Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] itself in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We see the struggle asserting itself in the preface to his poem ‘ The Glass Dog ’ ( Flowers for Hitler ) : |
| 2 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
| 3 | I would not wish the Council to find itself in a position in which it felt obliged to oppose the franchising arrangements as a result of your published views as to future developments which might emerge from the franchising scheme . ’ |
| 4 | He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies . |
| 5 | The contradiction shows itself in the phenomena of underconsumption and in periodic crises ; and it provides the main ground for Marx 's expectation of an eventual breakdown of the capitalist system . |
| 6 | As it tried to thrash away from its attacker the fish stranded itself in a shallow section . |
| 7 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 8 | These involved considering : ( a ) how long it will take the purchaser to build up further clientele ; ( b ) how frequently customers in the market change between the various competitors ; ( c ) how quickly new products come on to the market and are taken up by customers ; ( d ) how long it will take the vendor to re-establish itself in the market if there is no restrictive covenant . |
| 9 | I threaten nothing , but sit on my branch , attentive as any other creature ; as slowly the forest reveals itself in the cry of a bird , the crash of a branch , the rustle of leaves as something moves through the forest litter ; the incessant percussive music of insects . |
| 10 | For Lacan notes how it is only when the infant encounters itself in a ‘ mirroring ’ image that a form is set up for the face and body ; the mirror provides a perceptual gestalt ‘ ideal ’ form , which does not reflect a reality since it differs from the subject 's fragmentary experience . |
| 11 | As things stand , it is probably only a matter of time before the site finds itself in the hands of property speculators , a sad fate for what was one of the largest mills on the Painswick Stream . |
| 12 | In Prussia the crisis manifested itself in a variety of ways . |
| 13 | The co-ordinator leads the group into the sanctuary and the group arranges itself in a semi-circle facing the congregation . |
| 14 | The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made . |
| 15 | The other concealed itself in a discarded leather shoe . |
| 16 | The economy finds itself in a suboptimal state of temporary equilibrium at point C owing to a sales constraint on output : firms would ideally like to produce Y * ; output and employ L * ; workers but , being unable to sell all of this output and employ this number of workers , they are obliged to produce a level of output Y 1 compatible with constraint on sales and hence employ only L 1 workers . |
| 17 | On practically every issue the Comintern found itself in the role of an infallible body which had adopted a manifestly fallible policy . |
| 18 | The government found itself in a difficult diplomatic position , given the fierce denial of the allegations by the Belgian authorities . |
| 19 | Evening fell early over Lydia 's garden while the rest of the valley preened itself in the setting sun . |
| 20 | It was perhaps to be expected that during this post-independence period TANU and its politicians in Parliament would want to see the nation establish itself in a symbolic sense . |
| 21 | It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin . |
| 22 | When she finished there was a second 's silence , then the warmth of the company expressed itself in a burst of applause . |
| 23 | The explanation has to be that the company shot itself in the foot by announcing the Sparcsystem 10 machines with such a long lead time , many would-be customers are holding back and waiting for them , and that things will not really start to pick up until those start shipping around September time — which suggests that dullness will continue for the current quarter . |
| 24 | But before long , the company found itself in the midst of the early 1980s ' recession , an event that , by Mr Garner 's own admission , nearly finished TI off for good . |
| 25 | Today the school finds itself in the midst of a public debate which is shaking the foundations of French politics — some say ethics — has split Mitterand 's Socialist Party down the middle and has put the questions of immigration and integration back on the agenda with a vengeance . |
| 26 | A final essential advantage for the party manifested itself in the general election campaign , when Attlee , for so long the ‘ unknown Opposition Leader ’ , came to notice as a sober and responsible figure apparently capable of assuming the reins of government . |
| 27 | The zeitgeist expressed itself in a lively concern for the Christian faith and its implications for a modus vivendi . |
| 28 | 2.1.3 " surveyors " means ( Surveyors ) of ( address ) or such other firm of Surveyors previously approved in writing by the Landlord [ such approval not to be unreasonably withheld [ or delayed ] ] as the Tenant may from time to time appoint to perform the functions of the Surveyors under this Agreement It would be foolhardy for the tenant to put itself in a position whereby the landlord must approve the identity of its surveyors . |
| 29 | Even though there was a silencer on the gun , the detonation and the whack of the bullet burying itself in the floorboards were unmistakable . |