Example sentences of "that [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state monopoly of television in a country that prided itself on its tradition of freedom and pluralism of the means of expression — failed . |
| 2 | My cousin probably shares with me only one-sixteenth of my genes , so that to sacrifice myself for her would be an activity of less fitness than sacrificing for my sister . |
| 3 | While this survey has been concerned with public libraries , co-operation potentially encompasses a wide range of institutions , and an INSET network that concerned itself with training across the whole spectrum of librarianship would be of maximum value . |
| 4 | One trainee on a course for people looking for employment commented that seeing himself on video in a mock interview was an experience that changed his life . |
| 5 | New York is uncommon political turf , and Mr Brown has been helped mightily by a press that prides itself on its aggression and which does not much like Mr Clinton . |
| 6 | Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment . |
| 7 | As you 'd expect from the range that prides itself on keeping your garden in shape . |
| 8 | Close to the centre of Kitzbühel is this four-star hotel that prides itself on maintaining high standards . |
| 9 | In a region that prides itself on its cuisine and that boasts a strong tourist industry , it might have been supposed that indigenous entrepreneurs would leap at such an opportunity . |
| 10 | They made shadowy forms that lowered themselves into seats , sat transfixed for a while and then rose and glided.away . |
| 11 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 12 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 13 | The main difficulty from our point of view was that AIB was not organised in a manner that lent itself to giving instruction . |
| 14 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 15 | The bed could either be a sofa bed or a studio couch with , perhaps , extra drawers underneath , or , in a smaller room , an armchair that transforms itself into a bed . |
| 16 | The classic example offered is that of the diffident schoolboy , who has learnt the dates of , say , the English kings the previous night but who is so alarmed by his hectoring schoolteacher that he becomes completely unsure that the answers that suggest themselves to him under questioning are in fact the right ones . |
| 17 | Their conclusions may be summarized quite simply : there is no evidence to show that specific infant-care practices have an unvarying psychological effect on the child that manifests itself in later years . |
| 18 | Eutrophication also spawns epidemics of epiphytes , microalgae that attach themselves to the leaves and stems of underwater plants and further obstruct light . |
| 19 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |
| 20 | It oozed slimy green algae that plastered itself on her face and clothes . |
| 21 | Bees hummed steadily through the yellow bird 's foot trefoil that wove itself in a tangled carpet over the sand . |
| 22 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 23 | Philosophy that limits itself to conceptual analysis can discuss the discourses of those who talk about sex and gender , looking for conceptual coherence and the presence or absence of rational argument . |
| 24 | and about the snake that ate itself to death . |
| 25 | There was no direct reference to socialism or communism ; the republics that committed themselves to the treaty would rather be bound to respect the principles of democracy , human rights as defined by international agreements , and social justice . |
| 26 | Appraisal is seen to be principally the activity of applied linguistics ( or that branch of it that concerns itself with language teaching ) and application ( as defined here ) the principal activity of language teaching . |
| 27 | In addition , she is keenly involved in Headway ( I 'm the Avon patron ) , the Frenchay based charity that concerns itself with the effects and remedial care following head injuries . |
| 28 | There was a restlessness in the time that communicated itself everywhere and to everyone , that communicated itself to the very sounds in Britain 's air , the stones beneath Britain 's feet . |
| 29 | There was something in his utter stillness — a tension that communicated itself to her . |
| 30 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |