Example sentences of "to express [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of these was that of the ‘ lads ’ who were much like Willis ' ‘ lads ’ , in the sense that they were concerned to express themselves through symbols of adult masculinity and debunked most forms of authority and ‘ respectable ’ living . |
| 32 | This condition is met wherever there is value in people being able to express themselves in the way they choose , at least where acceptable alternatives present themselves . |
| 33 | Humans use their bodies to express themselves in for instance the way they walk . |
| 34 | They offer very scant opportunity for children to express themselves in creative and cultural activities , while retaining a relatively generous allocation for physical education ( a subject which in all my years as an inspector and teacher trainer I never saw convincingly taught outside college teaching practice ) . |
| 35 | It is the use of this ‘ apparatus ’ which enables people to express themselves in speech and which gives speech its quality and pattern . |
| 36 | In the Sixties , women had that kind of confidence and wanted to express themselves in that way . |
| 37 | Your students will be prepared for each news item by structured discussion , and then helped with language and comprehension while watching ; after each item , they will practise and consolidate skills and vocabulary , through parallel reading and further exercises ; and finally they will be able to express themselves in follow-up writing tasks and communicative activities , such as making their own radio broadcast . |
| 38 | There is no suppression there ; the children are encouraged to express themselves in their work freely . |
| 39 | This plays upon the naturally alienistic attitudes of hearing parents who desperately want their deaf children to speak because of parental fear of physical expression and the implications of having to express themselves in a predominantly physical mode in order to achieve basic communication . |
| 40 | A situation in which speakers of a dialect , or non-standard English , are able to express themselves in Standard English in order to cope with social situations , improve their position in society , and operate successfully in the business world . |
| 41 | They should be able to analyse arguments and assess their validity , and to express themselves in a clear , exact and literate way . |
| 42 | So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field . |
| 43 | It has so much depth , much more than if I were to express myself in other languages . |
| 44 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 45 | It may be argued that sexuality has a certain uniqueness which is absent from much property : sexuality is an intrinsic part of one 's personality , it is a mode of expressing that personality in relation to others , and it is therefore fundamental that one should be able to choose whether to express oneself in this way — and , if so , towards and with whom . |