Example sentences of "or [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In other words , the designer was looking at the effect of the tucking when knitting in one colour , rather than concerning her or himself with the effect when striped .
2 They compel the reader to give something of herself or himself to the text .
3 The schedule designer must for every be putting himself or herself into the respondents ' shoes and trying to imagine what it would be like to be asked this question by a stranger who just turned up a few minutes ago out of the blue .
4 The authorities tend to show that if a test is bodily invasive and/or unpleasant or dangerous then the court will not stay an action until the plaintiff submits him or herself to the test .
5 Under the general law a surety is expected to satisfy himself or herself of the extent of the risk proposed to be undertaken .
6 On the other hand , the Court in terms says that a worker who decides not to transfer deprives him- or herself of the protection of the Directive .
7 This interviewer sees himself or herself as the natural successor to Sir Robin Day .
8 This is not the same as being someone to whom other people often bring their problems ; that does not guarantee the instinctive knowledge of whether something is real or merely a " try-on " , or whether something that is being glosssed over is really something that should be dug out and gone into in depth , or whether the time has come to say and do nothing other than give encouragement to the sufferer to work something out for himself or herself with the assistance of other sufferers in the group .
9 Any reader can , in any case , place himself or herself within the deictic centre by adopting an appropriate psychological distance towards those who lose their lives at war .
10 Under the Finsinger and Vogelsang scheme , the manager is able to capture virtually all the increase in social benefits for him or herself in the form of a bonus in other words the social return is very narrowly distributed .
11 Tough love requires that the family member " lets go " of the primary sufferer and seeks help for himself or herself from the appropriate Family Fellowship , concentrating primarily on his or her own recovery from the addictive urge to fix or control the lives of others .
12 If any British club is interested in ‘ competing ’ against the Austrians , please could they either contact Mr Michael Stifel , CC Kitzbühel , or myself at the Austrian National Tourist Office in London .
13 For this , the person to call on is Mrs Susan Manson of the Natural Resources Unit , ( Tel : 031–469 3848 ) or myself on the above direct line .
14 Please , I 'll pass on the information that you 've received , contact Kevin or myself for the details that are on the leaflets we 've put about .
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