Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What infinite variety presents itself in this enchanting spot , ’ wrote Abbot in his diary on first seeing it . |
| 2 | Confronted with the crass sexual exploitation of mainstream pop , alternative British rock shrouds itself in shapeless jumpers and stares heavenwards . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | This conflictive relationship between popular culture and official culture manifests itself in Augusto Roa Bastos 's Son of Man , in the life-sized figure of Christ carved by a leper , which , despite the disapproval of the ecclesiastical authorities , is venerated by the townsfolk of Itapé in preference to the stylized crucifix in the local church . |
| 5 | This moving image manifests itself in the motions of the heavenly bodies . |
| 6 | Mental impairment demonstrates itself in loss of memory for recent events , and in behavioural , cognitive and emotional change , so that the previous personality is gradually eroded . |
| 7 | Institutionalised racism manifests itself in insensitive service provision in health and social services , with barriers around language , the pattern of family names and vocabulary . |
| 8 | Jilted lover shoots himself in Mercedes |
| 9 | We are always sad when a young international athlete finds himself in this situation . ’ |
| 10 | If an inexperienced pilot finds himself in a situation where a field landing seems necessary , he should make the decision to choose a field and plan the landing properly , while there is height and time to spare . |
| 11 | Compared with other training programmes , medical education finds itself in relatively fortunate circumstances . |
| 12 | The reactionary middle-class man perceives himself in the Fuhrer , in the authoritarian state . |
| 13 | When Ultimate Concern expresses itself in particular religions , and adherents of those religions regard them as embodiments of the Ultimate then , in Tillich 's view , the particular has been elevated to the status of ultimacy . |
| 14 | In many works , in fact , the Latin-American people 's struggle against social , political and economic domination expresses itself in cultural terms , in resistance to the dominant culture imposed by Western imperialism . |
| 15 | An identical picture presents itself in relation to police response to domestic and sexual attack . |
| 16 | You must assail it with Bassey from one side and Streisand from the other , whereupon the hapless bird rips itself in half , uncertain which escape route to take . |
| 17 | There I saw men kissing and holding and loving each other ; something that I never thought possible as the mainstream culture manifests itself in overwhelmingly heterosexual and macho terms . |
| 18 | For it is an essential part of the pattern that the complete goddess manifests herself in two antithetical ways — as the Venus of sexual love and the Diana of virginity . |
| 19 | A basic sense of wonder ( a ) to foster their capacity for imagination which can give rise to vision , realizing that reality can be greater and other than it often seems — so that they appreciate that a flat two-dimensional approach to life is not the only option available ; ( b ) to understand that religious faith expresses itself in a variety of forms , many of which are close to the arts , and to realize also that religious language is mostly used in symbolic or metaphorical ways ; ( c ) to appreciate the emotional power of religious commitment and how this can be beneficial or harmful . |
| 20 | Appreciation of the ways in which the various shapes are related enables the teacher to ask further leading questions when a suitable opening presents itself in a child 's play ( e.g. commenting on the way the flat slabs will go together to make a staircase of three steps — ‘ What would we need to make the next step ? ’ ) . |