Example sentences of "themselves to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To sidestep any arguments about who should inherit the party 's vast fortunes if a split occurs , the delegates declared themselves to be the legal heirs of the HSWP , whilst dissociating themselves from the old party 's ‘ crimes , false and mistaken principles and methods ’ . |
| 2 | Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker . |
| 3 | The Donatists considered themselves to be the church of the martyrs , and kept alive the old posture of the persecuted church in the new , much altered , times after Constantine . |
| 4 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |
| 5 | An educational Bill of Rights would not stand in place of students ' legal entitlements ; students would , as now , still have the right to pursue a legal claim if they felt themselves to be the victim of an in justice . |
| 6 | The journalists in question consider themselves to be the media equivalent of the praetorian guard . |
| 7 | To help the process along the way , the Labour party acolytes on Humberside county council fell over themselves to be the first to grant planning permission for gas generators at Killingholme , replacing coal requirements by 3 million tonnes and with a loss of 3,000 mining jobs . |
| 8 | erm they have not in the past proved themselves to be the most capable o of people to er to support these things so in conclusion I 'd say that we must put this as part of a shopping list , the shopping list is on there er it is something to bring London and the South East of England which includes Hertfordshire and to make it an economic and viable area and look at the evidence of the other cities and I hope that er all of you will support the motion . |
| 9 | This record-breaking year , which has seen the men 's team collect the national championship silver medal and now prove themselves to be the best club team in the North augurs well for the future of the Darlington club . |
| 10 | It would enable them to really allow the greater selves in themselves to be the people representing their people , their country , er so it would allow them to become statesmen in a sense , you know , it would allow the wise part of them to come forth , and for them to be in harmony with each other . |