Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] " 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 | The great goods depots of London possess an importance superior even to that of the passenger termini themselves and furnish to the keen observer fields of study every whit as interesting as those afforded by the heterogeneous masses of humanity which daily pack themselves into express and local trains . |
| 3 | Girls who suddenly find themselves with enormous breasts may collapse in on themselves in embarrassment or try to hide behind folded arms , and the result is an equally collapsed voice which often gives out altogether at crucial moments . |
| 4 | He spoke with awe and fear in his voice , and as if he believed that only Minch herself among all of them could know and understand what might be in Men 's minds . |
| 5 | A sociology of culture must further and most obviously concern itself with specific artistic forms . |
| 6 | Given the need for an extensive approach within the limitations noted above , and given that the first stage of the fieldwork demonstrated that heroin users generally confine themselves to specific networks , it was decided to use a ‘ network analysis ’ approach using the technique of snowball sampling , or chain referral ( Fraser and Hawkins 1984 , p. 82 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Within such studies there is a tendency also to concentrate on those ‘ academic ’ components of the curriculum which more easily lend themselves to didactic modes of exposition and question-and-answer teaching . |
| 9 | 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 ’ ? |
| 10 | Many of these areas lie too wet in winter for arable farming , and thus lend themselves to bought-in herds of cattle for summer fattening . |
| 11 | Just get yourself in this car else we 'll be late . |
| 12 | The plan and appearance of houses , the way they are furnished , mirror the social values of their time ; but the best define themselves against those values , inheriting the past , receiving the present , but shaping the future . |
| 13 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 14 | Third , how can this shift be played out in the portrayal of disabled people in relationship to their impairment so that they no longer see themselves as able-bodied people who are flawed . |
| 15 | And , granted that much , " We " then further discriminate ourselves from other men by elaborations of these same three distinctions : |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Science seeks to discover the operation of general laws which , by their nature , always manifest themselves in certain situations . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Climbing over them , I nearly cut mesen in half . |
| 22 | Pagan demons also lend themselves to biblical interpretations . |
| 23 | Using these glands and other means , they accurately regulate the pressure of gas in the bladder , and hence keep themselves in precise hydrodynamic equilibrium . |
| 24 | Speakers also justify themselves to those who might be perceived as being similar to the self . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Those who now equip themselves with good educational qualifications , training in modern management techniques , write and speak fluently and are comfortable with modern technology , will find satisfying and rewarding careers in either public relations or advertising . |
| 27 | With an increasing non-Agta farming population , the Agta now view themselves as landless squatters in their own ancestral lands . |
| 28 | 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 … ‘ |
| 29 | Recipients of many conifers have been the National Parks which now find themselves under serious threat from developers instead of trees . |
| 30 | And I 've known you a lot longer than has your so-called friend Rainbow here , thanks to whom you now find yourself in this lousy fix . ’ |