Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Power is not something that is possessed such as blue eyes or red hair but manifests itself in terms of relations with others . |
| 2 | It manifests itself in diamonds as well as in coal , and it has more compounds than any other element . |
| 3 | Provided sado-masochism limits itself to practices between consenting partners ( and provided it does not get out of hand ) and affects no one else , it is doubtful whether remedial measures are necessary or justifiable . |
| 4 | These values and this separation of course react back on to design practice itself ; after all practice models itself on conceptions of what , theoretically , it is . |
| 5 | They do n't ask — though they should — why living matter groups itself into organisms in the first place . |
| 6 | This point has been reinforced further by the findings of Goldsmith and Newton ( 1986 ) who show that , while the Thatcher government has been very directive towards local authorities on council house sales , by contrast it hardly involves itself in matters of environmental health ( a reflection of the much lower priority the Thatcher government gives to this policy area ) . |
| 7 | In fact , the chapter on the universities concerns itself with uses of English well beyond the boundaries of the English school : |
| 8 | And I think the the local touch if you like of the principal beat officer , er shows itself on occasions like that . |
| 9 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 10 | Listening to the speech of those around us , we begin to discern how character reveals itself through words and also how people use words to veil themselves . |
| 11 | water heals itself of spaces |
| 12 | But , as every kite flyer discovers early in the hobby , if you wind onto a static reel over its edge , or do a similar action by winding around a handle , then the line becomes ‘ lively ’ and wraps itself into snarls . |
| 13 | The soul abdicates quickly and the flesh abandons itself to shudders . |
| 14 | More generally , Onetti 's disenchantment with Western civilization expresses itself through protagonists who are at odds with society and seek to create their own alternative reality . |
| 15 | This explains the absence from the " conclusions and recommendations " of any reference to national spiritual unity ( or of contemporary challenges to such unity ) given that in this section the discourse addresses itself to details of state policy . |
| 16 | The problem of the physical and sexual abuse of children , which has become a dominant theme of family studies and of the work of the social services in the 1970s and 1980s , is increasingly seen as one that replicates itself across generations . |
| 17 | This extends itself to winters very often — the types of winters that can be available are obviously very attractive , not just to professional cricketers , I mean , but to the vast majority of the population . |
| 18 | The same report also , when it turns its attention to taking stock , extends itself to pupils . |
| 19 | The facility offered by the membranes for karyotyping lends itself to studies in which there is a need to preserve the abnormal or normal embryo intact . |
| 20 | It was pointed out that the modular nature of the new advanced provision lends itself to students choosing groups of units which , although having vocational relevance for the individual or a particular employer , do not satisfy the criteria for an existing HNC or HND . |
| 21 | Because the music is fairly hard , it lends itself to expressions of anger and bitterness and violent feelings rather than blissed-out loveydovey stuff . ’ |
| 22 | For a country that almost defines itself in terms of its distinctive education system , such changes are seen as an attack on the Scottish way of life . |
| 23 | The first is the sub-genre that bases itself on events in the past that are perhaps not quite yet history . |
| 24 | Panic communicates itself without words . |