Example sentences of "are [v-ing] themselves to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Property speculators in particular are addressing themselves to the question of what is to be done with the vast stretches of land once occupied by watch towers , border guards , dogs and rabbits . |
| 2 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 3 | It seems to me that very few staff are addressing themselves to the kinds of things ( e.g. resources , teaching style , subject content , and attitudes and the hidden curriculum ) that can be used to bring out the best of the pupils ' cultures and backgrounds . |
| 4 | They are reconciling themselves to their own mortality . |
| 5 | Those with extra cash are treating themselves to costly colognes and aftershaves . |
| 6 | However , an increasing number of countries are committing themselves to the goal of immunising 80% of their children by 1990 under the World Health Organization 's Extended Programme on Immunisation ( EPI ) . |
| 7 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 8 | People taking out policies of the kind just described are committing themselves to paying premiums as part of a long-term contract . |
| 9 | They know they are drinking themselves to death and in such an instance the social worker has no legal powers to intervene . |
| 10 | At a time when we have child prostitution in our child children 's homes , Labour Councillors are entertaining themselves to sun sand and sangria in exotic foreign locations and in conclusion I would like to make just one comment , that this episode brings to mind a famous quotation in circles . |