Example sentences of "themselves [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we talked of society in these terms , Marx argued , we could never appreciate that the phenomena to which the terms referred were themselves only the product of a more fundamental social process . |
| 2 | I ONCE mentioned to a local farmer that my grandfather had been born in the little fishing village of Staxigoe , to the north of Wick in Caithness , and he quickly warned me not to go about repeating the story , because of the supposedly dubious reputation the natives of Staxigoe have earned themselves down the ages . |
| 3 | He had a sudden vision of families in endless reproduction — Willmots and Stannards and the rest replicating themselves down the years , perfecting their most infamous capacities . |
| 4 | The corporal and the airmen first put on some trousers and literally threw themselves down the brae to meet the girls . |
| 5 | Aberdeen 's bid to stage a re-run of their European Cup-Winners ' Cup Final win against Real Madrid has failed because the Spanish club priced themselves out the market . |
| 6 | In this period of evangelism Christian communicators must ask themselves how the media can most appropriately present the Good News of the Gospel . |
| 7 | Organisations may also be made up of different groups and professions and when these groups seek to assert themselves then the organisation may well be characterised by competition between groups . |
| 8 | have to making a nuisance of themselves otherwise the police |