Example sentences of "put themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , they put themselves on the defensive by shying away from subjects like food scares and by protecting the rogues within their industry . |
| 2 | During the autumn and winter of that dramatic year they put themselves at the forefront of agitation for more effective air raid precautions , and used their influence in the war factories to defend workers ’ living standards while criticizing the inefficiency of management . |
| 3 | CURRY lovers who regularly put themselves through the pain of eating hot , spicy food may be physically addicted to the ‘ high ’ it gives , according to new research . |
| 4 | This does not mean that they put themselves into the hands of an absolute authority . |
| 5 | About two-thirds of all temporary workers put themselves into the seasonal , temporary or casual category , though the proportion was much higher amongst those in lower level occupations and much lower amongst those in more skilled , and particularly in " professional " occupations [ see Table 2.4 ] . |
| 6 | This not only involves a mutual understanding of the common-sense notions in everyday life about what counts as an excuse , it requires that constables put themselves in the position of the offender to test whether they would have done the same . |
| 7 | As in the 1987 general election , the Conservatives were readier to put themselves on the line — to be made fools of , as might be , by voters and journalists . |
| 8 | After the Istanbul Biennale last autumn , it is the turn of the Greek art dealers to make a bid to put themselves on the international map . |
| 9 | This I think is actually more likely to get people to register to vote , I think regardless of any party affiliation you all have something to benefit from that and I suspect the vast majority of members of the council will see that any well designed leaflet that gets people to put themselves on the register is to the benefit of democracy . |
| 10 | Patients who have had previous experience of hypnotherapy ( even if no regression was involved ) are more likely to have confidence in the technique and in its safety , and therefore are often more willing to put themselves in the hands of the therapist and trust their own subconscious . |
| 11 | I always ask shareware users to put themselves in the place of the author . |
| 12 | They can also include questions which ask pupils to put themselves in the place of some person in the past . |
| 13 | Naturally the ILP remained hostile to the League , commenting that : The only groups which will participate in this effort are the insignificant number which have already put themselves outside the ILP . |
| 14 | They had also put themselves into the role of mediators , if anyone wanted to use them . |
| 15 | Putting themselves to the test … grasstrack racers go for gold . |
| 16 | By resorting to guns , even toy ones , are the Lithuanians forfeiting the rights of democrats and putting themselves on the same level as the Soviet troops ? |
| 17 | An honest ‘ airing ’ may entail managers putting themselves on the line for criticism as it is clear that the inefficiency of a manager can in itself be a cause for tension in a bureau . |
| 18 | PEOPLE from a housing estate have been putting themselves on the map — and others have the unnerving prospect of coming face to face with themselves . |
| 19 | Now I 've got to sort out all the people who persist in putting themselves into the wrong bedrooms … ’ |
| 20 | Ironically , it ended just as the Giants were putting themselves into the play-off hunt with a 27–7 victory over the Green Bay Packers for their third straight win . |
| 21 | Retiring partners would still have the difficulty of disposing of their shares on retirement and putting themselves within the scope of retirement relief . |
| 22 | They are aware of the danger of putting themselves in the same opposition boat as the Party of Democratic Socialism , formerly the communist party , which has its doubts about unity . |
| 23 | It is excellent for developing empathy ( putting themselves in the shoes of a person from the past ) , or perhaps exploring an event from different viewpoints ( to target interpretations of history ) . |
| 24 | Lads like Gregan , Sunley and Isaacs are all putting themselves in the shop window , and some day a big club will come and get them . |
| 25 | Many Yugoslav army officers had asked how they could put themselves at the disposal of the government , he said . |
| 26 | the natural deduction from what I have said so far would be for Governments to end the necessity of monetising debt and make sure that they do n't put themselves in the position of monetising debt — at any rate in circumstances where there is not a substantial deficiency of demand for labour and where therefore the monetisation of debt would not be counterbalanced by an increase in real production . |