Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] themselves [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Science seeks to discover the operation of general laws which , by their nature , always manifest themselves in certain situations . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Pagan demons also lend themselves to biblical interpretations . |
| 15 | Using these glands and other means , they accurately regulate the pressure of gas in the bladder , and hence keep themselves in precise hydrodynamic equilibrium . |
| 16 | Speakers also justify themselves to those who might be perceived as being similar to the self . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | With an increasing non-Agta farming population , the Agta now view themselves as landless squatters in their own ancestral lands . |
| 19 | 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 … ‘ |
| 20 | Recipients of many conifers have been the National Parks which now find themselves under serious threat from developers instead of trees . |
| 21 | For example , it can be argued that between the orally produced blues of the solitary rural Southern black and the equally orally produced collective ‘ gospel song ’ of black Southern churches there are some rather crucial sociological differences , which typically manifest themselves in clear musical contrasts ( secular/religious ; personal/group ; solo/choral ; rhapsodic/iterative ; free rhythm/ strong pulse ; and so on ) . |
| 22 | Although research in this area is limited , what there is indicates that teachers ' negative conceptions of their black pupils often translate themselves into discriminatory practices in a variety of school contexts . |
| 23 | Pahl 's ‘ salaried immigrants ’ frequently ally themselves with this group on housing matters . |
| 24 | However , many difficulties immediately suggest themselves with this use of hoards . |
| 25 | Instead of ‘ us and them ’ perceptions of their relationships with their employers , the manual workers would forgo hitherto strong class loyalties , and increasingly associate themselves with middle- class conformity . |
| 26 | French restaurants particularly lend themselves to this kind of combination , and the staff seem quite happy to oblige . |
| 27 | In this context the relationship of the persuader to the patient — for example , spouse , parents or religious adviser — will be important , because some relationships more readily lend themselves to overbearing the patient 's independent will than do others . |
| 28 | On Friday the group will start an arduous four week journey on a cargo ship then drive themselves for 1,000 kilometres through the Kalahari Desert . |
| 29 | Thirty years apart in age , they embraced with that warmth of affection which pious women sometimes allow themselves towards each other , knowing that it will be mistaken for nothing else . |
| 30 | Naturally , the trade associations involved — and , we have no doubt , the very great bulk of their members firmly set themselves against this type of lending . |