Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 2 | Volkswagen , which is the largest European car producer , has in recent months aligned itself behind the car protectionist lobby because , heavily dependent on high cost German labour , it is aware that it will have difficulties in beating off Japanese cars when they are imported without quotas into Europe . |
| 3 | A Great Tightness lies on most pavements unleashing itself round all passing ankles . |
| 4 | Braintree Concerts Music Club has been in existence for 22 years , but is looking for new ways to promote itself following the decision by the district council to withdraw its grant . |
| 5 | Members of the jury whilst you 're listening to these officers ask yourself a number of questions as they 're going along . |
| 6 | Next time you open a book , stroke a cat or dog or lie between cool sheets allow yourself to become aware of the texture and the temperature of what you touch . |
| 7 | It is also now an independent body , and can begin to look for new ways to finance itself and improve its amenities . |
| 8 | The way was thereby opened for English merchants to establish themselves in the island , and William Bolton came to Madeira as an agent for Robert Heysham of London , who had a brother in Barbados to whom Bolton shipped a large quantity of wine . |
| 9 | Certainly , Mr Wheeler convinced me that his company was going to huge lengths to keep itself clean . |
| 10 | This was particularly so in Orkney where the income from the oil industry was being used by young Orcadians to set themselves up in farming . |
| 11 | It is a sunset on the Atlantic , after a prolonged storm ; but the storm is partially lulled , and the torn and streaming rain-clouds are moving in scarlet lines to lose themselves in the hollow of the night . |
| 12 | Lady Howe , chairman of the nationwide campaign and wife of the former foreign secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe , called on local employers to commit themselves to equal opportunities . |
| 13 | The biblical perspective of divine revelation is of God speaking at specific times addressing himself to particular situations . |
| 14 | ‘ We must be careful , ’ he murmured , drawing in deep breaths to calm himself . |
| 15 | This is necessarily caused by the fact that the intrinsic differences between the services provided in different organizations reflect themselves in the respective budgets . |
| 16 | He called on American scientists to dedicate themselves to this new national effort . |
| 17 | He could hardly keep his eyes open and tried jumping in cold baths to keep himself awake , but only felt cold as well as tired . |
| 18 | Aircraft captains are legally entitled to deny boarding to any passengers presenting themselves at the aircraft who , cat the captain 's absolute discretion , are unacceptably under the influence of drink or drugs . |
| 19 | MOTORIST Peter Beer battled for eight hours to free himself from his crashed car while vehicles roared past on a motorway yards above . |
| 20 | Tanks and policemen armed with submachineguns have been deployed at airports ; members of Parliament have been issued with special badges to identify themselves inside Westminster . |
| 21 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 22 | This paragraph seems to indicate that it may be possible for a person who has received information in confidence which he could have obtained through other sources to relieve himself of the 'special disability " under which he is otherwise placed by going to those sources . |
| 23 | ‘ I shall ask for two days holiday myself , then , ’ Ruth said . |
| 24 | Hunter , Fallon , de Glanville , behind the scrum , and Clarke , in the forwards , have in recent months established themselves as quality players one step from the national team . |