Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then Alton Towers prides itself on not being a theme park . |
| 2 | In fact , the chapter on the universities concerns itself with uses of English well beyond the boundaries of the English school : |
| 3 | The President of the National Assembly and former Prime Minister , Laurent Fabius , has spoken of ‘ the general crisis of politics … the malaise of a society which has lost all its landmarks translates itself into a suspicion of political parties and into a rise of anti-parliamentarianism ’ . |
| 4 | The basic complexity is one of asymmetry , which in these conditions shows itself as a deepseated contradiction between the reproduction of market relations ( both directly , within the market , and indirectly , within state and educational functions ) and the consequences of such reproduction in certain sensitive and perhaps crucial areas of public morality , respect for authority and actual crime . |
| 5 | The intense visual concentration and the technical discipline underlying these paintings transmits itself to the spectator in a feeling of tension , almost of unrest . |
| 6 | None of Fuller 's examples lends itself to being dealt with in this all-or-nothing way . |
| 7 | The package with its design attributes lends itself to the production of manuals and directories |
| 8 | When the neural tube closes ( Chapter 2 ) , a group of cells detaches itself at the site of fusion and migrates to many parts of the body and differentiates into a wide variety of cell types . |
| 9 | Before the team of analysts engrosses itself into data analysis , which is partly carried out through interview and observation , it is necessary to consider the structure of the organisation and the roles played by members of the management team . |