Example sentences of "put themselves [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While America goes crazy over its new President elect , CARTER USM are busy making themselves the next most popular thing with the inhabitants of that wacky continent and really should have done the decent thing and put themselves up for election . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know if a lot of men put themselves up against that . ’ |
| 3 | It may be true that people put themselves forward for managerial posts in public industry because they have a genuine desire to improve social welfare ( though they dislike effort ) . |
| 4 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |
| 5 | Others , seeing what so many people put themselves through in the quest for slimness , just decide not to bother . |
| 6 | But erm careers officers particularly put themselves down for visits , |
| 7 | Some large practices are beginning to put themselves forward as specialist advocates for smaller firms who ca n't specialize in that way . |
| 8 | The surveys were conducted in the context of a perceived need to encourage able people to put themselves forward for election . |
| 9 | People protect their own territories and are reluctant to put themselves out for other departments striving hard to provide a good service . |
| 10 | But I mean I say , that 's not the fault of the people who work there , there not going to put themselves out of work . |
| 11 | Humans have introduced mink to the British countryside — and the animals have proceeded to put themselves permanently beyond human control . |
| 12 | They will need a good showing to put themselves back in contention for a place in Britain 's Olympic squad . |
| 13 | Anxiety management training is about helping clients to understand what is going on , then teaching them skills to cope with anxiety , then encouraging them to put themselves deliberately into situations which create anxiety but with which they cope successfully . |
| 14 | But it is publicly acknowledged that these numbers , which represent people who have put themselves forward for testing , are underestimates . |
| 15 | They head 600 volunteers who have already put themselves forward for 200 new Government teams which will be checking on classroom standards after September , 1993 . |
| 16 | If executives really understand business and the motivational challenge of making profit , the last thing they will want to do is put themselves out to grass , write papers for learned journals and theorize on aspects of business they 've previously failed to put into practice . |
| 17 | A lot of people round here have put themselves out for me . |
| 18 | Also , attorneys may be putting themselves up for huge amounts of emotional strain , knowing that their clients stand to lose more than their liberty . |
| 19 | The voting continued throughout Monday night , eight candidates putting themselves forward for the honour . |
| 20 | Before putting themselves forward for selection , potential candidates and their families need to be aware of the foreign country 's environment — for instance its language(s) , climate and culture , its housing and education facilities , what security is like , and where they will be living and working . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | This , to his great astonishment , caused a considerable disturbance ; and when he inquired what the people meant by putting themselves out over a black man , an Englishman who was passing answered : ‘ Well , perhaps you do n't know it , but you have just thrown one of Her Majesty 's judges out of the train . ’ ’ |
| 23 | The interviews were mostly with women 's magazines , and many of the letters we received were from women , who felt an instinctive sympathy for John and could easily put themselves either in my position or that of John 's mother . |
| 24 | These other Electors can vote for their chosen candidate , but they can not put themselves forward as Emperor . |
| 25 | wo n't put themselves out for the firm and it 's , it 's you know |
| 26 | Oxfam 's greatest wish on their fiftieth anniversary is that they can put themselves out of a job.But in the meantime they believe the problems of the third world can only be solved when the developed world understands . |
| 27 | Prior to 1980 , only thirty-one non-cognate candidates in total put themselves forward for examination , but in the period 1980–4 , eighty have gained membership , following the special examination route devised for them . |
| 28 | I find that people tend to not put themselves down for training courses . |
| 29 | She came to Salzburg to the festival but refused to let anyone put themselves out for her ; I was enormously impressed by how kind and unassuming she was . |
| 30 | It did n't take long for him to bounce back , however , and during the latter part of the 1970s and early 1980s he and Trevino put themselves in for further chances of Open glory . |