Example sentences of "who [vb base] themselves [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Ideology , defined as the control over certain potential media of objectification in society by interest groups such that those who externalize themselves on to those media are unable to recognize that section of themselves , is a common historical phenomenon .
2 ( 4 ) The British Academy of Experts has its own list of members who hold themselves out as being experts in particular fields and available for compiling reports .
3 In the moral optimism informing this play , evil may corrode trust , but it also destroys the healthy functioning of all who give themselves over to it .
4 ‘ Order froze the world , Ari , and those who set themselves up as leaders of society used everything they could to control people around them .
5 Men who believe themselves out of all danger may grow careless , and make some foolish move that can betray them .
6 The class structure is becoming dominated by the knowledge mercenaries who hire themselves out to the feudal barons of top management and state agencies , each of whom is as good as the last battle .
7 As the London Underground becomes more dishevelled and unpredictable , so the number of suicides who throw themselves on to the track seems to increase .
8 Not the splashers on of paint and not the witty designers of operatic sets , not those who claim to have their fingers on the pulse of things and not those who shut themselves up and ignore the world .
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