Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A direct attack on the fundamental freedoms and rights of workers to organize themselves collectively . |
| 32 | Reuters news agency , quoting Chinese sources , reported on Feb. 6 that a group of workers calling themselves the China Free Union Preparatory Committee had posted out 2,000 copies of their anti-government manifesto for the organization , modelled on Poland 's Solidarity . |
| 33 | If the temperature also rises above the bees ' favoured level of 35°C , a group of workers position themselves near the entrance with their tails pointing outwards and then start fanning their wings so that the stale air is wafted out . |
| 34 | It is also questionable whether all types of organisations lend themselves to empowerment . |
| 35 | In the breaking-down process we find a number of ideas suggesting themselves . |
| 36 | ‘ Rock faces were being eroded and plants that had taken millions of years to establish themselves were being destroyed almost literally overnight , ’ the fount of wisdom continues . |
| 37 | A number of explanations suggest themselves for this strange impulse towards self-effacement in men who loved power , besides the official one that it served to maintain the standing of the native authorities in the eyes of the people . |
| 38 | On the LME a number of firms hold themselves out and behave as market makers without the legally enforceable obligation to quote prices described above . |
| 39 | If British consumers fail to buy the new models , European Community-devised satellite broadcasting norms could mean millions of viewers finding themselves watching a distorted picture , or being forced to buy a decoder costing up to £200 . |
| 40 | A company of porcupines crowded themselves together one cold winter 's day so as to profit from one another 's warmth and so save themselves from being frozen to death . |
| 41 | ‘ Crowded beaches , full of families sunning themselves . |
| 42 | I think this idea of , of writers shutting themselves away and writing has gone , you know , very |
| 43 | In view of the harsh treatment of the victims of mental illness in hospitals like Bedlam , where members of the public or the acting profession could study their behaviour at first hand , it is not surprising that no striking instances of writers proclaiming themselves mad by writing about their own affliction have come to light in this period . |
| 44 | Different tribes often use different colours and combinations of feathers to identify themselves . |
| 45 | The dialectic of autonomy is one in which a constant ( but never static or final ) search for control and coherence needs balancing against a realism and tolerance born out of efforts to understand ourselves ( and others ) better . |
| 46 | But the world may end up with both projects , a waste of resources that will stunt other science — and might well hold back particle physics , as generations of physicists find themselves growing up in thrall to the vast machines , with no alternative experiments to pursue . |
| 47 | Stress management in this respect is a matter of good management : not least , of managers giving themselves and their staff a clear , forward-looking idea of their role and how well they are fulfilling it . |
| 48 | She just made up a load of stories to cheer herself up . ’ |
| 49 | For Hayek , law consists of rules of just conduct ; that is , of ‘ purpose-independent rules which govern the conduct of individuals towards each other , are intended to apply to an unknown number of further instances and , by defining a protected domain of each , enable an order of actions to form itself wherein the individuals can make feasible plans ’ Hayek suggests that law is coeval with society . |
| 50 | The number of second homes in existence is surprisingly uncertain , partly because of problems of definition and partly owing to a reticence on the part of owners to advertise themselves in view of the possible local opposition . |
| 51 | Overall 15 per cent of adult females and 12 per cent of males defined themselves as carers . |
| 52 | The inability of critics to kill off previous theories entirely , and of theories to defend themselves against their critics to the satisfaction of all concerned , have led several writers to conclude that development theory is in crisis ( see Booth , 1985 ; Mouzelis , 1988 ; Sklair , 1988a ) . |
| 53 | ‘ A lot of goalkeepers throw themselves around and look spectacular at taking crosses . |
| 54 | The emphasis is still on interests overtly organised in political action , and this occurs to the detriment of a sustained consideration of the implications of inaction , the problem of interests forming themselves into groups , and the whole context of politics and power . |
| 55 | He swung round to stare at the spot where the barrow of ‘ Trumper , the honest trader ’ had stood for nearly a century , only to find a gaggle of youths warming themselves round a charcoal fire where a man was selling chestnuts at a penny a bag . |
| 56 | A lot of girls compromised themselves a great deal more than I did . ’ |
| 57 | Last season , an overwhelming number of players declared themselves unavailable for the competition , a sure indicator that they set little score on the provincial matches and they think the national selectors do likewise . |
| 58 | A pair of slaves threw themselves against the doors , closing them . |
| 59 | These results may also be seen as offering some tentative support to the contention that the greater flexibility now permitted in fee setting , coupled with the ability of architects to establish themselves in a wider variety of organisational forms and to advertise more freely , has essentially lubricated the market and led to greater efficiency . |
| 60 | But , although they defended free trade against Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reformers , most of the leading Liberal politicians and an influential minority of socialists accommodated themselves to the underlying assumptions of the new imperialism . |