Example sentences of "[vb base] themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would , I know , be the first to agree that , if the critics base themselves on fact and eschew the attractions of hindsight , such criticism is valuable . |
| 2 | Logocentrism is the term he uses to describe all forms of thought which base themselves on some external point of reference , such as the notion of truth . |
| 3 | They cushion themselves on the silence . |
| 4 | They place themselves on the same plane as trees or stones . |
| 5 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 6 | Second , they put themselves on the defensive by shying away from subjects like food scares and by protecting the rogues within their industry . |
| 7 | But however unpleasant monsoonal conditions can on occasion be , they are as nothing compared with the fearsome storms that hurl themselves on the Pacific with terrible regularity . |
| 8 | Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level . |
| 9 | The band run themselves on a democratic basis and have their own voting system . |
| 10 | ‘ Some try and hang themselves on lamp-posts outside men 's houses , but I do n't know any of that sort . |
| 11 | The dialectic is the law of totalization which creates several collectivities , several societies , and one history — realities , that is , which impose themselves on individuals ; but at the same time it must be woven out of millions of individual actions . |
| 12 | I was taking the piss , suggesting they pour petrol over themselves , set themselves on fire . |
| 13 | If the C of E models itself on Parliament , the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving . |
| 14 | The best we can do is raise our own children differently ( a project that will fail , ironically , to the extent that children model themselves on the unreconstructed adults they encounter ! ) |
| 15 | With the details of ohms , amps , radiation dosages , and the speed of a new high-velocity missile fresh in their minds , the military technologists have exhausted their discussions and now find themselves on parade . |
| 16 | Young people who find themselves on probation for shop-lifting , vandalism or petty thuggery should be shown where the path of crime may lead . |
| 17 | The many continents of the planet Marinus are the settings for this six part adventure as the Doctor 's party find themselves on a quest to locate the missing keys to the Conscience of Marinus . |
| 18 | Evidence for this comes from the fact that the ambivalent expression does not seem to be confined to a limited range of situations , in which individuals find themselves on public display , especially to an audience from a higher social class or more advanced educational attainment . |
| 19 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 20 | I agree with him that they have an important role to play in a fully integrated service for mentally ill people , but the House would mislead itself if it believed that those mentally ill people who find themselves on the streets are drawn from those patients who have been discharged from long-term care in hospitals . |
| 21 | A HAPPILY married couple find themselves on an emotional roller-coaster when a wealthy businessman offers 1m dollars to spend a night with the young wife . |
| 22 | One video is not going to stop car crime on its own , but producers believe it may persuade some young people to think twice before they find themselves on the wrong side of the law . |
| 23 | The women dress themselves on credit and without their husbands ' knowledge , they sign bills which , when they fall due , are fatal to their virtue . |
| 24 | The ladies of our period of whom we know more than the name were almost always ladies of exceptional character or talent , who force themselves on our notice partly at least for this reason . |
| 25 | If our constitution does not altogether submerge us in wishful thinking , that is because pain and misfortune force themselves on attention from outside . |
| 26 | Red jungle fowl , the ancestors of all our domestic chickens , sun themselves on the edge of the forest . |
| 27 | And once a flaw has appeared , it tends to be copied as subsequent layers of crystal encrust themselves on top of it . |
| 28 | They jerk from side to side and rub themselves on the plants , but there is no redness or inflammation of the gills . |
| 29 | Still others throw themselves on the mercy of God without being able to name the name of Christ because they have never been told about him . |
| 30 | Children may headbang , throw themselves on the floor , kick furniture , scream , and cry but as long as they are safe and are not escalating into aggressive or destructive behaviour they should be quietly ignored . |