Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] itself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NSF had declared in January its intention to constitute itself as a political party , reversing an earlier decision . |
| 2 | A policy of legality and the maintenance of public order was officially adopted by the BUF in its attempt to portray itself as a responsible organization . |
| 3 | One of the first kennels to establish itself as a consistent winner in the show ring was the Tankerville Kennel . |
| 4 | Argeĺes is undeniably a centre , near enough to the towns to the north and the great valleys and mountains to the south to suggest itself as a place to stay . |
| 5 | Labour also moved towards more concern for the consumer , towards an acceptance of the need for legal curbs on the power of the unions , and the party 's need to confirm itself as the defence of the law and order sought by working-class citizens . |
| 6 | Labour will try this week to portray itself as the party of hope , with policies on education , training and health . |
| 7 | This suggests that while entry to the eurobond market is easy , it is more difficult for a firm to establish itself as a dominant player . |
| 8 | He had just persuaded the Operative Builders Union to restructure itself as the Grand National Guild of Builders . |
| 9 | Psychology 's concern to present itself as a self-contained discourse means that connections with specific historical and social circumstances , even with other discourses , can in the end play little part in it . |
| 10 | The year following the final Soviet withdrawal of troops was marked by the collapse of the mujaheddin as a real military threat to the Kabul government , and by the failure of its government to present itself as a viable political alternative . |
| 11 | For the past century , the global chemical industry has shown a tendency to arrange itself as a cosy club , and ICI has fitted the pattern . |
| 12 | Like LOEX it operates on a subscription-fee basis , but unlike LOEX it has a relatively small catchment number of libraries which might subscribe , and because of this its ability to maintain itself as a self-financing clearinghouse is in question . |
| 13 | For Acheson , who became Secretary of State in January 1949 , as for most of the Administration , Congress and probably most of the American people , and as a straight and simple choice , France was more important than Vietnam or Indo-China and more valuable than a party aspiring to be government which , in spite of impeccable anti-colonial credentials and its ability to present itself as all things to all men , was beginning to look more and more like an affiliated communist state . |
| 14 | The struggle of American sociology to establish itself as a distinct ‘ scientific ’ discipline dominates the early reactions to Mannheim 's work . |
| 15 | The longest-lasting is the struggle for the working class to constitute itself as a class , to overcome its internal fragmentation . |