Example sentences of "[verb] themselves open " in BNC.
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| 1 | They fear they could lay themselves open to prosecution for murder or manslaughter — or in some cases a civil action for damages — if they disconnect a feeding tube without court permission . |
| 2 | But what the example also indicates is that Goody 's claims for the consequences of Greek literacy , for all the qualifications that he and Watt make , do lay themselves open to more general and misleading applications . |
| 3 | But editors who refuse to retract damaging comments after clear proof that they are wildly exaggerated may lay themselves open to the inference from this conduct that they were similarly reckless at the time of the original publication . |
| 4 | Lewis and Beryl , of course , had never gone near Wyvis Hall , they would not have laid themselves open to such humiliation , to the possibility of their way being barred by some yokel , paid by Adam to keep an eye on the place . |
| 5 | Some of the European Court of Justice 's opinions can be quite ‘ woolly ’ and do leave themselves open to a wider interpretation , but I do not believe that the opinion was meant to be interpreted so widely as to provide for an auditor recognised in one member state to practise in a second member state without any requirement to obtain local authorisation . |
| 6 | They would leave themselves open |
| 7 | they 'd leave themselves open to some criticism erm because the beneficiaries of whoever otherwise may be entitled to the shares may have said I would like to have those shares . |
| 8 | ‘ People in your position lay themselves open to fear , ’ he said softly , and Claudia 's nerves started to tingle once more . |
| 9 | Thus they laid themselves open to the jibe that , while demanding ‘ Arms for Spain' , they were indifferent to the defence of Britain . |
| 10 | It is not only those who dismiss the arts as self-indulgent who lay themselves open to such a charge . |
| 11 | Depending on which muscles are involuntarily clenched to suppress which feeling , for how long , and with what force , so people lay themselves open to the range of stress symptoms , from staring eyes to constipation ; from tics to migraines ; from vomiting to lower back pain ; from insomnia to nosebleeds . |
| 12 | If , having chosen not to take advice , they took the same tack with the process of law once started , and thought that by ignoring it or defying it they could halt it , they were laying themselves open to an even ruder shock . |
| 13 | In Kendra Sone 's article ‘ Vetting equality ’ ( 16 February ) we are warned that psychometric testing , when used for selecting candidates , should be used with care and that candidates could find themselves open to discrimination if such tests become part of tougher selection processes . |