Example sentences of "found itself in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wave of interest in the rediscovery of Celtic music is particularly important , and not merely because of the Celtic-Scottish influence on Leonard 's family ( an aspect that the Montreal Gazette highlighted regarding Lyon Cohen 's Gaelic accent recently ) and American eclecticism — often little more than a slavish following of European forms — which found itself in the development of ‘ pop ’ music , notably of ragtime around 1900 and jazz around 1918 . |
| 2 | To sum up , in 1922 the Soviet government found itself in a situation similar to that of the late Tsarist regime , which in its final years had grasped the connection between literacy and modernization and between formal schoolwork and social control . |
| 3 | With regard to marriage , eighteenth century canon law , which recognized marriage based on verbal contract , found itself in conflict with common law , which denied the validity of such marriages as far as property was concerned . |
| 4 | Instead , BZW found itself in a race against County NatWest , rival offspring of another British clearing bank . |
| 5 | Eastern Airlines , long a takeover candidate , found itself in bankruptcy , not the arms of a suitor . |
| 6 | It found itself in unanimity with Jordan in warning people like Ja'bari against any unauthorized initiative with the enemy . |
| 7 | The incentive to export seems to have been considerably reduced , and in 1987 Yugoslavia found itself in an increasingly difficult balance of payments position . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , an easterly wind blew up and the fleet found itself in difficulties . |
| 9 | In 1918 the 47-year-old Reich created by Bismarck found itself in an increasingly difficult situation . |
| 10 | If they had agreed a price the deal would have gone through just as SMS found itself in so much trouble with Volvo [ SMS was forced to resign the $40m Volvo account in early 1991 , after it was discovered the agency was rigging performance advertisements ] . |
| 11 | In war , more common as the Dukes of Normandy used their English kingship to press their rather doubtful claims to the French throne , Sussex found itself in the front line , convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates . |
| 12 | But before long , the company found itself in the midst of the early 1980s ' recession , an event that , by Mr Garner 's own admission , nearly finished TI off for good . |
| 13 | Copersucar , the Brazilian sugar giant and Emerson 's chief sponsor , found itself in serious political trouble when it turned out that it was indirectly financing the vigilante groups who kept Sao Paulo in a state of severe political repression during those years . |
| 14 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 15 | Most probably they were thrown into the sea to lighten the load when the ship found itself in difficulties . |
| 16 | W. T. Stead 's sensational exposé of the latter in his articles on ‘ The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon ’ generated a sense of outrage with which a wide spectrum of public opinion found itself in sympathy . |
| 17 | Once again the country which complained most about the policy was Britain , which found itself in the position of being a ‘ net contributor ’ to the EC after 1973 , paying far more into the EC than it received back . |
| 18 | It therefore found itself in opposition to what it regarded as the stupidity , incompetence and prejudice of the actual holders of political and economic power . |
| 19 | The government found itself in a difficult diplomatic position , given the fierce denial of the allegations by the Belgian authorities . |
| 20 | Having ridden the contradictions , the paper suddenly found itself in the middle of them . |
| 21 | We hear that during September , Pest Control Westminster found itself in an embarrassing situation of having under spent on its petty cash budget by 10% . |
| 22 | The defense Department , a major user of At and T services , found itself in a new position yet still charged with statutory requirements regarding national security , emergency preparedness and defence of national interests . |
| 23 | The Left of the Labour Party found itself in an increasingly unfavourable PoSition . |
| 24 | On practically every issue the Comintern found itself in the role of an infallible body which had adopted a manifestly fallible policy . |
| 25 | We 'd started with a lobster bisque that was almost certainly Sainsbury 's , but since Sainsbury 's almost certainly make the finest lobster bisque that ever found itself in a can , there can be no complaint . |