Example sentences of "they [verb] themselves to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can they compare themselves to a former professional player who has played in front of ten or twenty thousand people ? ’ |
| 2 | They affiliated themselves to the mendicant orders such as the Franciscans and Dominicans for their religious authentication , and engaged themselves , like their mendicant counterparts , in active participation of their faith , managing numerous charitable enterprises and conducting their own daily evening devotional services . |
| 3 | By way of illustration , let us take an example from the development of Newton 's theory that we have considered several times before , and consider the situation that confronted Leverrier and Adams when they addressed themselves to the troublesome orbit of the planet Uranus . |
| 4 | They resigned themselves to the Roman presence in their country , made their peace with the Roman authorities . |
| 5 | They presented themselves to the Cuban ambassador . |
| 6 | The Newmarket trainer runs Top Class in the Longchamp spectacular and the faithful backing Brittain will expect to be laughing all the way to the bank as they help themselves to the generous 40-1 on offer . |