Example sentences of "was himself the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For those who think that this is window dressing , I pause to remind you that not so long ago the Lord Chancellor was himself the subject of judicial review proceedings , ’ he added . |
| 2 | Judge Goldstone was himself the subject of harsh criticism from a number of senior government figures for making " wild suggestions " . |
| 3 | The plan had been for his son ( Frederick William ) Robin ( born 1936 ) , who succeeded as third earl and was himself the author of an excellent life of William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] , to complete it . |
| 4 | No cause of death is given , but we may make an informed guess , for all that , that a man whose elder brother had been carried off by consumption was himself the victim of that ‘ white plague ’ which accounted for one-third of all deaths in the early years of the 19th century . |
| 5 | Later , students could attend lectures at the Royal Institution by Michael Faraday ( 1791–1867 ) who was himself the son of a blacksmith farrier . |