Example sentences of "and [to-vb] themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public are respectfully informed , that the Committee appointed by the Odiham Agriculture Society to consider the best method of improving the Art commonly called Farriery , have , in pursuance of that design , and feeling themselves unable to act with due energy and effect in the capacity of a Committee , found it expedient to detach themselves from that respectable Society , and to erect themselves into the present form . |
| 2 | In the same debate Mr Mellor restated the government 's intention of encouraging local authorities to make greater use of the private and voluntary sectors and to see themselves as enablers rather than providers . |
| 3 | At Manhattanville they stopped to water the horses and to refresh themselves with a drink of lemonade from an inn . |
| 4 | Once installed , tenants were regularly visited by voluntary lady rent-collectors whose task was to advise tenants on the management of the household or other aspects of their lives — how to sweep their floors , wash their children and clothing and to conduct themselves with propriety . |
| 5 | There can be no question but that the people of Belfast are showing , by returning day after day to work , to shop and to enjoy themselves in Belfast , that they are the people who are succeeding . |
| 6 | But they did learn to be less worried about it , and to accept themselves for what they were , with their mutual hang-ups , weaknesses and strengths . |
| 7 | Those who had no qualifications and no regular occupation were also more likely to have little family support , and to find themselves at eighteen or younger , living on state benefits in lodgings , single bedsits , or flats shared with other young people . |
| 8 | Friends literally reason together in order to organise experience and to define themselves as persons . |
| 9 | They should be able to analyse arguments and assess their validity , and to express themselves in a clear , exact and literate way . |
| 10 | It is no coincidence that Rousseau also believed that women were incapable of the development and education required for citizenship and ‘ must be trained to bear the yoke from the first … and to submit themselves to the will of others . ’ |
| 11 | Duty solicitors are subject to the control of the Legal Aid Board which requires them and their authorised representatives to have relevant experience and to submit themselves to selection by a local committee . |
| 12 | In summary , then , at present advocates of an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ( Soviet-inspired ) solution to Latin American problems do not enjoy much support , and it seems clear that Communist parties need to develop more flexible strategies and to ally themselves with the broader left if they are to sustain an effective role in political life . |
| 13 | They intended , they said , to be stricter in the way they selected credit traders who applied for membership , and to distance themselves from ‘ rogue moneylenders ’ . |
| 14 | That clergy and musicians be prepared to plan and lead worship imaginatively , to blend different styles , and to allow themselves to be guided both by the needs of the congregation and by sound liturgical principles in devising church services ( 514 — 516 , 522–523 ) . |
| 15 | Although it is a group undertaking , the residential will provide the means for students to be assessed and to assess themselves as individuals . |
| 16 | They came out of the East End to save the charts from unrebellious tat and to save themselves from a life in and out of prison . |
| 17 | On satisfactory completion of the period of apprenticeship , trainee solicitors are entitled to be formally admitted as solicitors and to describe themselves as such . |
| 18 | They had no aspirations to be patrons of the arts and to regale themselves like proletarian Ludwig IIs with grand opera or private performances of the classics . |
| 19 | Those who were too shy or too inexperienced to pray on those occasions would meet together on a Saturday night to read , to pray and to prepare themselves for the following Sabbath day . |
| 20 | be ready to make informed guesses , and to correct themselves in the light of additional information , eg by reading ahead or looking back in the text ; |
| 21 | Instructors should read through all the material before using it with students/trainees in order to get a general idea of thinking and direction , and to familiarise themselves with the layout and organisation . |
| 22 | It arose after the victory of Tannenberg , as a deliberate attempt by the German General Staff to distract attention from the failure of the Schlieffen plan in the west , and to associate themselves with Hindenburg 's triumph . |