Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 2 | Phytoplankton have adapted to low-light conditions , and even orient themselves in the water column to bask more efficiently and store energy with which they fix carbon during darker periods . |
| 3 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 4 | A huge variety of bivalve molluscs such as clams , and many bottom-dwelling worms , bury themselves in the mud , while others are attached to rock . |
| 5 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
| 6 | I sat up late last night and read the Geste as far as to where Beren and his gnomish allies defeat the patrol of orcs above the sources of the Narog and disguise themselves in the reaf [ Old English : ‘ garments , weapons taken from the slain ’ ] . |
| 7 | In the context of special need this means selecting competent , adaptable and understanding staff who are sensitive to the needs which present themselves in the school and who are prepared to undertake the study and training required to keep pace with developments . |
| 8 | Such places always have a high status in the local settlement hierarchy and frequently occupy a central position geographically ; they most obviously manifest themselves in the form of towns and cities . |
| 9 | How do the properties of the chain manifest themselves in the bulk ? |
| 10 | When people from this background find themselves in the middle of an industrial set-up , it is not easy for them to adjust their values or frames of reference , just as people from an industrial society , used to individual wages and jobs , would feel confused if suddenly thrust into a peasant society . |
| 11 | Tower play : The Beautiful People in Baywatch ( Saturday , UTV , 5.40pm ) find themselves in the centre of a hostage drama this week when an escaped prisoner holds Summer and Stephanie . |
| 12 | But until they get any money back , the Tysons find themselves in the position of the gambler who gambled all and lost . |
| 13 | Another potential problem for patients is that they find themselves in the role of information-giver , and it is often information of a very personal nature . |
| 14 | In the years leading up to retirement and after , women often find themselves in the role of carer , looking after an aged partner or ailing parents and other relations , or in certain situations , adult children . |
| 15 | There are many reasons why an increasing number of people , men as well as women , find themselves in the role of home nurse nowadays . |
| 16 | Managers mainly comfort themselves in the knowledge that physical and financial resources for clinical work are in short supply in the NHS . |
| 17 | The division between labour and capital was therefore a nationalist and ethnic one rather than a class one , even though Zuwaya cast themselves in the role of capitalist entrepreneurs , for example when they defended free markets against state-controlled ones . |
| 18 | The second revolution was accompanied in the borderlands by violence , plundering , exactions and the establishment of a dictatorial regime … in the past , a small group of Tsarist bureaucrats oppressed them ; today , the same group of people or others who cloak themselves in the name of the Bolsheviks perpetuate in the borderlands the same regime . |
| 19 | As Mr Frohnmayer writes : ‘ Few , it seems , are willing to take on those who cloak themselves in the mantle of religion , no matter how far they stray from religious doctrine or behaviour . ’ |