Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a well known fact that sheep in their ruthless determination for world domination are disguising themselves in an effort to infiltrate positions of power . |
| 2 | Indeed , if we go so far as to see externalization as inevitably bringing the ego into conflict with reality , then we might conclude that many modern neuroses — perhaps the most severe ones — are likely to become para-psychoses : that is , neurotic conflicts expressing themselves in the language of psychosis . |
| 3 | Alyssia hesitantly walked in , and almost immediately saw her friend by the cash register , looking with interest at a couple of oldish women who had put on some very garish dresses and were inspecting themselves in the mirror . |
| 4 | Others looted the communion plate from the church , mockingly dressing themselves in the despised Anglican vestments , before that building , too , caught fire , bringing the walls crashing to the ground . |
| 5 | The emergent divisions of labour in industrialised society were also a prime means by which modern societies were still sustaining themselves in a relatively conflict-free way . |
| 6 | By October local players were establishing themselves in the City reserves . |
| 7 | Their recruitment policy has worked very well for them and they are by far the largest outside America , although they are still having great difficulty establishing themselves in the USA . |
| 8 | ( c ) There was an additional reason for considering that there was no infringement of article 52 : the criterion of the owner 's nationality did not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom to operate fishing vessels — it only prevented them from doing so under the British flag . |
| 9 | It follows from that provision , and in particular from the passage which I have emphasised , that it is necessary to reject the United Kingdom 's argument that no infringement of article 52 has taken place because the nationality requirements do not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom and operating fishing vessels there , but only from doing so under the British flag : British citizens are not subject to that restriction . |
| 10 | Thus , a number of professors of English and other influential educationalists were addressing themselves in the altered postwar environment to the issue of the disciplinary revisions required in order to produce " enlightened " bureaucrats , administrators , and teachers . |
| 11 | The hackers were surpassing themselves in the inventive ways they hit the ball badly , and often , and in the wrong direction . |
| 12 | Prejudice aside for one brief moment , the Republic have shown the best form in the group so far , and if there was even the merest scintilla of justice in this doomed planet , they would now be checking out copies of In Stockholm magazine with a view to disporting themselves in the most agreeable Nite Spots that the Swedish capital has to offer . |
| 13 | A volatile , erratic but undeniably charismatic figure , with a loyal following among the Syrian troops enriching themselves in the Bekaa Valley , among the Palestinian terrorists financed by Lebanese drug trafficking , and among Arabs living in Detroit and Los Angeles who distributed the product , Rifat Assad was also too valuable an asset to fear official displeasure from any quarter , Syrian , French or American . |
| 14 | Yet Chapman saw that the future of English football ultimately depended on the young , and he was particularly concerned to win youngsters over to soccer and away from rugby , a concern heightened by the fact that his two sow , Ken and Bruce , were distinguishing themselves in the rugby code . |
| 15 | This use of diagrams enables students both to find their way around a text without losing themselves in the irrelevant detail of intensive reading , and also to identify parts without having to name them . |
| 16 | At last they were all free and she pushed the material impatiently aside , her fingers losing themselves in the gloriously thick mat of dark curling hair on his powerful chest . |
| 17 | This is the question an increasing number of consumers are asking themselves in the financially straitened Nineties . |
| 18 | His grip tightened , his fingers burying themselves in the knot of hair at her nape . |
| 19 | ‘ Men of genius and goodness are generally restless in their minds in the present , and this , because they are by a law of their nature unremittingly regarding themselves in the future , and contemplating the possible of moral and intellectual advance towards perfection . ’ |
| 20 | There are loads of Leed supporters in Goole but they seemed to be more i interested in the young kids chucking themselves in the water jump on the running track which was right by the pitch ! |
| 21 | Maltreated cats , finding themselves in a similar plight , often approached such women , who befriended them as substitutes for human companionship and love . |
| 22 | The past year has been a vexing time for most research councils finding themselves in the situation of having to reduce their volume of activity within a failing budget . |
| 23 | CAB advisers are accustomed to finding themselves in the position of mediators , and although they usually sit comfortably in this role , many dislike the role of mediator between client , Department of Social Security and charity foundations that has been thrust upon them . |
| 24 | Advisers are therefore more often finding themselves in the position of having to tell the client that they can not help in any material way . |
| 25 | If this view is correct , I can only conclude that I was saddled with both sets of anxieties and , in addition , that there are more and more adolescent girls today who are finding themselves in the same position . |
| 26 | The problem there is that users that do adopt OS/2 2.0 whole heartedly run the risk of finding themselves in the same fate of neglection that 8100 users suffered after the first glow of perceived success began to fade . |
| 27 | Agencies who intervene are in danger of finding themselves in the role of persecutors ! |
| 28 | It occurs to me , for example , that given that all we 've heard this afternoon about the fact that a new settlement and again I 'm playing devil 's advocate , that if it were possible to build onto an existing settlement the quality of life of those who lived in the new settlement might in fact be better than if they were , to put it crudely , finding themselves in the middle of a field . |
| 29 | They were devalued , if you like , by finding themselves in the bottom streams and so they tended to look for out of school things , alternatives to school , from which to gain their satisfactions , and they would look to the pop media , to fashion , to football , to these kinds of things . |
| 30 | And I think really this comes from the problem of those pupils in the streamed situation , in the bottoms streams in particular , who found that they wanted alternatives to school , when the , they were in an inferior position in the school , they were devalued if you like by finding themselves in the bottom streams , and so they tended to look for out-of-school things , alternatives to school , from which to gain their satisfactions , and they would look to the pop media , to fashion , to football , to these kinds of things , and in the mixed ability situation this certainly did not happen in the same way . |