Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in woman-centred feminism generally , woman-centred psychology often defends itself as an effective , rather than a theoretically rigorous , means of resistance , and makes theory a utilitarian adjunct to this aim . |
| 2 | Pearson ( 1983 ) further showed that the identification of these groups as ‘ the dangerous classes ’ manifests itself as a continuous historical phenomenon . |
| 3 | The latter symptom , common among individualists , manifests itself as a refusal to acknowledge the problem : while seeking to defend complex theoretical claims , individualists frequently take the intuitive truth of their own doctrine to be so overwhelmingly obvious that its opponents scarcely need to be taken seriously . |
| 4 | As a result of the infection , the small blood-vessels supplying the skin become blocked and the resulting diminution of the blood-supply leads to local death of tissue , which manifests itself as the primary chancre . |
| 5 | The strength of a social institutional ideal , however , is not that it always attains its stated objectives , but that it establishes itself as the desirable norm . |
| 6 | The menu describes itself as a ‘ Supper Menu ’ and emphasises there 's no need for reservations . |
| 7 | Neither describes itself as a restaurant . |
| 8 | The AT&T programme , called ‘ New Art : New Visions ’ , describes itself as the first corporate effort in the U.S. to help promote recently created work by living artists , especially the work of women and ‘ artists of colour ’ , the term now used to refer to artists of the many racial minority groups vying for exhibition space and for a dwindling pool of public and corporate funds . |
| 9 | The style of the First Book of Maccabees betrays itself as a translation from a Hebrew text : St Jerome apparently still saw the Hebrew original ( Div . |
| 10 | It is imperative that we emphasise the uniqueness of the Catholic school which understands itself as a faith community in which the beliefs and values communicated in Religious Education inspire and unify every aspect of the school life . |
| 11 | Since temptations to inattentiveness , prejudice , wishful thinking , are as strong as moral temptations , there are times when ‘ Face facts ’ imposes itself as the most rigorous , the most unwelcome of imperatives . |
| 12 | If the prey obligingly offers itself as an immobilised piece of meat , what advantage does it gain ? |
| 13 | Offers itself as the ideal means of acquiring a basic grounding in art , architecture , painting , sculpture , literature , drama and music . |
| 14 | Belgo styles itself as a brewery eating hall , serving an extraordinary range of potent Belgian brews with names like Kwak and Delerium Tremens . |
| 15 | The Franco-German axis styles itself as the leading force in the Community and , while both countries make explicit reference to their special relationship in speeches in each other 's countries , the primacy of this alliance is clearly played down in the other countries of the EC , not least because it negates the whole point of having a community . |
| 16 | The basic complexity is one of asymmetry , which in these conditions shows itself as a deepseated contradiction between the reproduction of market relations ( both directly , within the market , and indirectly , within state and educational functions ) and the consequences of such reproduction in certain sensitive and perhaps crucial areas of public morality , respect for authority and actual crime . |
| 17 | What differentiates the Asiatic system is that while in the ancient or feudal systems the community sees itself as a fundamental unit and as the holder of its common property , in the oriental case it does not . |
| 18 | The convenors of the conference were drawn from two ideological camps in South Africa 's extra-parliamentary opposition : the Mass Democratic Movement ( MDM ) , which is ideologically aligned to the outlawed African National Congress , and the BCM , which was founded by Steve Biko and sees itself as a third force between the ANC and the banned Pan-Africanist Congress ( PAC ) . |
| 19 | The Economic Policy Institute , born in 1986 , is a bit further left : like the Heritage Foundation , but the other way round , it sees itself as a rebel fighting conventional wisdom . |
| 20 | Although GEC has no plans to move into the growing marker for digital applications of GaAs chips the company sees itself as a major player in GaAs wafers for ‘ simple ’ analogue devices . |
| 21 | The Clinton administration , more than any other in memory , sees itself as a ménage of bright young minds out to shake up America . |
| 22 | The Initiative wants OSF to contribute to the Unix specification for ACE , and sees itself as a possible vehicle for knitting the discordant elements of the establishment together . |
| 23 | The Library sees itself as a major provider of an enquiry service within RBGE , and also as a switching centre for specialist enquiries which we forward to the most appropriate staff for answer . |
| 24 | But if a school sees itself as a community school , giving out as much as — or more than — it takes in in the shape of benefit to individual pupils , the manager must decide with some or all the partners on which aspects of community education to concentrate . |
| 25 | But however distinguished its history , Edinburgh very much sees itself as a University of the 1990s committed to research and teaching covering the hi-tech disciplines of the future , as well as disciplines rooted in the past . |
| 26 | The budding Academy sees itself as an alternative to established institutions such as Berlin 's Akademie der Künste whose ongoing merger of the West and East branches , beset by political wrangling , has alienated many artists ( see The Art Newspaper No.17 , April 1992 , p.3 ) . |
| 27 | The budding Academy sees itself as an alternative to established institutions such as Berlin 's Akademie der Künste whose ongoing merger of the West and East branches , beset by political wrangling , has alienated many artists ( see The Art Newspaper No.17 , April 1992 , p.3 ) . |
| 28 | Worknet sees itself as an employment and training facilitator and provider , an organisation which with the support of the community within which it operates , works on the skills of the individual within the community . |
| 29 | Heterosexuality , once it is exposed as an exchange of women between men , reveals itself as a mediated form of homosexuality . |
| 30 | The past often appears ideal in retrospect , yet if one looks at it closely it reveals itself as a dangerous place where we laid mines to trap others , and others laid them to trap us . |