The term "satisfied itself" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation in which someone has done or achieved something satisfying to them without outside help or intervention. For example, "After months of hard work, he was finally able to satisfy himself and move forward with his plans."
The inspectorate could not have satisfied itself about Dawkins's effectiveness, he says.
In October 1998, Pope John Paul II bestowed on her the intermediate title of "blessed"—after the church had satisfied itself that at least one miracle had occurred through her prayers in the after-life.
However, the Nigerian Gov ernment sent representatives to the centers last summer and satisfied itself that the children — many of whom, it insists, came, from areas outside the former Biafra were in good hands.
The 2003 amendments, reached as part of a deal with Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, took away the right of other states to adopt California's tougher regulations and required the E.P.A. to hold off its approval until it satisfied itself that the California rules would not entail safety risks.
The Hitman and Her could simply have satisfied itself with displaying the cold harsh reality of any discotheque from 1975 to 1988 – Club 18-30 games like putting chipolatas down the diamanté Speedos of "the dancers" (Eugene & Storm) or passing custard-filled balloons between the breasts of dead-eyed girls with Bonnie Tyler hair.
Mr Li is thought to be prepared to pay around $2 billion for Volvo, about a third as much as Ford spent to acquire it in 1999.A deal is unlikely to be signed before the end of the year, but negotiations would not have got this far if Ford had not satisfied itself that its biggest concern, the transfer of intellectual property to the Chinese firm, could be resolved.
The regulations say the party must satisfy itself that any donation is legitimate.
The UN should satisfy itself that there was no breach of these requirements".
The urge for order satisfies itself, it seems, regardless of the quality of the evidence.
The Agency shall be entitled to satisfy itself that the armaments concerned are in fact exported.
The government should satisfy itself with a more moderate sentence and then do something about its addiction to secrecy.
