Fix cannot set sendRequest on undefined in Next.js apps

[ShukantPal]

Description

It seems like that this.sendRequest was being used to set sendRequest as a global function. But this is undefined when using it in Next.js bundled server-side routes.

This change makes it so that the function can be used in the statement.js file without referencing this.

Checklist

• Format code according to the existing code style (run npm run lint:check -- CHANGED_FILES and fix problems in changed code)
• Create tests which fail without the change (if possible)
• Make all tests (unit and integration) pass (npm run test:unit and npm run test:integration)
• Extend the README / documentation and ensure is properly displayed (if necessary)
• Provide JIRA issue id (if possible) or GitHub issue id in commit message

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