Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] themselves [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The journalists in question consider themselves to be the media equivalent of the praetorian guard . |
| 2 | The Donatists considered themselves to be the church of the martyrs , and kept alive the old posture of the persecuted church in the new , much altered , times after Constantine . |
| 3 | To sidestep any arguments about who should inherit the party 's vast fortunes if a split occurs , the delegates declared themselves to be the legal heirs of the HSWP , whilst dissociating themselves from the old party 's ‘ crimes , false and mistaken principles and methods ’ . |
| 4 | erm they have not in the past proved themselves to be the most capable o of people to er to support these things so in conclusion I 'd say that we must put this as part of a shopping list , the shopping list is on there er it is something to bring London and the South East of England which includes Hertfordshire and to make it an economic and viable area and look at the evidence of the other cities and I hope that er all of you will support the motion . |
| 5 | The primatial claim was the richest and rarest of the gifts of which the monks of Canterbury believed themselves to be the custodians . |
| 6 | Mark rose from his chair fully aware that politicians believed themselves to be the best informed people in the world , which made them a very sceptical audience for any speaker . |