Example sentences of "himself to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The finder of goods is entitled — except only against one who can show himself to be the owner — to legal protection against all the world . |
| 2 | At the wicket he is a Roman general , unquestioning of his own ability to defeat the barbarians ; yet because the pride and haughtiness are justified by having repeatedly proved himself to be the best , one can not resent them , especially since he usually leaves them on the field of combat . |
| 3 | Cipollini , who recently declared himself to be the fastest finisher in the world , crossed the line in second place but with both arms in the air in protest over Abdoujaparov 's jersey-pull , which , say the race referees , occurred twice in the last half-mile . |
| 4 | It is clear from his critical writings that , to some extent , he considers himself to be the successor of Kafka and Camus : this influence emerges in his novels , Dans le labyrinthe ( 1959 ) — whose very title evokes Kafka and Borges — and his first work , Un Régicide ( 1949 ; published 1978 ) in which the atmosphere is very tangibly that of the absurd-cum-behaviourist novel ( see Smyth 1983 ) , even if in both cases the metaphysical is subjected to parody . |
| 5 | Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse . |
| 6 | Frederick , a man of limited imagination who thought himself to be the very model of a modern enlightened despot and who had travelled in Poland in his younger years , believed that the Polish nobles and gentry were fools and madmen , deluded Catholic warmongers who lived in a perpetual fog of political weakness and drunken anarchy . |
| 7 | MODEL David Wood has proved himself to be the brave face of '93 by winning a top modelling event — just after a successful fight against cancer . |
| 8 | Farr-Jones has not only proven himself to be the world 's leading scrum-half , but his captaincy over the past four years has grown in maturity and stature with each test and tour match . |
| 9 | For all the enigmas in his career , Wojciech Jaruzelski seems himself to be the prototype of what the USSR has come to trust most in the Polish military outlook . |
| 10 | By introducing tough new health warnings and refusing to give in to the tobacco industry 's demands , Mr Waldegrave has already shown himself to be the most effective Health Minister since Sir George Young 's short tenure . |
| 11 | Here , by contrast , the father was himself to be the principal debtor and the transaction , so far as the plaintiffs were concerned , was to be completed by their solicitors . |
| 12 | ‘ I go by there most days , ’ said the farmer , proving himself to be the sort of chap who does not mess about but gets straight to the point . |
| 13 | George made five journeys to the United States , both as an amateur and as a professional , and proved himself to be the world 's greatest middle-distance runner , so starting a British tradition which was continued by Wooderson , ( Sir ) Roger Bannister , Derek Ibbotson , Steve Ovett , Sebastian Coe , and Steve Cram . |
| 14 | Colebrooke , much lampooned in the press , was a rather pompous , self-important man who considered himself to be the second most influential politician in England . |
| 15 | Frank shows himself to be the only ventriloquist to move his lips but not his teeth . |
| 16 | Tuppe knew himself to be the stuff of epics . |
| 17 | On the facts the sole issue was whether he believed himself to be the beneficiary . |