Example sentences of "[vb base] for themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central objective was to establish the kinds of actions and organisations that people typically make for themselves in this kind of social and spatial environment . |
| 2 | De Man 's dynamic of absence and intrusion controls our response to his texts — Rousseau , Nietzsche , Rilke and Proust — and therefore to an ongoing critique on reference , because texts , like characters , apparently speak for themselves in the modes of citation and paraphrase . |
| 3 | Especially well known is Willis 's Learning to Labour , a study of cultures which working class children construct for themselves at school . |
| 4 | Its 200-page Environmental Management for Hotels : The Industry Guide to Best Practice , to be launched on Mar 21 , points out that energy conservation measures pay for themselves through cost saving and hence improve the business ' competitiveness ; that the pressure is on worldwide to demonstrate commitment to the sustainable development of tourism ; that staff will want to work for companies with good environmental practices ; that concern for the environment is shared by an increasing number of those involved in hotels ; and that a good track record in the field helps when developing new ventures or projecting a brand image . |
| 5 | Until now we have assumed that banks decide for themselves upon the appropriate ratio in the light of their desire for profit and need for liquidity . |
| 6 | But whether or not one can establish the existence of general limits to the authority of governments , the normal justification thesis invites a piecemeal approach to the question of the authority of governments , which yields the conclusion that the extent of governmental authority varies from individual to individual , and is more limited than the authority governments claim for themselves in the case of most people . |
| 7 | This illustrates the line to be drawn between credit which people genuinely choose for themselves from a range of options , and credit which they use and go on using almost automatically — credit which is therefore not entirely subject to the healthy influence of open competition and free consumer choice . |
| 8 | All people at work are covered by the Order , whether they are employed by others , are in a managerial capacity , or work for themselves without employing others . |