Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 2 | The Bulgarian succession problem , indeed , was gradually settling itself under the noses of the mighty opposites , because each day made joint action on Bulgaria less likely . |
| 3 | It was an example that , in rather different circumstances , was later to commend itself to the Capetians . |
| 4 | A remarkably similar dilemma was now presenting itself over the hand-overs of the Yugoslavs . |
| 5 | This group , as well as the anti-nuclear movement itself , was strongly influenced by members of Revolutionary Struggle , an extreme left-wing group which mixed neo-Marxist economic analysis with traditional republican ideology and was strongly influenced itself by the revolutionary movement in Italy and , to a lesser extent , France , at the time . |