Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] themselves [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many observers supposed that the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 would force the Junkers to embark on a programme of liberalisation and reform lest they should find themselves facing a similar threat . |
| 2 | SCIENTISTS , doctors , lawyers , accountants , journalists , newsagents — indeed anyone who stores the names and addresses of business contacts on a personal computer or word processor — could find themselves committing a criminal offence if government plans for data protection , presented to the House of Commons this week , becomes law . |
| 3 | If things carried on at this pace , she and Johnny would find themselves meeting every day . |
| 4 | With the onset of the government 's new community care policies , many women will find themselves playing the traditional role of carers without payment and will consequently find it more difficult to get out to work . |
| 5 | Similarly , if social representation theorists stress anchoring one-sidedly , they will find themselves describing the ways in which individuals anchor themselves to social knowledge : the thinking individual will be perceived as someone who unthinkingly seeks to avoid novelty by automatically categorizing fresh information in terms of familiar schemata . |
| 6 | Couples in this kind of situation , suddenly confronted by each other 's moods , prejudices , foibles , and , indeed , continued presence day after day , may find themselves facing a great new emotional challenge at a time in life when they thought they knew everything they needed to know about their relationship . |
| 7 | In particular , those who borrowed more than was perhaps prudent , based on the expectation of a continuing rise in the price of property , may find themselves facing the twin problems of a capital loss and higher mortgage repayments . |
| 8 | Instead of dispensing advice and controlling the purse strings , elders may find themselves servicing the young family by doing shopping and escorting the children to school . |