Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] itself by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Figure 7.6 A territorial rufous humming-bird weighs itself by perching on a spring balance . |
| 2 | The political anger of ‘ On Civil Disobedience ’ and ‘ Walden ’ has burned itself out ; only one remark still rings with it , when Thoreau considers how the cherry disperses itself by having its stones swallowed : ‘ It is only princes who can afford to have their cherry puddings stoned , and so make their lives more completely luxurious and useless . ’ |
| 3 | The curriculum justifies itself by saying that unless teachers deliberately introduce the subject of homosexuality to the classroom it would be unlikely ever to arise among the children themselves . |
| 4 | An age defines itself by choosing another age — usually a forgotten or neglected age — to teach itself new manners through old customs . |
| 5 | The system funds itself by operating on the Royal Bank of Canada 's over-the-counter exchange rates which are not as fine as those obtained by the institution itself . |