Example sentences of "[vb past] establish [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 2 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
| 3 | In the US , for example , where the socialist party failed to establish itself as a major party after a fairly rapid growth in the first decade of this century , it has long been argued that the presidential system is a major obstacle to the development of third parties , and undoubtedly these constitutional factors have been important ; but it is clear that many other social and economic characteristics of the US have had a preponderant influence in determining the absence of a large-scale independent socialist movement or party there ( Sombart , 1906 ; Laslett and Lipset , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | But in the early stages of his reign , as he sought to establish himself in quarrels with some of his more powerful vassals , Philip relied heavily upon aid from Henry II and his sons , from the family which he was to do so much to tear apart . |
| 5 | Units which sought to establish themselves outside such a plan would not only not receive public money ; they would also not qualify for any other public benefits . |
| 6 | In time , academic anthropology became less directly associated with evolutionary ideas , and it tried to establish itself as a respectable , if not conservative , branch of the social sciences . |
| 7 | Relations between the two countries had grown tense during the months prior to the Iraqi invasion as Saddam moved to establish himself as the dominant Arab nationalist leader [ see pp. 37390 ; 37472 ] . |
| 8 | At the same time , different peoples , sometimes referred to as barbarians , began to establish themselves in different parts of Europe and evolve their own culture , sometimes Christian , sometimes not , but the former was not necessarily more civilised than the latter . |
| 9 | It indicates the means whereby a form of Christianity which entirely circumvented the Pauline orthodoxy of Rome began to establish itself in Western Europe . |
| 10 | For reasons which can only be guessed at he decided to establish himself near Keswick in Cumberland and returned in the following year with Hans Loner , a relative by marriage , and twelve German workers , to set up works and to prospect more fully . |
| 11 | Naturally I was very keen to get back into cutter activities as soon as possible , but it was year before I managed to establish myself into cutter crewing duties once more . |
| 12 | If this prophecy conveys anything of the sentiments of the Crowland community at the time , it must have been from congenial company hostile to Penda 's descendants that Aethelbald emerged to establish himself as king in Mercia , if not when Ceolred died ( ASC A , s.a. , 716 ) then certainly when an otherwise unknown Ceolwald , who may have succeeded Ceolred , died or was driven out . |
| 13 | In Azerbaijan the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region voted to establish itself as an independent republic with the support of 99.9 per cent of those who took part in a referendum on the matter , and applied to join the newly-established Commonwealth of Independent States ; Azerbaijan , for its part , voted to abolish the region entirely , renamed its capital city and placed the whole area under the control of a military governor . |
| 14 | The powerful position in which the landed gentry had established themselves on the Commission of the Peace served to deal with the obviously unacceptable infringements of the law , provided that wrongdoers could be apprehended . |
| 15 | from the mountainous south to the treeless tundra , human communities had established themselves over several millennia , with a way of life which was nomadic or semi-nomadic . |
| 16 | By the end of the century Nonconformity 's most famous ministers had established themselves as leaders in a wide variety of fields : biblical scholarship , local government , reform movements , journalism , history , theology , apologetics and writing . |
| 17 | In those days there existed another Methodist Society , known as the Primitive Methodists , and they had established themselves in Chiswick using a room in Devonshire Road , and working amongst the labouring classes of the community . |
| 18 | Towards the end of the third century a new name appeared in Roman records , though the people to whom it was applied had established themselves in the country much earlier . |
| 19 | His ancestors had established themselves in Dorset in the fifteenth century , and between 1529 and 1713 the parliamentary representation of the county could be described as ‘ in a manner hereditary in his family ’ . |
| 20 | A Khmer Rouge report on the same day alleged that some 200 Vietnamese troops had established themselves in Kampot province in mid-August . |
| 21 | By December 1982 , when Celtic lifted the League Cup for the first time since the mid-'70s , Nicholas had established himself as the young sensation of Scottish football . |
| 22 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 23 | The Treasurer was Joseph Barnard , who had established himself as a coal merchant in Bedford by 1773 , after which he founded the bank which bore his name . |
| 24 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |
| 25 | Rome was , I suppose , the capital of the art world , but Rome was essentially an international place where many a Britisher was famous ; where Flaxman , for instance , had established himself as one of the most famous artists in the world . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , in 1801 he had exhibited a portrait at the Royal Academy , and in the same year had established himself at 59 New Bond Street , at the corner of Brook Street , and published Rudiments of Landscape , a volume of uncoloured etchings after William 's drawings . |
| 27 | Lenin had been the effective leader in the United States of Soviet Russia but he died in January 1924 , leaving two possible successors , Trotsky and Stalin , but Stalin had established himself in the Communist hierarchy and Trotsky was subsequently expelled . |
| 28 | From this time Louis-Napoleon found himself alone with his mother , as a result of his elder brother 's going to live with their father , for ex-King Louis had established himself in Tuscany and had insisted that his wife entrust their elder son to his charge . |
| 29 | Now that he had established himself in London with a training school and offices , John decided to expand his headquarters in Manchester . |
| 30 | She also warned Quinn of the abrasive Kevin Brown , who had chosen her for this mission and had established himself in London with a team of eight to ‘ keep an eye on things ’ . |