Example sentences of "themselves [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Sharpness Docks themselves became an annual security zone after the dockside cranes had been occupied by opponents of the dumping . |
| 2 | At the other extreme , the numbers of bands observed may be used to deduce the symmetry of the molecule responsible for the spectrum , and the force constants corresponding to all the internal vibrations can be deduced from the frequencies themselves using a normal co-ordinate analysis . |
| 3 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 4 | In Hertfordshire , Wiltshire and Norfolk , for example , a young staff found themselves given a free hand to alter the educational system . |
| 5 | IT 'S FUNNY how Hawkwind 's ultra-happy laser shows have gotten really hip again while the Hawks themselves remain a laughing stock to most people . |
| 6 | IT 'S FUNNY how Hawkwind 's ultra-happy laser shows have gotten really hip again while the Hawks themselves remain a laughing stock to most people . |
| 7 | Reports over the previous four months that unity negotiations were under way among the various political heirs of Kwame Nkrumah were confirmed by an announcement on Sept. 10 that three Nkrumahist parties , the National Independence Party ( NIP ) , the People 's Heritage Party ( PHP ) , and the unregistered Popular Party for Democracy and Development ( PPDD ) , had agreed to an electoral alliance , pledging themselves to support a single presidential candidate and one parliamentary candidate in each of the country 's 200 constituencies . |
| 8 | The shoguns themselves lacked the personal charisma of their early predecessors and divisions within the Bakufu hierarchy and Tokugawa followers increased . |
| 9 | By reporting only two columns of figures ( budget and actual ) , not only is the ultimate purpose of budgetary accounting not achieved but much time can be wasted in answering specific users ' questions about variances which could have been avoided by the accounts themselves producing the relevant analysis . |
| 10 | On a wider note , authors need to organise themselves to redress the current imbalance of power . |
| 11 | It was not until the 1890s that the railway companies themselves entered the promotional market . |
| 12 | As Morris explains , not only will the transactions themselves provide a remarkable resource , but how they took place ( i.e. their context ) will have historical significance ( 1993 : 307–308 ) . |
| 13 | Then they had to brace themselves to pass the few people standing along the church wall . |
| 14 | Representative government , parties and elections are now seen increasingly as providing an essential framework but as inadequate by themselves to establish a democratic society in the more radical sense of government by the people . |
| 15 | Would the counts now war amongst themselves to establish the strongest ? |
| 16 | Making its debut and dominating the stand was the brand new First 53f5 , born of a collaboration between naval architect Bruce Farr , and stylist Pininfarina , with Bénéteau themselves contributing a considerable amount of production engineering technology . |
| 17 | Not only were women to a large extent excluded , but the very concepts and models themselves embodied a masculine view of the world . |
| 18 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 19 | But neither the new green and democratic agendas nor the ditching of outmoded socialist dogmas are sufficient in themselves to create a modern vision for the left . |
| 20 | It is clear that although the long-term factors which favoured the professionalisation of British management and the acceptance of using outside consultants helped to prepare the ground for the spread of headhunting , the leading executive search firms themselves played a vital part in creating this new business out of nowhere . |
| 21 | Mary Marshall explores the ways in which the attitudes of professional workers and even older people themselves reveal a poor image of old age . |
| 22 | Another potentially distorting factor is that whilst average incomes can be compared between one country and another , they do not of themselves reveal the true comparable standard of living , nor the comparable potential markets for all products . |
| 23 | Retailing at a VFM £39.99 , the games themselves cost a mere £10–15 — a bargain or what ? 18 games are currently available , with another nine due soon . |
| 24 | The significance of this lies not only in the fact that these are all writers who themselves adopted the ancient conception of the rule of law . |
| 25 | The result is that young adults , themselves seeking a separate sexual and personal identity , are resisting the way of life lived and promoted by their parents . |
| 26 | When appropriate , it is gently suggested to the organisers that they should themselves donate an agreed percentage of their takings to my chosen charity for the year . |
| 27 | After all , joint committees themselves enjoy a good railway pedigree . |
| 28 | Abrams ( Bulmer , 1986 ) drew attention to the complexity of the concept ; many who are perceived as altruistic will themselves acknowledge the profound satisfaction which they derive from their supposedly selfless activities but find it difficult to put this into words . |
| 29 | This tendency is said to be exacerbated by the growth of institutional holdings , the institutions themselves exhibiting a short-termist attitude , conspicuous in the fund managers engaged by them . |
| 30 | Accommodationist Arab states — termed ‘ moderate ’ in the West — have found themselves occupying a difficult position in relation to the rest of the Arab world and to the superpowers outside . |