Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A subordinate class , such as the working class will , by definition , be low on economic resources and this will reproduce its subordination ; but it may also possibly generate a collective ethic to cope with adverse circumstances and so reproduce itself in this way according to a common cultural identity . |
| 2 | Our appeal to our traditional supporters was not enough to outweigh our lack of success with those growing numbers who no longer count themselves as working class . |
| 3 | Is he aware that the Institute of Housing has recently reported that it does not believe that competitive tendering in housing management is a sensible option , saying that it does ’ not easily lend itself to competitive tendering ’ ? |
| 4 | Just get yourself in this car else we 'll be late . |
| 5 | Even if he is working in a field with other workers the sense of isolation can remain , for the noise and the increased pace of work hardly lend themselves to easy conversation between workmates . |
| 6 | But while the United States , France , the UK and Germany still find themselves in similar league positions to a hundred years ago , there is now a growing challenge from a dozen or more previously dependent nations , especially in Asia . |
| 7 | As the constitutional authorities gradually detach themselves from wholehearted support for our system of democracy so they envisage the judges assuming a role of extended significance in defending liberty and in checking what they regard as the misuse of political power . |
| 8 | As we discuss shortly , Bourdieu 's work shows these processes of emulation to be combined with the extraordinarily subtle means by which social groups also distinguish themselves from each other . |
| 9 | Significantly lower down on the status scale is Gatorland , where you can watch a Seminole Indian wrestle an alligator and later treat yourself to fried alligator tail at the snack bar ; it 's actually not as vile as it sounds . |
| 10 | Architects often bury themselves in individual building projects , ignoring any responsibility to the public space of the city ; planners work at a scale where the street is seen only as a traffic channel … ‘ |
| 11 | Recipients of many conifers have been the National Parks which now find themselves under serious threat from developers instead of trees . |
| 12 | Pahl 's ‘ salaried immigrants ’ frequently ally themselves with this group on housing matters . |
| 13 | However , many difficulties immediately suggest themselves with this use of hoards . |
| 14 | Instead of ‘ us and them ’ perceptions of their relationships with their employers , the manual workers would forgo hitherto strong class loyalties , and increasingly associate themselves with middle- class conformity . |
| 15 | French restaurants particularly lend themselves to this kind of combination , and the staff seem quite happy to oblige . |
| 16 | Thirty years apart in age , they embraced with that warmth of affection which pious women sometimes allow themselves towards each other , knowing that it will be mistaken for nothing else . |
| 17 | Naturally , the trade associations involved — and , we have no doubt , the very great bulk of their members firmly set themselves against this type of lending . |
| 18 | The best thing about TAG 's heartening play ( recently returned from a British Council trip to Singapore ) is its sympathetic , though occasionally sentimental , view of what life is like for people who courageously transplant themselves into another culture . |
| 19 | But those concerned seldom commit themselves to collective advancement on social and political issues , rarely setting themselves social and political as well as educational objectives . |