Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below : An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead . |
| 2 | Here I lie on this crimson equatorial shore , far from where the great electronic city dissolves itself under its own photochemical smogs . |
| 3 | And yet this film etches itself upon one 's consciousness . |
| 4 | In contrast the new edition of R. P. Boas 's Primer of Real Functions does it all exactly the wrong way round ( Baire before Binomial ) but redeems itself with its dedication : TO MY EPSILONS . |
| 5 | ‘ Only sometimes when I 'm tired it sort of forces itself on my attention . ’ |
| 6 | Given the environmental problems facing corporations and the preparedness of executives and officials unhindered by moral or ethical constraints to find ‘ rational ’ solutions , an operative criterion frequently forces itself into their consciousness — ‘ will it pay ’ ( and in whispered voices ) ‘ even though it is technically illegal ? ’ |
| 7 | For a moment before it separates itself from its surroundings I catch a glimpse of its round eyes , beautiful but stupid , taking in the sight of a forty-three-year-old writer wearing shorts and a faded polo shirt , his face somewhat craggier than he sees it in his mind 's eye , his waist a little more solid and his eyes bright with the thoughts he is generating . |
| 8 | Her clothing moulds itself to her body so as to reveal or to promise as much of the delights within as it conceals ; it too includes silk , soft to the touch ( 3235 ) and the fresh warm taste of morning milk ( 3236 ) . |
| 9 | I think you will find as you begin to write through all your senses , that your writing transforms itself into something more fully alive . |
| 10 | L'Esquire prides itself on its superlative standards of service and relaxed atmosphere . |
| 11 | Chez Gerard , a London restaurant which prides itself on its Frenchness and its wine list , is just one now considering offering non-French wines for the first time , including some from the Antipodes . |
| 12 | New York is uncommon political turf , and Mr Brown has been helped mightily by a press that prides itself on its aggression and which does not much like Mr Clinton . |
| 13 | The company , which prides itself on its environmental record , decided a final solution was needed to avoid in one fell swoop the seasonal embarrassment of leaves on the line . |
| 14 | Recently I was shown around the offices of a community church that prides itself on its radical Christian commitment . |
| 15 | The NZRFU rather prides itself on its official-player liaison , of treating its players handsomely , and it rather hopes that they in turn would treat the NZRFU with courtesy , if not affection . |
| 16 | The Sutcliffe Studio prides itself on its broadcast quality camera work and this presents an attractive film of this part of Wales . |
| 17 | The Financial Times , on the other hand , which is the City paper and which has a solid Conservative readership ( see Fig. 4.3b , Chapter 4 ) , prides itself on its critical edge in pursuing a business ideology which might , and often does , go against the Conservative Party 's views . |
| 18 | COSE prides itself on its un-organisation : no dues , no structure , no consortium , no budget , and it 's hard to reckon how such a motley crew , left to its own devices , can even begin to expect to defeat Bill Gates , master of the media , without a common war chest and a seriously orchestrated propaganda campaign . |
| 19 | Even Sun , which prides itself on its ‘ belligerent consistency ’ or sometimes just on its belligerence , said it could see itself negotiating issues . |
| 20 | COSE prides itself on its un-organisation : no dues , no structure , no consortium , no budget ( UX No 428 ) . |
| 21 | For liberalism prides itself on its rejection of moral paternalism , that is the imposition of a particular scheme of the virtuous life upon all citizens . |
| 22 | Offering a quite unique complex for Tuscany , the management prides itself on its attention to detail and its demands for high quality food and accommodation . |
| 23 | It is offered on a half board basis and the management prides itself on its reputation for the good quality home-cooking . |
| 24 | In a region that prides itself on its cuisine and that boasts a strong tourist industry , it might have been supposed that indigenous entrepreneurs would leap at such an opportunity . |
| 25 | A school which prides itself on its history . |
| 26 | In his amateur days he was an ‘ eviction technician ’ ( a fashionable euphemism for bouncer ) but such work is regarded as unseemly for the standard bearer of a sport which prides itself in its healthy clean-living image , and he now supplements his income from the few competitions which pay more than a pittance by personal appearances . |
| 27 | It impresses itself upon you subliminally . |
| 28 | A rite is part of the culture the individual is born into , and it imposes itself on him from the outside like the rest of his culture . |
| 29 | In the 1629 session he told the Commons that ‘ religion offers itself to your first consideration at this time ’ , and reproached the Speaker for undue readiness to obey the king 's orders . |
| 30 | The door is closed to new members , and the membership protects itself against what it calls Proliferation with wire , guns , attack dogs , certainly , but above all with a suffocating cloak of secrecy . |