Example sentences of "find itself [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As well as prompting a rise in trade , the existence of a new class which found itself with spare time and spare cash at its disposal also heralded an era of unprecedented artistic achievement . |
2 | As time goes by it is likely to find itself under increasing pressure , for the glossy men are now moving into the petrology field too . |
3 | The system has found itself in dire need of a new way of legitimating itself , and this need has given rise to a variety of responses . |
4 | How , we may ask , can a country like Egypt , by no means the poorest or most vulnerable in the Third World , find itself in this position ? |
5 | Here , at the top of Bridge Street , on the road to Rickmansworth , is where respectable Pinner finds itself in rude confrontation with the real world . |
6 | The UK could find itself in greatest difficulty with exemptions granted for pesticides in Southern Water 's area , namely for the herbicides Atrazine , Simazine and Propazine , where a treatment facility is not planned until 1997 or 1998 . |
7 | On top of that , there are the feelings of disgrace and embarrassment that a firm of chartered accountants of our size and good professional reputation should find itself in this position — even if the factors are outside your control . ’ |
8 | But even a Ministry Curriculum Development Centre can find itself in some sense isolated from the main machinery of educational planning and administration and thus acquire a certain sense of unreality . |
9 | The rejection of the peace plan , and the possibility that the West could find itself in military confrontation with the Bosnian Serbs , raises the threat of a more general Balkan war . |