Example sentences of "to identify [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul VI was from then on unable to identify himself with the ‘ progressives ’ in a way he had managed hitherto . |
| 2 | Charlie should have known the shysters when he saw them — but too often he was willing to identify himself with the craw-thumping brigade , allowing them to subvert his better , progressive instincts . |
| 3 | The lyric poet ( in general ) is a composer first and foremost and , as such , a Dionysiac artist who surrenders his egoistic subjectivity to identify himself with the true metaphysical reality and reflect it in music . |
| 4 | He had to identify himself from the pavement . |
| 5 | The church of the apostolic age sought to identify itself with the ‘ poor ’ whom Jesus had declared blessed ( Luke 6 : 20 ) ; or had he meant the ‘ poor in spirit ’ ( Matt. 5 : 3 ) , the humble-hearted , who could hold their property without pride as means to support the destitute ? |
| 6 | Crushed ambitions and women 's lib feelings had rallied to the author 's right to identify herself with a polished ship . |
| 7 | Since people 's self-assessments tend to reflect the way they wish they spoke , Trudgill took it that women wished to identify themselves with a higher social class , and thus that their status aspirations were higher than men 's ( with male informants he found the opposite tendency , which will be discussed later on ) . |
| 8 | Outwardly there was a refusal to identify themselves with a class label . |
| 9 | For the most part these arose from the almost heedless manner in which Christians were prepared to identify themselves with the dominant values of secular Roman society . |
| 10 | It is difficult for individuals to identify themselves with the objectives of a large organisation . |
| 11 | ‘ It is odd that they said so many things to identify themselves within a few short sentences . ’ |