Example sentences of "it [vb -s] itself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allies itself with no political party , no outside cause . |
| 2 | Total marketing and sales expenses increased as it turns itself into a market-driven company to $24.3m , up 45% . |
| 3 | At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment . |
| 4 | Moreover it is less than clear from the Bill what advantages are supposed to accrue to a school if it separates itself from a Local Authority , unless doing so is thought in general to be advantageous ( where , for instance , a Local Authority is unduly ‘ political ’ ) . |
| 5 | For a moment before it separates itself from its surroundings I catch a glimpse of its round eyes , beautiful but stupid , taking in the sight of a forty-three-year-old writer wearing shorts and a faded polo shirt , his face somewhat craggier than he sees it in his mind 's eye , his waist a little more solid and his eyes bright with the thoughts he is generating . |
| 6 | It impresses itself upon you subliminally . |
| 7 | A rite is part of the culture the individual is born into , and it imposes itself on him from the outside like the rest of his culture . |
| 8 | It prides itself on this fact and points out in its brochure that while a large group can offer a wide range of services ‘ many of which you are unlikely to want … its investment managers suffer from real problems and conflicts of interest : supporting in-house issues , buying in-house unit trusts , helping its market makers and churning portfolios ’ . |
| 9 | It disguises itself in the trappings of its rival ’ ( p. 1 13 ) . |
| 10 | Let us hope that it manifests itself through some outward show . |
| 11 | In modern clinical psychoanalysis it manifests itself as that part of the ego which represents a critical self-awareness which is both censorious and exhortatory , being the representative of standards , ideals , commands and prohibitions . |
| 12 | It manifests itself in diamonds as well as in coal , and it has more compounds than any other element . |
| 13 | The difference is essentially one of the spirit and it manifests itself in the habits and attitudes of country folk . |
| 14 | It manifests itself in certain physical , professional and institutional forms : rooms , buildings , posts , chairs , departments , associations , journals , conferences , and so on . |
| 15 | The very nature of deafness and the subsequent difficulty in defining the term ‘ deaf ’ , the way it manifests itself in disrupted communication , the history and structure of deaf education and the size of the deaf population , have traditionally given deafness a high profile within special education . |
| 16 | It manifests itself in different ways in different types or organizations . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) Where the creditor leaves it to the debtor to obtain the signature of a third party surety on documents of guarantee or on documents charging the surety 's principal or important asset , it exposes itself to the possibility of being restrained under applicable equitable doctrines . |
| 18 | Like psychotherapy , it places itself outside these relations . |
| 19 | Thru is ‘ deconstructionist ’ in the additional sense that it places itself in multiple positions within the field of literary discourse . |
| 20 | A garish and good-natured bi-monthly magazine , it advertises itself as Britain 's ‘ 5TH BEST SELLING MAGAZINE ! |
| 21 | Recruitment to its ranks is highly selective in terms of social and educational status , and it perpetuates itself by spending parts of its accumulated surpluses on privileged education , often abroad , for its favoured sons ( and occasionally daughters ) . |
| 22 | It is , of course , clear that the Report does not speak on behalf of working-class culture , but it should also be noted that it distances itself from the culture of the middle class ( cf. 236/256–7 ) . |
| 23 | The strength of a social institutional ideal , however , is not that it always attains its stated objectives , but that it establishes itself as the desirable norm . |
| 24 | Divergent sexuality , it is clear even now , is only permissible as long as it allows itself to be stolen , as long as it conforms to existing industry patterns and dominant sexual stereotypes . |
| 25 | This is quite common on newly imported Angelfish and in nearly all cases it cures itself with medication . |
| 26 | It may still bear the scars of our occupancy , of out botched attempts at DIY , but it vacates itself of our memory as soon as the new people move their stuff in . |
| 27 | A more or less permanent steam column will soon establish itself , and a Surtseyan eruption ensues , with ejected material accumulating on the sea floor until there is such a pile that the top of it shows itself above sea level , and an island is born . |
| 28 | In fact , if inspected more closely , it shows itself to be a rickety structure of ad hoc contrivance and ill-founded reductivist moves . |
| 29 | It shows itself in powerful emotions that surprise us , in the richness of dream images , and in phobias and prejudices . |
| 30 | And if you ca n't do it , er you know very often it , it , it shows itself in other ways , like people stamp their feet or they begin to shake with rage . |