Example sentences of "which [vb past] itself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been some war damage but this was not on a scale which lent itself to large-scale redevelopment . |
| 2 | We may eventually come to think in terms of a Minoan Universal Spirit , which manifested itself in many different transformations , each with a different name , character , and function , and which yet somehow was regarded as a single deity . |
| 3 | As well as prompting a rise in trade , the existence of a new class which found itself with spare time and spare cash at its disposal also heralded an era of unprecedented artistic achievement . |
| 4 | He possessed a cheery self-confidence , which communicated itself to those around him . |
| 5 | Hence the new postulate in psychoanalytic theory : that there must be an underlying biological instinct which expressed itself in mental life as a compulsion to repeat unpleasant experiences . |
| 6 | Any account of political conflict , however , which confined itself to these limiting cases of rational persuasion on one side and the use of physical force on the other , would be seriously incomplete . |
| 7 | As to ( b ) , the rule that if A 's goods are feloniously taken by B , A may follow them onto C's land rests upon a passage in Blackstone which commended itself to two of the judges in Anthony v. Haney . |
| 8 | Uninterested in material things , and conspicuously more at home in jungles than in drawing rooms , he possessed a sweet distinction of bearing which impressed itself on all who met him . |