Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 After a disastrous period of neglect when Glaswegians preferred Costa del Sol to this island of Bute abounding ‘ in pleasing scenes ’ , the ‘ stately hotels ’ and ‘ comfortable villas ’ , though older and a bit worn , are sprucing themselves up as the visitors , still almost exclusively Glaswegian , are coming back .
2 In the film Hospital George C. Scott plays the administrator attempting to impose some order on the chaos of misadventure , accidents , and disasters passing themselves off as medical care .
3 In an attempt to grab the Republicans ' ‘ hot-button ’ issue , the Democrats are now dressing themselves up as the anti-quota party .
4 Their pay in paper money was so bad and came so late that unless they had peasant relatives who could supply food , they were reduced to making shoes , singing psalms in church , or hiring themselves out as labourers to peasants .
5 Even if you are not going to apply for a Legal Aid franchise , membership of the panel will be important for anyone putting themselves forward as a personal injury specialist ( see Appendix 2A for the Personal Injury Panel criteria ) .
6 People setting themselves up as the philosophers and artists and intelligentsia and other people setting themselves up as their assessors ?
7 People setting themselves up as the philosophers and artists and intelligentsia and other people setting themselves up as their assessors ?
8 The unconscious seems involved in a deep way , in part due to their setting themselves up as a Chosen People of God the Father .
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