Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb mod] itself " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the notion of discovery might itself be slightly misleading , if it implies that all the indeterminate , implicit meanings have been made determinate and explicit . |
| 2 | Presumably it is an overreaction to a number of points that we have noted : that no logical guarantee of the soundness of our abductive sense can be provided ; that our substantive conception of reality or of the aim of inquiry may itself be revisable ; that while experience might lead us to abandon a theory with some confidence , proper acceptance should be postponed to the long run — true theories are survivors . |
| 3 | The degree of intermingling may itself reflect the growth form of stoloniferous species . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the idea of theory may itself need to be theorized and regarded with a measure of scepticism , like other honorific terms in contemporary discourse , such as ‘ politics ’ and ‘ history ’ . |
| 5 | While this is undoubtedly true , many elderly people are not grandparents , and the lack of role can itself cause considerable grief . |
| 6 | It is good management practice that any change of policy should itself be assessed : the process should help to decide whether LMS can take the credit for any improvements that occur . |
| 7 | The criterion of simplicity could itself be referred , as it was by Newton , to a God who had ensured that nature did nothing in vain or , as it was by Michael Faraday in the nineteenth century , to a God who had ensured that the book of his works would be as simple to comprehend as the book of his words . |
| 8 | The same structure can be utilized by the historian so that the writing of history can itself become a disruptive event and consequently a form of political intervention . |