Example sentences of "pride itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OALD prides itself on the number and quality of its examples — it contains far more than any comparable dictionary . |
| 2 | The management prides itself on the true Italian-style home cooking served in the dining-room , and the excellent roof-top terrace affords beautiful views over Sorrento and the Gulf of Naples . |
| 3 | This is a family-run hotel and the management prides itself on the fact that Citalia guests have always received a warm welcome . |
| 4 | Henley prides itself on the accessibility of its Faculty whose services extend well beyond the formal classroom environment . |
| 5 | The project prides itself on the intensive post-placement support offered to the children by their old key workers , and to the family by the family placement worker . |
| 6 | In Sweden , a country which prides itself in the freedom of thought and action which it allows its citizens , education from elementary school to college and university is defined and controlled through state boards . |
| 7 | ‘ This company prides itself in the quality of its totally unsubsidized products , ’ wrote Lord Swaythling . |
| 8 | India , which prided itself on the self-sufficiency achieved by its green revolution , was obliged to buy wheat in 1988–9 ; China 's imports of wheat reached record levels in the last years of the decade , a reflection , no doubt , not just of two years of drought but of a situation where peasants received certificates instead of cash for their crops . |
| 9 | In July 1868 — barely a year after leaving Blomfield 's office — his first novel , ‘ The poor man and the lady ’ , was submitted to Macmillan , a firm which prided itself on the quality of its fiction list . |
| 10 | Japan has always prided itself in the high quality of its water supply . |