31.   So the Eto-Kamei faction gained little from the contretemps and may have even burnished its image as the epitome of the old guard.

32.   Since then, the industry has engaged in a significant advertising campaign to burnish their image, and it has produced results, many analysts say.

33.   Strauss, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, has worked hard over the years to burnish his image as a conciliator.

34.   Such cases, the lawyers said, can help prosecutors burnish an image of being tough on crime.

35.   That image was burnished when Lima replaced its male traffic officers a few years ago with women because many of the men took bribes rather than write tickets.

36.   That left him to concentrate on Virgin Atlantic, where he burnished his image as David taking on the Goliath that was British Airways.

37.   The appellation made Zhu so uncomfortable and so vulnerable to criticism from hard-liners that he lowered his political profile, while burnishing his image as a technocratic economic manager.

38.   The appellation made Zhu so uncomfortable and so vulnerable to criticism from hard-liners that he lowered his political profile while burnishing his image as a technocratic economic manager.

39.   The award is likely to burnish an image of BBDO New York as a specialist in big, splashy visual ideas.

40.   The company has been a major supporter of the arts in Europe and is trying to burnish its image internationally.