Example sentences of "[v-ing] themselves up 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 an attempt to grab the Republicans ' ‘ hot-button ’ issue , the Democrats are now dressing themselves up as the anti-quota party . |
3 | People setting themselves up as the philosophers and artists and intelligentsia and other people setting themselves up as their assessors ? |
4 | People setting themselves up as the philosophers and artists and intelligentsia and other people setting themselves up as their assessors ? |
5 | The unconscious seems involved in a deep way , in part due to their setting themselves up as a Chosen People of God the Father . |