Example sentences of "[to-vb] itself by " in BNC.

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1 The body has the ability to heal itself by means of its vital force and , according to the principles of naturopathy , disease is the resistance of that vital force to abnormal conditions in the body .
2 Homoeopathy is a process of natural healing in which the remedies are used to assist the body to heal itself by stimulating its natural healing powers .
3 It was ‘ natural ’ and defensible , on the ground that one medium might reasonably seek to protect itself by investing in a competitor .
4 Meanwhile , breaking apart like a toppling chimneystack , its body collapsed and felled another , which threw up an arm as it went down , as if thinking to save itself by grabbing hold of one of its remaining upright companions .
5 The industry is expected to excuse itself by highlighting the last-minute change in voters ' allegiances , reflected in the last polls .
6 Its owner uses it to cool itself by squirting water or hurling dust over its body .
7 IF AN ANIMAL is approached by a killer it may try to defend itself by giving its attacker a fright .
8 The denial system is strong enough without giving the addictive disease any additional opportunity to manifest itself by giving the patient further excuse to leave treatment .
9 The root form has the ability to reproduce itself by parthenogenesis several times throughout the year for a few years without passing into another form .
10 Entry to the professional-managerial class depends largely upon educational qualifications , and the class helps to reproduce itself by devoting considerable effort to ensuring the educational success of its children .
11 The BG-BASE system has to prove itself by being actively promoted to its target users .
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