Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] themselves [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the hot spell set to continue , doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports . |
| 2 | As we have seen , such organisations tend to be dominated by formal rules and by committees which may lend themselves to the more autocratic style of leadership . |
| 3 | First , if specific librarians and information scientists are unable or unwilling ( or both ) to learn about and understand the detailed situations within which the information that they handle will eventually be used , then they should restrict themselves to the more general situation-independent value-adding processes . |
| 4 | As racial tension increases , social workers must adapt themselves to the prevailing racial climate . |
| 5 | Consequently , they should prepare themselves for the process by shaping the plans for their appointment procedure in some detail . |
| 6 | Prospective mineral developers should acquaint themselves with the appropriate development plans . |
| 7 | It was an article of faith with this circle that women must free themselves from the erotic patronage of men . |
| 8 | Trade unions should confine themselves to the business of wages and conditions . |
| 9 | Women were told unequivocally that they should confine themselves to the sphere of home and family ; the middle class husband unlike his working class counterpart , could be safely relied upon to provide . |
| 10 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 11 | The article concludes with a declaration that British members of the National Front should identify themselves with the struggle of the Palestinians : ‘ We must draw inspiration from people such as the Palestinians who having lost so much more than us , still continue to fight for national sovereignty , and stubbornly refuse to relinquish their national identity . ’ |
| 12 | He wanted to see a mixed economy of care and he considered it essential that the social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services , not as monopolistic providers . |
| 13 | It is vital that social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services — not as monopolistic providers . |
| 14 | In the shifting pattern of dominance and submission which characterized tribal life , with warfare being carried out now against one , now against another group , it was natural that on occasion peoples should ally themselves with the Russians . |
| 15 | But Lib Dem Coun Flo Clukas said officers should reconcile themselves to the fact that Option 3 will go ahead and should put plans into place . |
| 16 | In general terms the War Wagon fights like a chariot , and players should familiarise themselves with the chariot rules in the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 17 | The Toraja believe we have many layers of spirits , or astral bodies , which at death must detach themselves like the skins of an onion so each may find its proper place . |
| 18 | Nowadays museums must sell themselves on the market in order to attract not only the audiences but also sponsors and benefactors . |
| 19 | Manufacturers and distributors of spare parts for computer equipment must familiarize themselves with the " must-fit " and " must-match " exceptions and their scope . |
| 20 | The jury must place themselves in the accused 's position with the accused 's knowledge . |
| 21 | Not wishing to jeopardise businesses , the Committee suggests that directors must satisfy themselves on the basis that they have a reasonable expectation that it will continue in operation for the period specified in the guide-lines . |
| 22 | ( d ) Pensions and insurances Now that payments for goodwill to outgoing partners are fast disappearing , partners must address themselves to the question of making financial provision for themselves in retirement and their families in the event of their death . |
| 23 | Contributors emphasized that purity was a positive advance for women and that the paper 's editors should declare themselves on the side of reverence and self-control . |
| 24 | Fourth , residential workers should concern themselves with the personal self-worth of young people as future citizens , thereby giving equal value to the encouragement of intellectual , creative and social skills on the one hand , and success in personal and family relationships on the other . |
| 25 | The reasons for failure are more likely to be due to people problems , which may show themselves by the lack of cooperation when the information system is being developed and a resistance to the changes that occur when the application is implemented . |
| 26 | Our highest and most serious imaginative inventions may show themselves in the medium of the arts . |
| 27 | American rivals might console themselves with the thought that this represents a hidden , but substantial , addition to the cost of capital . |
| 28 | France and England never pulled together , for all they might find themselves on the same side . ’ |
| 29 | From this , we will not be excluded , but will in turn exclude them , including some of those who might find themselves in the terrain of our state because their being on our state threatens the unity of our state , just as they perceive us to be a threat to their unity , and so on and so on . |
| 30 | If such a proposal was adopted by the GMC Kay and his committee might find themselves in the dock . |