Example sentences of "model themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody 's modelled themselves on us , they 've gone more the Roses and the Mondays . |
| 2 | Plenty of singers , wisely or otherwise , have modelled themselves on the heroes and villains of great literature . |
| 3 | Christians modelled themselves on Christ . |
| 4 | If the C of E models itself on Parliament , the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving . |
| 5 | 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 ! ) |
| 6 | For men to model themselves on Ulysses rather than Hercules . |
| 7 | Children yearned to be like her and parents , even grandparents , were happy to see their young modelling themselves on a star seemingly unsullied by the darker side of rock and roll . |