Example sentences of "[adv] a exercise in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such an identification was probably more than merely an exercise in wish-fulfilment by the ego on behalf of the id . |
| 2 | These problems arise from the intrinsic contradiction in objectification by which the very form necessary for the subject 's development is always an exercise in self-alienation and is therefore a potential source of estrangement . |
| 3 | Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there ! |
| 4 | Christmas was simply an exercise in extravagance . |
| 5 | This does not mean that it is simply an exercise in resource management . |
| 6 | Here an exercise in yobbo train-announcing . |