Example sentences of "themselves the [adj] question " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would tell other girls who suspect they have an exercise problem similar to mine to ask themselves the following questions : Do I take more exercise than is necessary for health and fitness ? |
| 2 | Mr. Barnes ' affidavit quoted above showed beyond question , he submitted , that the Bank of England had asked themselves the right question ( paragraph 9 ) and that they did indeed require the production of the documents reasonably for the purposes of their own domestic supervision ( paragraphs 8 , 10 and 13 ) . |
| 3 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
| 4 | The start of every cricket season causes cricketers of all standards and all ages to ask themselves the basic question , ‘ have I still got the old skills ? |
| 5 | Other executives had already asked themselves the same question . |
| 6 | I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’ |
| 7 | … at the same time they should be getting the children to ask themselves the same questions that the staff are asking about the work . |