Example sentences of "[prep] itself [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two are not distinct — development of management knowledge bases in this area may of itself be seen as one of the prerequisites and/or pressure points leading toward structural review and change . |
| 2 | The reduction of single-width road passing places blocked by parked cars would of itself be a considerable benefit . |
| 3 | The mere fact that the photon 's colliding with the electron and bouncing off it into the microscope has the effect of changing the electron 's momentum would not of itself be disastrous . |
| 4 | Provisions for obsolete and slow moving stock will be determined by the directors based on physical and recorded stock levels but the presence or not of a part number on an item of stock or the recording or not of the item on the stock records will not of itself be any be any form of guide as to obsolescence . |
| 5 | Should you despatch goods to us or perform work for us in accordance with this order without such an acknowledgement , this shall of itself be deemed an acknowledgement falling within this paragraph . |
| 6 | In that last respect , however , they were like practically everyone else on the island , which may in itself be a reason why we should not be quick to decide that their behaviour lacked political significance , and consisted of antics . |
| 7 | Canvassers should have training , which could in itself be fun for them . |
| 8 | The general rule , however , is that for you to be justified in ending the relationship , the breach of contract must in itself be serious . |
| 9 | If you are told , for example , that the company is thinking of implementing a pay cut , but that the decision is not yet definite , that will not in itself be likely to amount to constructive dismissal . |
| 10 | An honest ‘ airing ’ may entail managers putting themselves on the line for criticism as it is clear that the inefficiency of a manager can in itself be a cause for tension in a bureau . |
| 11 | Living alone , although a very real care problem for many dementia sufferers because of the need some of them have for continual safeguarding , might not in itself be a problem for all if they had sons or ( more realistically ) daughters living nearby who could help with their care . |
| 12 | The mechanism and pathophysiological significance of this abnormality remain unclear , but it may be a remnant particle accumulation which might in itself be atherogenic ( e.g. , like LDL ) . |
| 13 | It is reasonable to suppose that the ‘ leading ’ industries will be willing to concede money wage increases to their workers equal to the rate of productivity growth : this will not in itself be inflationary as the average price level in these industries can be held constant . |
| 14 | I had already explained to Maxine that discovering the reason for the phobia would not in itself be a cure , and that we would still have to work together to overcome it . |
| 15 | It should also be noted that breaches tend to have a ‘ ripple effect ’ and that a practitioner who does not fully understand his obligations has only to proffer one piece of investment advice ( which may in itself be perfectly sound ) and he will almost certainly have breached several regulations in the process . |
| 16 | Each one of the following would in itself be almost an insuperable barrier to having the real issues of the case examined . |
| 17 | In his essay in Salmagundi , Robert Scholes argues that conservatives desire a common curriculum — any common curriculum — because this would have a unifying effect upon a society that suffers from an excess of pluralism , and this unifying effect , an achieved cultural consensus , would in itself be a good thing for the country socially and politically . |
| 18 | Even a kind of guerrilla warfare is enjoyed and can in itself be life sustaining ( Mattinson and Sinclair , 1979 ) . |
| 19 | The enormous handicap such a tail gives a male may in itself be what attracts the female to the male . |
| 20 | He suggested that Mr. Whitbread might talk to the doctors who had attended Mary Flint before the incident , and he doubted whether the medical evidence would in itself be a justification for having refused bail . |
| 21 | Secondly , the estimated number of children in lone-parent families is subject to considerable error , through under-counting in the Census and through the large sampling errors involved in grossing up ( at the national level , which may in itself be inappropriate for individual Authorities ) from the General Household Survey . |
| 22 | It is the language of professionals and others working within services , which can in itself be a barrier that stops people discussing those services which form a large part of their lives . |
| 23 | If one accepts the golden rule , this involves rejecting Lord Diplock 's opinion that the inexpediency , injustice or immorality of the proposed application of the statute can not in itself be a reason for finding an ambiguity in the statute . |
| 24 | whether the girl standing on the opposite side of the crossroads , with her face hidden by the long dark hair falling over her shoulders as she waits to cross the road , head turned to watch the oncoming traffic , will look straight ahead so that he can see her face : and if so , whether it will fulfil his hopes ; and whether the fulfilment of his hopes would in itself be a kind of disappointment . |
| 25 | The drawing will be a guide to where paint will be placed on the picture and will not in itself be a pencil drawing of a scene , so all lines will represent changes in colour and outline areas which are to be painted later . |
| 26 | Compulsive stealing may in itself be a form of gambling . |
| 27 | A decision that jurisdiction exists is always a logically necessary precondition to the exercise of jurisdiction : because it is logically prior to the exercise of jurisdiction , it can not in itself be part of the exercise of jurisdiction . |
| 28 | But though this supposition may be fairly accurate , it can certainly be stated that a slavish adherence to principles of precise proportions can not in itself be an absolute guarantee of good musical form , which , as we have stressed again and again , depends on the satisfaction of psychological and emotional needs . |
| 29 | Of course , the distinctive nature of the conduct can not in itself be a sufficient reason for a separate offence , since , for example , the introduction of the penis into the mouth , cunnilingus and object penetration are each equally distinctive , but they will , it is proposed , collectively be classified as acts of gross indecency . |
| 30 | This means that the emphasis on modelling demand for fuels at the level of the individual household will , in itself be novel , and will allow account to be taken of the enormous variation that exists in household income , demographic characteristics and appliance stocks . |