Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can and will work , but only if heads and governors involve themselves in a true partnership based on mutual trust , respect and understanding . |
| 2 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 3 | The biological positivists did not , however , involve themselves in the detailed specification of penal treatments . |
| 4 | They just let themselves in the back door , he said , took the money and smashed the place . |
| 5 | Get yourself ready , and we 'll see how they enjoy themselves in the Big House . ’ |
| 6 | In a thoughtful exploration of the relevance of Caplan 's crisis theory ( 1961 ) for social work practice , O'Hagan proposed that the chaotic situations which frequently present themselves in a social service department require a different understanding of the nature of a crisis and the part played by a social worker in resolving it . |
| 7 | One point , just to add to what Liz is saying , and I support everything she 's said , one further point is that accuracy is terribly important because if you actually have a mistake in the press release , and the editors publish it or it 's broadcast and a whole lot of listeners or readers write in and complain , they 'll find it very hard to forgive you because they get themselves in a terrible problem , so do be sure you 're giving them accurate information all the time . |
| 8 | This point Marx made much more explicitly in Capital , Book ‘ [ 378–9 ] : ‘ The simplicity of the productive organism in these self-sufficient communities — which continually reproduce their kind , and , if destroyed by chance , reconstruct themselves in the same locality and under the same name — this simplicity unlocks for us the mystery of the unchangeableness of Asiatic society , which contrasts so strongly with the perpetual dissolutions and reconstructions of Asiatic states . ’ |
| 9 | As far as human awareness is concerned , the two impulses manifest themselves in a strict relation : only so much Dionysiac experience is permitted to the individual consciousness as can be controlled by the Apolline and translated into its life-sustaining terms . |
| 10 | From the earliest encounters between Europeans and Others right to the present , these manifest themselves in an endless series of speculations , projections , fantasies and crimes in relation to ‘ African ’ and ‘ Oriental ’ women and men ( Gilman , 1985 , 1987 ; Cohen , 1988 ; Open University , 1992 ) . |
| 11 | Prejudices among critics in the latter part of the century toward the labouring class manifest themselves in an amusing ‘ Proclamation ’ appearing in The Monthly Review in 1778 : |
| 12 | The way people dispose themselves in the available space can also indicate , for example , their interpretation of the relative status of those present : for example , standing up when an important visitor enters the room . |
| 13 | Hospitals provide emergency ‘ asylum ’ care for vulnerable people who find themselves in a personal emotional crisis and need to escape from a distressing family situation . |
| 14 | Weakened by the separation from their families , suffering often the loss of mother , sisters and close friends , these Asian women find themselves in a strange unknown society . |
| 15 | Women in business today still find themselves in a male-dominated environment where only 20% of managers are women . |
| 16 | However the situation is potentially lethal to fish , who find themselves in a similar situation to those human divers experiencing the bends ! |
| 17 | Needing 361 to avoid the follow-on , England find themselves in a similar but even tougher position than in the first Test at Calcutta where they lost by eight wickets . |
| 18 | Concern was also expressed about the lack of rights for trainees — they often find themselves in a vulnerable situation . |
| 19 | When this happens , cells do things they would not otherwise have done , presumably because , after amputation , they find themselves in a changed environment . |
| 20 | With the changes in the political environment and the climate globally and continentally , some companies which have grown and built their considerable business on the production of arms now find themselves in a changed situation ; many have moved very rapidly to the formulation of new products and services quite distinct from their original product base . |
| 21 | That J&F Johnston find themselves in the Middle East at all is a testament to the good works of Scottish Trade International , the joint Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Office agency . |
| 22 | Now , with both Liverpool and Everton among the also-rans the two men find themselves in the ironic position of standing in each others ' way with the Premier League championship up for grabs . |
| 23 | As more people find themselves in the same position , men stop mocking each other for doing housework and mothers-in-law cease criticising their sons ' wives about going out to work . |
| 24 | Neither would a sovereign state 's government necessarily want to oppose transnational corporations , for the former often find themselves in the unenviable position of needing the latter more than the latter need them . |
| 25 | Will the Minister explain what he is going to say to the people of the Holloway area who find themselves in the unenviable position of having the jobcentre with the largest gap between the number of vacancies and the number of registered unemployed ? |
| 26 | I have canvassed the views of my hon. Friend the Minister for Local Government and Inner Cities who is very European , and he assures me that people who live in the southern part of Spain were totally bemused to wake up one day and find themselves in an invented region called Andalusia with a different Government from than in Madrid . |
| 27 | Most ‘ carers ’ simply happen to be those nearest relatives who find themselves in an unwanted , unsought and very stressful situation . |
| 28 | Irish catholics find themselves in an ambiguous relationship to Irish nationalism . |
| 29 | In comparison with ‘ conventional ’ offenders , corporate executives find themselves in an enviable position . |
| 30 | The United Kingdom will continue to develop our good relations with the Soviet Union and its republics , and to encourage their integration into the world economy ; and will work to help Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania re-establish themselves in the international community . |