Example sentences of "pride themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janssen promise their customers fast delivery , and since they have inventory on more than 12,000 different products , they pride themselves on keeping this promise . |
| 2 | The owners , Signor and Signora Leoni and their son pride themselves on their high standards of personal service . |
| 3 | The fast food outlets certainly pride themselves on speed of service , an attractive environment and a friendly and courteous staff . |
| 4 | All schools , maintained day schools as well as private boarding schools , pride themselves on the clubs they support , the plays they put on , the choirs and orchestras they muster . |
| 5 | While everyone else goes about believing 60 or 65 to be the correct retirement age , those who pride themselves on being positive about age have lifted the chronological sights to 70 . |
| 6 | For a people who pride themselves on their love of animals , and considering the age-old human dependence on animals for food and work and as pets , it seems strange that a college to train veterinary surgeons in this country was only established two hundred years ago in response to a plan proposed by a Frenchman . |
| 7 | There are presses which are strictly private in the Carter sense , operating in anything from a back kitchen to a fully equipped shop , perhaps content simply to joy in the smell of printer 's ink and the magic of creation , without aiming to sell a single book ; publishing firms calling themselves presses who rightly pride themselves on the high quality of their output ; commercial printers who are equally jealous of the standard of their press work ; teaching establishments attached to universities , colleges and schools for experimental and training purposes ; official presses , controlled by governmental or other agencies ; fugitive and clandestine presses , often short-lived and hazardously operated , because of an adverse political or religious climate , or because their owners are dodging copyright laws ; and there is a hotch-potch of firms who pretentiously arrogate to themselves the word ‘ press ’ , to which they have little or no right in terms of either fine printing or independence . |
| 8 | Drivers are noted egotists and pride themselves on being hard men who are in a given place to race and the devil take the hindmost . |
| 9 | ‘ They are a big , heavy side and they pride themselves on having rugged forwards , ’ said Moore . |
| 10 | They pride themselves on the ‘ family ’ atmosphere among the workforce . |
| 11 | The better nurserymen pride themselves on their packing , so much so that they often advise you to leave the plants in the packing when planting is delayed , and to lay them up in a cool garage or shed . |
| 12 | The peacekeepers in New York pride themselves on a brand-new 24-hour operations room . |
| 13 | Mr. Wuben and his staff pride themselves on the friendly service offered to all guests , they are sure to give you a real Dutch welcome and are happy to help with a wealth of information to help you really enjoy your visit . |
| 14 | The owners pride themselves on offering comfortable accommodation , on giving personal service with attention to detail and on providing a choice of good food . |
| 15 | For meal times , the pleasant dining-room 's design is particularly spacious and in the kitchens the hotel chefs pride themselves on offering good , typically Italian style cooking at dinner and an ample breakfast each morning . |
| 16 | Recently refurbished , it offers the most upto-date facilities combined with staff who pride themselves on offering traditional good service and friendly welcomes . |
| 17 | The accommodation is cool and spotless and staff pride themselves on offering a warm welcome . |
| 18 | The staff pride themselves on offering a friendly welcome and helpful service . |
| 19 | Staff pride themselves on offering a warm welcome and the friendly , English speaking manager , Signor Zucconi will deal personally with any queries . |
| 20 | The Orkneys and Shetland also have a long history of independence in local government terms and pride themselves on their Scandinavian roots and their distinctiveness from Scotland . |
| 21 | Nicky and Enya pride themselves on their rows ; ‘ I was basically just left to concentrate on music , ’ says Enya . |
| 22 | Members pride themselves on a choice of self catering and bed and breakfast accommodation that offers visitors excellent value , first class service and a unique insight into country life . |
| 23 | However , the charge is often returned by environmentalists who note how much farmers pride themselves on being ‘ stewards ’ of the English countryside for the benefit of future generations and for the nation at large , but then deny the right of anyone else to have a say in how it should be maintained for them . |
| 24 | Many of them , such as the Hanley Economic , Darlington , Harpenden , Chesham , Vernon and Clay Cross , pride themselves on the low interest rates they offer discerning borrowers . |
| 25 | Ministers pride themselves on their attention to detail , but I ask them to lift their eyes and survey a broader picture . |
| 26 | People who pride themselves on being rational wo n't walk under ladders . |
| 27 | The worst thing you can do is set these things and then cock it up because secretaries is people that pride themselves on being administratively perfect |
| 28 | They pride themselves on sticking to traditional brewing methods . |
| 29 | They pride themselves on providing a top grade service and have done everything form cleaning ocean-going liners to baby-sitting chinchillas . |
| 30 | I mean what is the purpose of all this , bringing the cost of living down — I do n't know , a thousand things that politicians pride themselves on doing — it seems to me that they all should be taking second place to the lives that up and coming generations are going to live . |