Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] itself in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These involved considering : ( a ) how long it will take the purchaser to build up further clientele ; ( b ) how frequently customers in the market change between the various competitors ; ( c ) how quickly new products come on to the market and are taken up by customers ; ( d ) how long it will take the vendor to re-establish itself in the market if there is no restrictive covenant . |
| 2 | David Stirling felt that this was a waste of time and resources and that it should be possible for a large group to maintain itself in the desert for a period of several weeks . |
| 3 | Over the ensuing months the Iranian government gained sufficient confidence to reassert itself in the disaffected province whereas the Soviets appeared to lose their nerve and sense of direction . |
| 4 | With all of its efforts to establish itself in the Unix marketplace , DEC has sometimes been in danger of convincing its own VMS customers that the traditional VAX lines have not been keeping up with Unix in the price/performance race . |
| 5 | The test now embodied in the UCTA is thus a hypothetical test , which requires the court to put itself in the position of the parties as they were ( and with the state of knowledge which they had ) at the time when the contract was made . |
| 6 | It takes about one hour for the mite to bury itself in the skin . |
| 7 | The coalition wants Congress to involve itself in the details of the agreement , as a means of ensuring adequate environmental and health guarantees . |
| 8 | The first generation to find itself in the vanguard after the second world war mistrusted opera , felt its connections with the old order too oppressive . |
| 9 | Fortunately the city has long been protected by the sorcerous Shifting Isles but its ability to defend itself in the event of a serious invasion has long been in doubt . |
| 10 | The name change , Avalon says , represents the company 's decision to reposition itself in the client/server market . |
| 11 | A hardy , naturally polled breed of a type which has been in southwest Scotland for centuries , the Galloway is capable of growing a thick , shaggy coat of long , rain-shedding hairs over its thick , soft , mossy undercoat to protect itself in the cold , damp climate of the region . |