Example sentences of "be [v-ing] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Post-war criticism was ‘ gladiatorial ’ , as John Wain remarked years later , in 1972 , when the excitement had died down ; and attractive to the young for just that reason , since the young feed on moral drama : ‘ they need to feel that they are proving themselves by bravely attacking something powerful . ’ |
| 2 | This seems , this seems a worthwhile thing to do to me , Chairman , this may reflect that , this position that we are in the business cycle that er , you know , with a slightly optimistic outlook , a lot of firms are seeing themselves in a position to expand and , and need this to help them do so . |
| 3 | OVER THERE , but thankfully not expected here in the near future : US TV audiences are bracing themselves for Roseanne : the cartoon , and an animated series featuring New Kids On The Block … |
| 4 | But the Conservatives are bracing themselves for a map of somewhat different complexion on Friday morning , if the opinion polls ’ verdicts prove true , with most of the changes wrought by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 5 | BRAZIL 's hospitals are bracing themselves for an epidemic of dengue , an acutely infectious disease caused by a virus . |
| 6 | CHANNEL ferry firms are bracing themselves for Britain 's biggest duty-free drink and cigarettes bonanza tomorrow . |
| 7 | BRITISH insurers are bracing themselves for claims totalling hundred of millions of pounds from the storm-battered U.S. |
| 8 | Tulip Computers NV is scheduled to announce 1992 figures tomorrow , and Amsterdam analysts are bracing themselves for a flood of red ink . |
| 9 | STAFF at the Wedgwood visitor centre are bracing themselves for a bumper summer season . |
| 10 | And Ireland 's top traditional dancers are bracing themselves for even more misery at the end of this month when the 18-year-old whizz-kid is due to return for the World Championships in Dublin . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the scholars are bracing themselves for more arguements . |
| 12 | COUNSELLORS are bracing themselves for a flood of inquiries when a TV drama is screened exposing a child migration scheme which shamed Britain . |
| 13 | Despite the news of investment in programmes worried staff at both stations are bracing themselves for cost cutting and job losses . |
| 14 | MINISTERS are bracing themselves for the release of unemployment figures on Thursday which are expected to go over the three million mark . |
| 15 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 16 | Another possibility is that , by looking like a hawk , cuckoos are protecting themselves from predation — a hawk is less likely to attack another hawk than some other , easier prey . |
| 17 | It is a well known fact that sheep in their ruthless determination for world domination are disguising themselves in an effort to infiltrate positions of power . |
| 18 | AS the curtain comes down on Courage League rugby for 1992 , the game 's elite are gearing themselves for the biggest dog-fight since the competition 's inception six years ago . |
| 19 | The build up to the next Olympic games believe it or not is already underway … and our Friday Feature this week comes from Milton Keynes where Britain 's ice skaters have been launching themselves into the challenge of gold |
| 20 | ‘ Ever since the elections they have been revealing themselves as the neo-Nazis that they really are , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Increasingly they are grouping themselves into multiple retail chains , as can be seen from Table 11.10 . |
| 22 | Property speculators in particular are addressing themselves to the question of what is to be done with the vast stretches of land once occupied by watch towers , border guards , dogs and rabbits . |
| 23 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 24 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 25 | What there is evidence of , however , is the hardship that some auditing firms are causing themselves by feeling forced to put in dangerously over-competitive bids . |
| 26 | Publications with similar aims are springing up in different countries , and indigenous people are forming themselves into groups to represent their needs and interests . |
| 27 | They 'll miss him , like they missed many of their first team players who 're saving themselves for a vital league game next week . |
| 28 | They 're promoting themselves to a very significant extent on the basis that they 're selling at cheaper prices to the public . |
| 29 | So if we 've got somebody earning nine thousand , they 're going to want to know why they 're insuring themselves for a hundred thousand on living insurance benefit . |
| 30 | PUPILS are selling themselves into slavery this week in a bid to raise money for a worthy cause . |