Example sentences of "[verb] himself of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although each institutional investor may still only own a very small percentage of the issued share capital of the company , nevertheless , they have the requisite skills to monitor management effectively , and can act collectively to exert pressure on the managers of the company , thereby overcoming the problem that there is little incentive for the individual shareholder to spend the necessary time and money to inform himself of and perhaps challenge the actions of the directors as the managers of the company . |
| 2 | Shocking as the assault had been , it had prepared her for another encounter — an encounter with a youth of her own age , bewildered and uneasy , one called to high estate who found himself of a sudden alone on the edge of an abyss … |
| 3 | ‘ There 's no such thing as a meaningless gesture , ’ he said , after emptying himself of that thought . |
| 4 | When it is done , he will rid himself of us both . |
| 5 | Because Vaughan could never entirely rid himself of envy of Minton and his way of life , he remained edgily critical of him . |
| 6 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 7 | Thus did T'sao rid himself of the most able man in his enemies ' camp for no greater price than the life of a condemned man . |
| 8 | This was all quite accepted , but he could n't rid himself of the memory of his wife gazing blankly at the breakfast table with only the prospect of clearing it . |
| 9 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |
| 10 | But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ? |
| 11 | It might not be as easy as plotting Vologsky 's defection — and Kirov had only just reminded himself of a few of the terrors which he could face if he failed . |
| 12 | But as soon as he had reminded himself of his motive , it rang as hollow to him as he felt sure it must to others . |
| 13 | That was how he worked , but in this case he could not free himself of the notion that although Francis was the victim he might not be the central figure . |
| 14 | Of great importance was the real incentive to [ Bunn ] not only to dis-embarrass himself of a thoroughly unsatisfactory debtor by getting a guarantee secured by a charge on a registered property , but also of producing a satisfactory answer to the awkward interest being shown by those at London Head Office . |
| 15 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 16 | Jaq had likewise divested himself of his Trader 's gaudy gear and now wore the black , ornamented , hooded habit of his Ordo . |
| 17 | In general terms this means that if one sets up a trust to accumulate income , and the settlor has not completely divested himself of the trust property , he will be chargeable to income tax on the trust income . |
| 18 | However , if the settlor may benefit on the occurrence of one or more of the following events he will still be deemed ( TA 1988 , s685(2) ) to have divested himself of the property : 1 . |
| 19 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Simply by reminding himself of this fact , he felt inspired by a new confidence and was just about to lift Cleo physically from her seat when yet another resident of the house made an appearance . |
| 22 | Before an important meeting he usually sat for an hour staring deep into the void , reminding himself of man 's place in the cosmos . |
| 23 | LUKE SAT ON AN expo love-seat in Club World at Heathrow , drinking Volvic and availing himself of a complimentary fax machine — clearing up the initial paperwork with Mike on the poem . |
| 24 | In fact , she did possess mettle , though going round alone in the jeep was — I believe — just feminine carelessness , like the terrible state she 'd leave her room in for her maid : powder everywhere , pink for face , white for body ; her long , strong , glossy hairs in the sink , so you would have thought the orang-utan had been availing himself of the facilities and not a pretty young woman of thirty-one . |
| 25 | ANDERS NEILSEN , the English National champion , staged a fighting comeback against Finland 's Robert Liljeqist to assure himself of a medal and join three Danes in today 's men 's singles semi-finals at the Pilkington Glass European Badminton Championships in Glasgow . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to assure himself of the adequacy of the funding arrangements for local management of smaller primary schools ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 27 | Tzann divested himself of the jacket . |
| 28 | Kenotic christology took this to mean that in becoming man , the Son of God divested himself of his specifically divine attributes , such as omniscience and omnipotence . |
| 29 | The Smallholder arrived back among his companions and slowly divested himself of his pads . |
| 30 | By the time Edward III finally divested himself of the Templar lands , in 1338 , he had already resumed the alien priories for the duration of the war and was thus compensated for any losses resulting . |