Sentence examples for has taken itself from inspiring English sources

BLOOMBERG NEWS WebMD Takes Down For-Sale Signgn  |  WebMD says it has taken itself off the auction block, after failing to attract satisfactory offers from potential buyers.

"Golf has taken itself too seriously to a degree," said Jim Connor, president at the Foot-Joy unit of Acushnet in Fairhaven, Mass.

But since it has "taken itself out of these preparatory negotiations, even as others move closer together," he said, it is likely to find it much more difficult to get its way.

I love the post-jab ache, as if my upper arm has taken itself off to pilates after a messy breakup, really working it, abs, a haircut, the whole "new me" rather than simply having been poked with a pin.

He said that perhaps the N.F.L. has taken itself too seriously, and noted that the XFL "will be total immersion into sports," noting that the cameras and reporters would be allowed into the locker rooms before games and at halftime.

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD After Spurning Apollo Bid, American Media Comes Off the Block | American Media, publisher of the National Enquirer, Star supermarket tabloids and magazine including Men's Fitness, has taken itself off the market, after turning down a bid from the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

"In practical terms, the C.I.A. had taken itself out of the business of spying," Baer writes.

Dole said it had taken itself off the block because a sale would not deliver full value to shareholders.

STAYING INDEPENDENT The online health company WebMD said on Tuesday that it had taken itself off the auction block, after failing to attract satisfactory offers from potential buyers.

Cox Communications, the No.4 cable company, appears to have taken itself out of the running for Adelphia when its parent proposed taking the company private last week.

"It was as if the camera had been Herzogs only teammate on the summit, and the photo had taken itself, Roberts writes.