Example sentences of "themselves [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It appears to me that the whole question is governed by the broad , general , universal principle that English legislation , unless the contrary is expressly enacted or so plainly implied as to make it the duty of an English court to give effect to an English statute , is applicable only to English subjects or to foreigners who by coming into this country , whether for a long or a short time , have made themselves during that time subject to English jurisdiction . |
| 2 | More than three times as many men as women killed themselves during that time , the Minister for Health , Brendan Howlin , disclosed . |
| 3 | Difficulties also arise in the case of damage done in the past , or when the effects do not manifest themselves for some time . |
| 4 | Those middle managers who are left are finding themselves with three times as much work to do as before , handicapped by depleted back-up resources . |
| 5 | How are they going to replace themselves in good time so that there will be a talent bank of experience , ready to lead ? |
| 6 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 7 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 8 | Note has also been taken of where particular groups have positioned themselves at various times in their evolution , and of the differences in style which have characterized such groups over time . |
| 9 | They could have discharged themselves at any time , but they were destitute and the best was done for them that was possible in the circumstances . |
| 10 | Your national side may not have a future themselves by that time if they 've lost every game in between . |
| 11 | Marie Claire had some novels about English girls lost in the desert at the mercy of proud sheikhs , but those girls were as proud as the sheikhs themselves and defiant too — at least until near the end of the story — and the sheikhs were prepared to make some concessions themselves by that time . |