Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] itself in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Institutionalised racism manifests itself in insensitive service provision in health and social services , with barriers around language , the pattern of family names and vocabulary . |
| 2 | Confronted with the crass sexual exploitation of mainstream pop , alternative British rock shrouds itself in shapeless jumpers and stares heavenwards . |
| 3 | Do n't be surprised if your grief manifests itself in unexpected ways . |
| 4 | It would be tempting to assume that we have evidence here of some direct relationship with the Thynne family , Marquesses of Bath , at nearby Longleat ; that may be the case , but an equally likely explanation could be that the family was involved in nothing more than a slightly sycophantic attempt to ingratiate itself in some way with the local aristocracy . |
| 5 | By the summer of 1925 his growing disillusionment manifested itself in ceaseless role-playing , posing , self-interrogation . |
| 6 | This influence manifests itself in melodic shapes ( largely pentatonic falling patterns , but , unlike , say , Chicago blues , also lyrical , sustained , long-breathed ) ; vocal timbre ( rich , open-throated , sensuous ) ; and the use of melisma . |
| 7 | In response to Hashemi 's testimony the government of Iran issued a statement which neither confirmed nor denied that such a meeting had occurred : " The nature of the current controversies in the USA is absolutely domestic and the Islamic Republic of Iran sees no benefit to involve itself in this matter . " |
| 8 | Her body emptied itself in all its chambers . |
| 9 | Egocentrism manifests itself in communicative terms as an inability to take account of another 's point of view ; instead , the world is seen rigidly from the standpoint of the self . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | About 1950 a small breeding population re-established itself in central Sussex and breeding has been regular since , although little increase has occurred . |
| 12 | The colonial development manifested itself in three ways : the spread of Minoan artistic and cultural influences , the diffusion of exported Minoan products , and the establishment of Minoan settlements beyond the Cretan shores . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's an end to an auld sang , ’ said Lord Chancellor Seafield when the Scottish Parliament dissolved itself in 1707 . |
| 14 | Their resentment at Gloucester 's insertion into the area manifested itself in open rivalry with the duke and early in 1470 Edward was obliged to intervene in the quarrel . |
| 15 | Their resentment at Gloucester 's insertion into the area manifested itself in open rivalry with the duke and early in 1470 Edward was obliged to intervene in the quarrel . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's the one , me boy , and it has this morning presented itself in four mess-tins . |
| 17 | ‘ What infinite variety presents itself in this enchanting spot , ’ wrote Abbot in his diary on first seeing it . |
| 18 | This astonishing diversity manifested itself in great complexity of relationships and in our lacking dominance almost everywhere . |
| 19 | It is up to the government to help itself in this respect by providing more judges or by limiting access to judicial review by legislation . |
| 20 | From the tenth and eleventh centuries , as the church established itself in northern Spain , the French seized the opportunity and set up monastic centres in the region under the Cluniac Order . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A society organises itself in such a way that people adhering to cultural norms are rewarded whilst those that deviate are ‘ punished ’ , to a greater or lesser degree depending upon the culture . |
| 23 | This variation in form manifests itself in different ways , depending on the language . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , where a company establishes itself in another member state all the rules of that member state which Apply to its own nationals apply equally to that company . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | History repeats itself in some less than mysterious ways . |
| 28 | No academic libraries since the time of the Travelling Workshops Experiment have successfully applied the strategy and it is most unlikely that illuminative evaluation ‘ in toto ’ will ever get the opportunity to prove itself in academic user education , largely because of the lack of time to pursue it in full . |
| 29 | The bit anchors itself in one of two ways . |
| 30 | A concern with pupil autonomy manifested itself in two ways . |