Example sentences of "he address [pn reflx] to the " in BNC.

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1 More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community .
2 At lunch-time he addressed himself to the kitchen cupboards and the refrigerator and was touched , though not surprised , at how spartan was the fare that Pooley allowed himself .
3 v. Wilts U.D. , but he addresses himself to the question and uses his intelligence .
4 He makes it repeatedly clear that he addresses himself to the Greeks who have little knowledge of Roman institutions ; but on the other hand he refers to Roman readers ( 6.5 1 .3–8 ) and is quite obviously looking at them over his shoulder .
5 There is a delightful passage where he addresses himself to the role of dreams and faces out the difficulty inherent in medieval lore which others like Chaucer resolve through ambiguity : namely , that in a situation where some dreams were held to reveal truth and others to be the products of a disordered digestive system , it is difficult to distinguish true from false .
6 Will he address himself to the fact that no less than 44 per cent .
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