Example sentences of "are [v-ing] themselves on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 2 | Even well-established commercial farmers are finding themselves on a cruel treadmill of soaring capital investment , the financing of which can only be serviced by increasing mortgages based on the rising cost of land . |
| 3 | ‘ Muslims are organising themselves on a nationwide scale , ’ Dr Mohammed Ghayas , editor of Muslimedia , a news service of the Islamic movement , said . |
| 4 | YOUNGSTERS are gorging themselves on junk food — eating up to EIGHT snacks a day . |
| 5 | Because shareholders can not tell how hard managers are exerting themselves on their behalf , managers have an incentive to shirk . |