Example sentences of "[vb -s] itself [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us hope that it manifests itself through some outward show . |
| 2 | Although , childbearing patterns thus belong to the behavioural sphere , their effect on the viability of offspring manifests itself through biological and physiological factors . |
| 3 | In modern clinical psychoanalysis it manifests itself as that part of the ego which represents a critical self-awareness which is both censorious and exhortatory , being the representative of standards , ideals , commands and prohibitions . |
| 4 | Later versions of Bacon can recognise that each star has an intrinsic property which manifests itself as this ’ constant ’ . |
| 5 | This influence manifests itself in melodic shapes ( largely pentatonic falling patterns , but , unlike , say , Chicago blues , also lyrical , sustained , long-breathed ) ; vocal timbre ( rich , open-throated , sensuous ) ; and the use of melisma . |
| 6 | One of the points on the sense-spectrum presented above — and this is typical of the metaphorical variety — has a special status , which manifests itself in two principal ways . |
| 7 | The methodological criterion on which our own study must be based is the following ; that the supremacy of a social group manifests itself in two ways , as ‘ domination ’ and as ‘ intellectual and moral leadership ’ . |
| 8 | The very nature of deafness and the subsequent difficulty in defining the term ‘ deaf ’ , the way it manifests itself in disrupted communication , the history and structure of deaf education and the size of the deaf population , have traditionally given deafness a high profile within special education . |
| 9 | This manifests itself in various ways . |
| 10 | It manifests itself in certain physical , professional and institutional forms : rooms , buildings , posts , chairs , departments , associations , journals , conferences , and so on . |
| 11 | This variation in form manifests itself in different ways , depending on the language . |
| 12 | It manifests itself in different ways in different types or organizations . |
| 13 | Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion . |
| 14 | Institutionalised racism manifests itself in insensitive service provision in health and social services , with barriers around language , the pattern of family names and vocabulary . |
| 15 | Their conclusions may be summarized quite simply : there is no evidence to show that specific infant-care practices have an unvarying psychological effect on the child that manifests itself in later years . |
| 16 | The main cancer that affects AIDS sufferers is Kaposi 's sarcoma , not previously noted among white young menthe average age of the victims is 35 — which manifests itself in purplish spots that neither itch nor hurt but do n't clear up . |
| 17 | The use of collage , together with the irregular rhythms and lurching harmonies , may signify ‘ in the unconscious ’ ( which often manifests itself in irrational jumbles of material ) . |
| 18 | Rulfo 's oral style — which manifests itself in this novel and in the stories of The Burning Plain , in the frequent repetition of words and phrases , in a manner typical of the backtracking of oral narrative — is , of course , much more than a formal device , for its function is to take us inside the world of a rural peasantry whose cultural tradition is non-literate . |
| 19 | Egocentrism manifests itself in communicative terms as an inability to take account of another 's point of view ; instead , the world is seen rigidly from the standpoint of the self . |
| 20 | Do n't be surprised if your grief manifests itself in unexpected ways . |
| 21 | Like psychotherapy , it places itself outside these relations . |
| 22 | Thru is ‘ deconstructionist ’ in the additional sense that it places itself in multiple positions within the field of literary discourse . |
| 23 | Much of the overall improvement owes itself to improving fertilizer prices and better productivity . |
| 24 | The latter assertion represents no more than a pious belief , since Sukenick 's text repeatedly fragments itself into short phrasal units , disparate narrative strands , and oddly shifting ‘ characters ’ . |
| 25 | Philosophy that limits itself to conceptual analysis can discuss the discourses of those who talk about sex and gender , looking for conceptual coherence and the presence or absence of rational argument . |
| 26 | A group which perpetuates itself by endogamous sexual reproduction usually has some perception of ethnic identity . |
| 27 | The result is a predictably idealistic criticism which at one level contents itself with rapid reference to formalistic definitions , and at another assesses the products of socialist realism with imprecise criteria culled generally from a liberal bourgeois critical tradition . |
| 28 | However , where a company establishes itself in another member state all the rules of that member state which Apply to its own nationals apply equally to that company . |
| 29 | At the same time , by refusing to adopt a material ought , normative positivism radically separates itself from any suggestion that there is a necessary connection between law and any critical morality . |
| 30 | It prides itself on this fact and points out in its brochure that while a large group can offer a wide range of services ‘ many of which you are unlikely to want … its investment managers suffer from real problems and conflicts of interest : supporting in-house issues , buying in-house unit trusts , helping its market makers and churning portfolios ’ . |