Example sentences of "[adv] [noun pl] [vb base] themselves " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile residents brace themselves for another concert in two weeks time . |
| 2 | Still others throw themselves on the mercy of God without being able to name the name of Christ because they have never been told about him . |
| 3 | Eventually things even themselves out , as the salt spreads itself evenly between them ; but this takes time , and the movements occur first . |
| 4 | A more fundamental change has come from studying how animals orient themselves not in a simple environment but in a structurally complex one ; for example , how they use landmarks to find their way home . |
| 5 | For instance one can readily see how insects adapt themselves to many environments but the larger the animal the less likely it is to survive if the environment drastically changes . |
| 6 | In this chapter we look at how individuals see themselves and the world outside . |
| 7 | Such a choice is made on the basis of how individuals see themselves and wish to be seen by others , and it is possible to conceptualise a characteristic or typical ‘ moral housing career ’ . |
| 8 | A lot depends on how individuals view themselves . |
| 9 | How individuals view themselves depends in part on whom they compare themselves with . |
| 10 | The concept of ideology' , though not made clear , is in fact of crucial significance in Pareto 's discussion of how elites maintain themselves in power . |
| 11 | Secondly , I do not think it does a college principal any harm to operate in a different framework , see how others organise themselves and bring a principal 's view to bear upon validation exercises — and possibly upon SCOTVEC itself ! |
| 12 | But with the new noise come all the old preconceptions and problems of how women present themselves . |
| 13 | Once again peacemakers put themselves between Saddam Hussein and the leaders of the alliance ranged against him . |
| 14 | Such relationships belong to problem novels , rather than to novels of action , to fiction where a place is not the scene in which action develops but a certain spot where characters place themselves in order to talk . |
| 15 | But it 's when rows repeat themselves without being resolved , when you have minor spats for no obvious reason , or when rows leave you feeling tense , angry and sick , that alarm bells should ring . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 17 | They frequently ask why organisms group themselves into societies . |