Example sentences of "repeat itself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the recognition since of the tremendous value of historic buildings of all types , the successful conversion of buildings for new uses and a public determination that history will not repeat itself in terms of the demolition and desecration that was then taking place , have inspired us — and many local amenity societies , preservation trusts , action groups and individuals — to carry on campaigning . |
| 2 | Will history repeat itself in the 1990s ? |
| 3 | For although the particular details might vary , history was expected to repeat itself in each katun , and significant events would follow the pre-ordained general pattern . |
| 4 | The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on . |
| 5 | History surely repeats itself in the poll tax rebel 's end . |
| 6 | History repeats itself in some less than mysterious ways . |
| 7 | Lord Cledwyn , the Opposition leader in the Lords , warned that destabilisation of Warsaw Pact countries might see history repeating itself in the balkanisation of Eastern Europe and in ethnic and territorial disputes . |
| 8 | In a sense , history is repeating itself in that the sequence of development in the past has also contained local ‘ boom ’ elements such as kelp gathering in the 19th century or the bulb growing schemes in the 1960's , both of which foundered in response to changes in external economic imperatives , although at the outset there were high hopes that unique local resources i.e. seaweed and disease-free sandy soils , would provide enduring employment opportunities . |
| 9 | What goes on in the US today has a habit of repeating itself in the UK tomorrow . |
| 10 | Something Flynn had once said to him kept repeating itself in his mind . |