Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] itself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 2 | Southend could and should have won it near the end when once again the Town defence got itself in a tangle … |
| 3 | Institutionalised racism manifests itself in insensitive service provision in health and social services , with barriers around language , the pattern of family names and vocabulary . |
| 4 | The ‘ resentment ’ at being denied possible access to positions of respect and maybe responsibility manifests itself in a number of ways , not least in the social posture of black youth in the UK . |
| 5 | Confronted with the crass sexual exploitation of mainstream pop , alternative British rock shrouds itself in shapeless jumpers and stares heavenwards . |
| 6 | My feeling of distaste and fear manifested itself in mounting irritability . |
| 7 | Do n't be surprised if your grief manifests itself in unexpected ways . |
| 8 | On 18 December 1961 the Committee for Space Research declared itself in favour of the development of the Diamant rocket . |
| 9 | Alice felt a little knot of fear tying itself in her belly . |
| 10 | This seems eminently reasonable , quite apart from its association with the Spinozist idea that all motivation is the attempt of a personal essence to keep itself in actuality in the fullest possible way . |
| 11 | It would be tempting to assume that we have evidence here of some direct relationship with the Thynne family , Marquesses of Bath , at nearby Longleat ; that may be the case , but an equally likely explanation could be that the family was involved in nothing more than a slightly sycophantic attempt to ingratiate itself in some way with the local aristocracy . |
| 12 | However in the second verse the reason in Gunn 's mind expresses itself in conflict with the attraction expressed in verse one : |
| 13 | If the pub as an institution expresses itself in a rich variety of ways , the same is true of the physical forms it takes . |
| 14 | This was the way in which uncertainty asserted itself in Heisenberg 's original formulation of quantum mechanics . |
| 15 | By the summer of 1925 his growing disillusionment manifested itself in ceaseless role-playing , posing , self-interrogation . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | This influence manifests itself in melodic shapes ( largely pentatonic falling patterns , but , unlike , say , Chicago blues , also lyrical , sustained , long-breathed ) ; vocal timbre ( rich , open-throated , sensuous ) ; and the use of melisma . |
| 18 | While foot-based metre(s) do display promotion , they are typically " heavier " lines , and such heaviness shows itself in the high degree of demotion ( e.g. of lexical monosyllables — blind in three blind mice ) and subordination within the line . |
| 19 | The affinity between dog and cat reveals itself in the number of equi-status or near-equi-status traits they have in common ; and the differences between dog and cat appear more sharply when the affinity patterns are articulated in greater detail by means of diagnostic frames . |
| 20 | One thrust of this revolt displayed itself in a widespread attachment to the established church of the pre-1625 period , with its more relaxed doctrinal approach that was able to accommodate the beliefs of Richard Hooker as well as those of the compilers of the Lambeth Articles ; the other took the form of the ‘ left-wing Arminianism ’ of radical groups such as the General Baptists and Quakers , who rejected the rigidities of predestination in favour of the belief that all could attain salvation , and who , it is argued , won much popular support as a consequence . |
| 21 | ‘ Instead the council finds itself in an impossible position . ’ |
| 22 | The monarchy is no longer aloof , mysterious and unapproachable as in earlier days , yet — in spite of marriage to commoners , children at boarding schools and slightly self-conscious walk-abouts — its till wraps itself in protocol and panoply . |
| 23 | His initial unease is indicated in his hesitant reference to being on the way to an engagement ( p. 65 ) , and his fear and powerlessness at the end of the scene reflects itself in his abandonment of his turn as he " decides abruptly to leave " ( p. 73 ) . |
| 24 | In response to Hashemi 's testimony the government of Iran issued a statement which neither confirmed nor denied that such a meeting had occurred : " The nature of the current controversies in the USA is absolutely domestic and the Islamic Republic of Iran sees no benefit to involve itself in this matter . " |
| 25 | But even as the insult shaped itself in her larynx she discovered that she had smiled at him , openly , quickly , but unmistakably warm . |
| 26 | I take as typical of my difficulty a sentence from item six in your summary of your campaign : ‘ The need for the silent majority to assert itself in order that politicians and judges fully understand the true feelings of the public . ’ |
| 27 | Her body emptied itself in all its chambers . |
| 28 | The less agreeable side of Mathilde 's nature revealed itself in her tendency to what the French call l'esprit démolisseur , a sort of wilful destructiveness , which led her to become a focus for the intellectually disaffected during the Empire . |
| 29 | In Prussia the crisis manifested itself in a variety of ways . |
| 30 | His rebellious nature manifested itself in his collecting speciality , the Cubist masterpieces of Picasso , Léger , Braque and Gris . |