Example sentences of "impress themselves on " in BNC.

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1 Some passages stood out in his mind with almost photographic clarity , presumably because they had impressed themselves on his mind earlier .
2 One of the notable features of the mid-Thatcher period was a revival of the civil liberties movement , as governmental pressures against individual right of expression impressed themselves on the public consciousness .
3 Brackley itself produced rather few people who impressed themselves on the historical record .
4 It was extraordinary how many details simultaneously impressed themselves on Dalgliesh 's mind .
5 True , there were packets of walnut bits too , but they failed to impress themselves on me .
6 The attitudes of and between parents begin to impress themselves on it simply because they are parental attitudes , not because they are understood .
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