Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] themselves with the " in BNC.
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1 | But with the accession of Herod , Eisenman argues , most Sadducees — the Sadducees whom we know as such from biblical sources and from Josephus — betrayed their original loyalties and aligned themselves with the usurper . |
2 | Many blind people struggle to pay their bills and provide themselves with the necessities of life . |
3 | In summary , then , at present advocates of an orthodox Marxist-Leninist ( Soviet-inspired ) solution to Latin American problems do not enjoy much support , and it seems clear that Communist parties need to develop more flexible strategies and to ally themselves with the broader left if they are to sustain an effective role in political life . |
4 | They like to watch a tough woman up there on the screen and comfort themselves with the thought that they 'll never have to live with her . ’ |
5 | Streets are blocked and atheism has to give way as people kneel in the streets and cross themselves with the sign of the Holy Trinity . ) |
6 | Some , notably those with physical disabilities , see integration as a human right ( Reiser and Mason , 1990 ) and align themselves with the views of organisations such as the Centre for Studies in Integration in Education ( CSIE ) . |
7 | ( 1981 , p. 8 ) , however , deny the need to specify a theory of conditioning and concern themselves with the empirical implications of the view that changes in attention will be governed by the known laws of classical conditioning . |
8 | Then , perhaps , people could say that they were Russian without embarrassment , and concern themselves with the ecological and other needs of their own republic . |
9 | Instructors should read through all the material before using it with students/trainees in order to get a general idea of thinking and direction , and to familiarise themselves with the layout and organisation . |