Example sentences of "[to-vb] itself as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One of the first kennels to establish itself as a consistent winner in the show ring was the Tankerville Kennel . |
| 4 | The European Commission wants to change the 1958 Euratom Treaty to end trade barriers within the EEC and to establish itself as a watchdog on deals between member countries and outsiders . |
| 5 | The struggle of American sociology to establish itself as a distinct ‘ scientific ’ discipline dominates the early reactions to Mannheim 's work . |
| 6 | The PC is also beginning to establish itself as a consumer item , as demonstrated by its appearance in high street retail chains like Dixons , Wildings and John Lewis . |
| 7 | It was on the basis of this document that the Roman Church asserted its prerogative to create kings , as well as to establish itself as a temporal authority . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Yet it is a testimony to the strength of party during this period that the Court , despite the resources of patronage at its disposal , largely failed to establish itself as an independent interest . |
| 12 | By looking after its past employees , the army sought to position itself as a caring organisation which would encourage new recruits . |
| 13 | Indeed , faced with the encroachment of other bodies into its traditional territory , X/Open says it intends to position itself as an ‘ integrator ’ between the various standards and user group efforts . |
| 14 | There was no reason at all why these councils should have been regarded as above criticism , but in the context of that period when local government was under renewed attack from Thatcherism , the publication of sectarian , ill-researched articles in the magazine that likes to see itself as a broad-based forum of progressive ideas , was nothing less than destructive . |
| 15 | THE British government tends to see itself as a bastion of common sense where European environmental policy is concerned , weighing benefits against costs which more dogmatic governments ignore . |
| 16 | Good communications are encouraged by doing so , and each product line can be encouraged to see itself as a profit centre , a company within the company , making for commitment to that element of the company objectives . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The longest-lasting is the struggle for the working class to constitute itself as a class , to overcome its internal fragmentation . |
| 19 | The NSF had declared in January its intention to constitute itself as a political party , reversing an earlier decision . |
| 20 | The subject is able to constitute itself as an ‘ I ’ , an abstract , self-knowing subject , in an interaction that recognizes an ‘ other ’ that is a similarly formed subject . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | St William 's has presented itself as a prime mover and so it falls to St William 's to work out how to express itself as a managing agent . |
| 23 | ( 5 ) Postmodern culture seems to proclaim itself as an avant-garde at the same time as announcing that avant.gardes no longer exist . |
| 24 | In other words , football has to learn how to market itself as an event once more . |
| 25 | Football has to learn how to market itself as an event once more . |
| 26 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |
| 27 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |
| 28 | Until a sane , liberal regime is restored within the party itself , it will not be fully re-equipped either to arrive at the right policy choices or to project itself as a responsive party to the electorate . |
| 29 | In the ensuing election campaign foreign affairs were unusually prominent , with Labour trying to project itself as a better defender of the peace than the Tories . |
| 30 | In further indications of a relaxation of one-party rule , the country 's only trade union federation , the Central Council of Albanian Trade Unions ( KQBPS ) , on Dec. 23 announced its intention to act independently in future and to re-form itself as a " pluralist association " . |