Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] that [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and about the snake that ate itself to death . |
| 2 | In this chapter I will look at some of the literature that addresses itself to Mannheim 's sociology of knowledge — these writers are the inheritors of his work in the sense that they have read and responded to his ideas . |
| 3 | Yet the contrast that presented itself to me as Edward Thomas described it was dramatic : down in the valley less than half a mile away was a modern colliery with all the latest gadgetry of modern technology , while the hill farmers ( at least some of them ) were still in the Middle Ages — even earlier , as far as their material culture was concerned . |
| 4 | Perhaps the man was excited because he saw the chance of making more money , Kirov rejected , in the hope that reminding himself of the mercenary side of the Jew 's character might make his job a little easier . |
| 5 | As you 'd expect from the range that prides itself on keeping your garden in shape . |
| 6 | Their conclusions may be summarized quite simply : there is no evidence to show that specific infant-care practices have an unvarying psychological effect on the child that manifests itself in later years . |
| 7 | If the Smiths had only produced sunny , cuddly stuff like ‘ Heaven Knows ’ , ‘ Ask ’ , ‘ Vicar in a Tutu ’ , they would have merely presaged the perky negligibility of The Housemartins , the sound that grins itself to death . |
| 8 | I thought , a laugh being pretty well the only dealing with the truth that offered itself at the moment , and so nothing to run down . |
| 9 | She brushed away the dullness that settled itself on her whenever she thought too hard about his death , about the way he had chosen to live parts of his life , the worries that had been there within her , deep below the surface , and forced herself to concentrate on finding the right numbered exit to this magnificent part of Gloucestershire . |
| 10 | We merely became accustomed to the general life of the common birds and animals , and to the appearances of trees and clouds and everything upon the surface that showed itself to the naked eye ’ . |
| 11 | The first is the sub-genre that bases itself on events in the past that are perhaps not quite yet history . |
| 12 | I would shrink away in instant horror from the hand that placed itself on my arm or shoulder in an embarrassed and half-hearted attempt at communication . |
| 13 | Leslie had clearly avoided this mishap , for the face that presented itself at the church to the sound of other bells was unblemished — only so very much older than that of the newly-commissioned boy of the Stirling studio photograph , taken but three years before . |
| 14 | The English pundit , John Reason , hardly gives the impression that endearing himself to Scots is high among his priorities , but many surely enjoyed his observation that , by the time Dume had peeled away the last player obscuring his verdict , Turnbull must have felt he had been down there longer than Tutankhamen . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | There was something in his utter stillness — a tension that communicated itself to her . |
| 17 | now we 're going to finish off with a sport that enjoys itself in the summer … grass track racing … thousands were out over the weekend to watch the midland finals in Worcestershire |
| 18 | Devolution was seen by heads as a process that lent itself to a more collaborative style of management . |
| 19 | She felt as fragile and foolish as a moth that beat itself against the hot glass of an electric bulb until it fell burned and spent , in its desperate doomed quest for the light . |
| 20 | The main difficulty from our point of view was that AIB was not organised in a manner that lent itself to giving instruction . |
| 21 | However , having considered the arguments , Lord Bingham said that it was not a subject that lent itself to absolute rules . |
| 22 | Gillian Freeman 's Termination Rock ( Pandora , £12.95 ) is a novel that inserts itself under your skin leaving you wanting more . |
| 23 | The state monopoly of television in a country that prided itself on its tradition of freedom and pluralism of the means of expression — failed . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | With borrowed money he took advantage of an opportunity that presented itself in the 1930s when Oscar Deutch set about forming a third circuit of cinemas — after those of the Rank Organisation and ABC — by buying up the best sites . |
| 27 | The bed could either be a sofa bed or a studio couch with , perhaps , extra drawers underneath , or , in a smaller room , an armchair that transforms itself into a bed . |