Example sentences of "[vb pp] themselves in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Education commission reports past and present have always addressed themselves in varying degrees of rigour to the analysis of educational objectives and it would be possible to collect an impressive dossier of high minded statements of intent . |
| 2 | The Republicans had committed themselves in 1920 to remaining outside the League of Nations , and there was no serious attempt to reverse this policy subsequently . |
| 3 | There is also a very important smaller group who have deliberately injured themselves in some way . |
| 4 | The roads leading to these houses are guarded to prevent the general species of mankind from entering ; and I felt a slight twinge of sorrow for these rich people who have isolated themselves in these strange colonies and deprived themselves of the society of humble and unpretentious men who add the savour to human society ; for it is only in such men that the real spirit of joy , and freedom resides . |
| 5 | In April 1946 Otto Grotewohl , the SPD leader in the eastern zone , complied with the Soviet wish to unite his party with the Communists , who had also re-formed themselves in 1945 and were hoping to widen their appeal . |
| 6 | Many soon found themselves in long-term debt to richer peasants , particularly in the Famine areas . |
| 7 | Wise Speke analyst John Dean , says : ‘ Whessoe and Varec have been known to one another for some considerable time although given their emphasis on different geographical markets they have rarely found themselves in direct competition . ’ |
| 8 | The Committee who represent or who are affiliated to 15 Catholic Societies , would like names of women who have distinguished themselves in public life or who quietly give great service to their local . |
| 9 | During the last half of 1960 , the Soviet leaders — perhaps conscious of having over-reached themselves in political terms , retreated from their former position as staunch defenders of the Cuban revolution , and adopted a far more equivocal tone . |
| 10 | Although they are not yet quite as common a sight as foxes in towns , badgers have established themselves in quiet urban area where they can excavate their under ground home , or set . |
| 11 | Rentokil have established themselves in this market through a unique management structure . |
| 12 | The local authorities cited so far can be described as having assimilated the care programme approach , they take it into account and perceive opportunities to be gained , but they do not appear to have changed themselves in any significant way to accommodate it . |
| 13 | They have manifested themselves in three specific areas . |
| 14 | Organic molecules , some of them of the same general types as are normally only found in living things , have spontaneously assembled themselves in these flasks . |