Sentence examples for and placed itself from inspiring English sources

The Z sniffed out corners and placed itself perfectly within them.

Zara (modern Zadar, Croatia), a vassal city of the Venetian republic, rebelled against Venice in 1186 and placed itself under the protection of King Béla III of Hungary.

In 1640 Catalonia revolted against Spain and placed itself under the protection of Louis XIII of France, but the revolt was quelled in the 1650s.

According to Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)—the best-known example of clerks regular the Society imitated the manner of living of devout secular priests (i.e., priests not bound by a rule) and placed itself at the disposal of the pope.

On May 26 , 1918 Georgia set up an independent state and placed itself under the protection of Germany, the senior partner of the Central Powers, but the victory of the Allies at the end of 1918 led to occupation of Georgia by the British.

In a note to investors, Colin Gillis, analyst at BGC Financial, wrote: "While Google certainly has grown during Eric Schmidt's tenure as CEO, a case can also be made that the company has not built any new material revenue streams, was late to building for the mobile market, has no effective social solutions, overbuilt its headcount, and placed itself in the crosshairs of government regulators".

Maybe it's about hip-hop shedding its self-imposed clichés and placing itself within older black entertainment traditions like the radical soul and funk of the 60s and 70s.

In 2002, the University punished itself when it became apparent that its players were guilty by declaring itself ineligible for post season play immediately, returning post season play monetary rewards, vacating five seasons of games, removing commemorative banners, and placing itself on a two-year probation.

On one occasion when he accidently shot his host's dog, Whistler declared: "It was a dog without artistic habits and had placed itself badly in relation to the landscape".

After 1006 the city was ruled by its bishops and successive feudatories until it placed itself under papal protection in 1504.

Dumping them, the Obama administration placed itself once and for all on the side of ultraconservative undemocratic forces.