Example sentences of "itself have [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The initial configuration of the universe may have been chosen by God , or it may itself have been determined by the laws of science .
2 And we realize that the initial state may itself have been determined by the laws of science .
3 Indeed , the statute of 1324 coincided with an earlier seizure of alien priories by Edward II and may itself have been intended to palliate that action .
4 That scaffolding must itself have been built by an earlier form of cumulative selection , at whose nature we can only guess .
5 But it fits less well with a situation in which the ‘ rules ’ under which the negotiation takes place are regularly changed to the extent that the nature of the ‘ game ’ may itself have been changed .
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