Example sentences of "[vb past] itself in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | W. T. Stead 's sensational exposé of the latter in his articles on ‘ The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon ’ generated a sense of outrage with which a wide spectrum of public opinion found itself in sympathy . |
| 2 | It found itself in unanimity with Jordan in warning people like Ja'bari against any unauthorized initiative with the enemy . |
| 3 | Eastern Airlines , long a takeover candidate , found itself in bankruptcy , not the arms of a suitor . |
| 4 | With regard to marriage , eighteenth century canon law , which recognized marriage based on verbal contract , found itself in conflict with common law , which denied the validity of such marriages as far as property was concerned . |
| 5 | It therefore found itself in opposition to what it regarded as the stupidity , incompetence and prejudice of the actual holders of political and economic power . |
| 6 | It was not part of our brief to undertake a comparative study of policy , strategy and professional roles and relationships in different LEAs , but we strongly commend the study as an adjunct to the appraisal of Authority practices to which Leeds committed itself in response to the recommendations in our final report . |
| 7 | It has outgrown the baby-clothes of Count and Duke and breeched itself in manhood , it has put down the dwarf and set up the man . ’ |
| 8 | In fact it doubled itself in size every day . |
| 9 | here , the lack of adequate damping revealed itself in float and wallow , and excessive body roll that exposed serious defects in the seats . |
| 10 | On 18 December 1961 the Committee for Space Research declared itself in favour of the development of the Diamant rocket . |
| 11 | On 14 November 1991 , the Norwegian parliamentary committee on whaling declared itself in favour of hunting minkes and called on the government to initiate a campaign to promote Norwegian whaling interests . |
| 12 | The country 's opposition National Party , hitherto committed to repeal the anti-nuclear legislation , on March 8 reversed this position and declared itself in favour of the government 's stance . |
| 13 | The parliament of the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina ( SRBH ) , which claimed to cover 63.5 per cent of Bosnian territory , on Sept. 16 declared itself in favour of union with the FRY . |
| 14 | The board itself then proved its own determination — it abolished itself in favour of a proper functional board . |
| 15 | Quite remarkably , within the space of a few months , the industry reshaped and refashioned itself in advance of 27 October 1986 , the day on which the deregulation of commissions was to take place . |
| 16 | He gave Kiselev the chance to comment on the Secret Committee 's recent papers and expressed particular approval of Haxthausen 's opinion that the serfs had to be emancipated before their dissatisfaction expressed itself in revolt . |
| 17 | Their eyes followed thy bird as its image shrank and lost itself in space . |
| 18 | He stopped the car where the road lost itself in sand and got out . |
| 19 | As a consequence of its success , the Northumbrian establishment which had been responsible for the débâcle of Nechtanesmere and the limited recovery under Aldfrith perpetuated itself in power a little longer and sporadic warfare with the Picts was resumed . |
| 20 | With the outbreak of war the ILP put itself in opposition to the trade-union leaders by its refusal to support the war and by its criticism of those Labour Party members who either joined the government after 1916 or gave it their loyal parliamentary support . |
| 21 | In Transylvania such sentiments were attacked by the right-wing Romanian nationalist organization , Vatra Romaneasca ( " Romanian Hearth " ) , which set itself in opposition to the rising tide of expectation on the part of Hungary , the unspoken Hungarian aim , in Vatra 's opinion , being the incorporation of Transylvania into Hungary . |