| 30 | Social work is criticised for the way it sells itself to its public . |