Example sentences of "defines [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet an Englishman 's relation to English culture and its traditions may be more tormented than Schniedau allows for , especially if the Englishman in question defines himself as , or aspires to be , an English artist . |
| 2 | If anything , he defines himself as a DJ rather than a rapper , and he remains desperately committed to the dance scene . |
| 3 | But in the anti-colonial revolutions and the Soviet Union today external oppression is as commonly the fundamental source of the creation of a national group , no matter how much that group defines itself in relationship to inherited cultural symbols or a supposedly common past . |
| 4 | For a country that almost defines itself in terms of its distinctive education system , such changes are seen as an attack on the Scottish way of life . |
| 5 | Lycomings offer the choice of two : ‘ max power ’ , defined as the ‘ leanest mixture which produces highest IAS from a given rpm and manifold pressure ’ , and ‘ best economy ’ m which defines itself , i.e. the cruise technique which will require less fuel for a given distance but will take more time . |
| 6 | More , the fact that this being , Homo sapiens , is from the moment of birth aware of itself in relation to others , and experiences and defines itself in such a relational mode , suggests the universal , pre-cultural basis of a relational concept that appears to occur in one form or another in all human cultural systems : the complementarity of Self and Other ; Us and Them . |
| 7 | An age defines itself by choosing another age — usually a forgotten or neglected age — to teach itself new manners through old customs . |
| 8 | Like other sciences , psychology defines itself by its object . |
| 9 | Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front ( ZANU-PF ) officially defines itself as Marxist-Leninist in orientation . |
| 10 | She writes screenplays , poems , stories , letters , not for money , but as an occupation ; it 's how she defines herself . |
| 11 | Like the Saussurian sign , she defines herself by and through her relations with others . |