Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , if specific librarians and information scientists are unable or unwilling ( or both ) to learn about and understand the detailed situations within which the information that they handle will eventually be used , then they should restrict themselves to the more general situation-independent value-adding processes . |
| 2 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 3 | Consequently , they should prepare themselves for the process by shaping the plans for their appointment procedure in some detail . |
| 4 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 5 | France and England never pulled together , for all they might find themselves on the same side . ’ |
| 6 | Yet there is also a less determinate area , in which artists devoted themselves to religious art not only , and sometimes not primarily , because this was the willed commission of their Immediate patron , but because they could identify themselves with the religious purpose of which the immediate social organization was the available manifest form . |
| 7 | Only a small proportion of his men were actually with him now , others coming in singly and in groups as they could disentangle themselves from the embroilment . |
| 8 | Many Yugoslav army officers had asked how they could put themselves at the disposal of the government , he said . |
| 9 | By beating this they could drive themselves through the water but their heavy foreparts must have kept their heads low and close to the bottom . |
| 10 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 11 | They would ally themselves with the united Labour forces and afford the possibilities of developing a mighty Peoples Front which will bring down the National Government . " |
| 12 | Picking up their phones , they would thrust themselves on the punters , ramming stock , which was often of little value , down their throats . |
| 13 | And they would force themselves to the front all the time . |
| 14 | Much therefore depended on which brand of them would be returned and whether , as in the past , they would align themselves with the Conservative Party and accept its whip . |
| 15 | And they would see themselves as the Babes in the Wood , or Cinderella , or young princes more lovely than the morning , turned adrift on the world to seek their fortunes , while vulgar and ugly cuckoos slept in their beds and drank the top of the milk . |
| 16 | Though nocturnal , they will show themselves during the day if kept in a well-planted tank . |
| 17 | They can advertise themselves in the truest and most direct way possible : the experience of friends , colleagues or neighbours who make up the union . |
| 18 | It is therefore also common ground that prima facie Glasgow must be sued in Scotland because of course it is domiciled in Scotland , and that the banks are only entitled to sue in England if they can bring themselves within the special jurisdiction laid down in articles 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 . |
| 19 | I assume that if they can bring themselves within the terms of erm of these orders then they will er be indemnified . |
| 20 | If the guest is settling the bill by credit card they can avail themselves of the express check-out service . |
| 21 | If they are confident , they can commit themselves to the importance of each of the eight aspects . |
| 22 | The early experience suggests that for the enthusiast of language , for example , the latter approach and even the former is possible : equally too the science enthusiast in primary schools protests at the ease with which they can familiarise themselves with the process . |
| 23 | Said Keegan : ‘ I 've told the lads they can write themselves into the record books . |
| 24 | It is now up to the mainstream physicists to show that they can organise themselves to the point where they can justify their basic funds , and the extra money that has now been set aside for them ( This Week , 3 February , p 287 ) . |
| 25 | Raising more roses by seed can be a very frustrating business , or they can seed themselves with the efficiency and enthusiasm of weeds . |
| 26 | When researchers want to understand what it is like to be , say , a Moonie , they can submit themselves to the sorts of conditions that a Moonie experiences — so far as these are social ; but the real Moonie can , quite legitimately , protest that if the researcher does not have a personal experience of God or actually know in their heart that it is the Unification Church which has discovered the best way to live , they can not really understand what it is like to be a Moonie . |
| 27 | There is , in fact , virtually no area at all where rabbits can not exist — they can support themselves on the edge of suburban Britain and maintain vast colonies on the most inhospitable heathland . |