Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite often the divisional boundaries in the amalgamated force mirror the old , small force boundaries and men define themselves in relation to their early experience with perhaps an inner city ethic , a large-town police style , or in the framework of a more rural situation . |
| 2 | The majority of glaziers and glass merchants find themselves from time to time with either ‘ salvage ’ plate glass from broken shop windows or ‘ off cuts ’ from new shop windows , explained Malcolm . |
| 3 | In our culture women typically conceptualise themselves in relation to others ; discussion of the implications of this can be found in several of the papers ( Alison Assiter , Lorraine Code , Jean Grimshaw and Judith Hughes ) . |
| 4 | Douglas McGregor , in his book The Human Side of Enterprise , discussed the way in which managers see themselves in relation to others . |
| 5 | Hall uses the Marxist philosopher Althusser and the social psychology of Laclau to argue that politics is not just about individuals and social groups pursuing their immediate material interests ; it is also about how they imagine and identify themselves in relation to the wider social world . |
| 6 | Technocracy is described by a prophet of the counter-culture as ‘ that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who , in turn , justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge ’ ( Roszack , 1969 , pp. 7 — 8 ) . |
| 7 | Technocracy is described by a prophet of the counter-culture as ‘ that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who , in turn , justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge ’ ( Roszack , 1969 , pp. 7 — 8 ) . |