Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [verb] themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that he will wish to join me in congratulating the governors , the headmaster and the parents involved in the school on their wisdom in applying for grant-maintained status so as to free themselves from the bureaucracy and interference of the local education authority . |
| 2 | Some people marry into families rather than commit themselves to a partner . |
| 3 | Such investors tended to come in when stocks were exchanged rather than present themselves at the moment of initiation . |
| 4 | The touchline was the launchpad — more so against Ireland than France — of some of Scotland 's best driving mauls and highlighted the danger of players swelling defensive ranks rather than committing themselves to the maul . |
| 5 | No better example can be given than by citing the careers of Tamara Karsavina and Margot Fonteyn , both of whom worked with many different choreographers as well as submitting themselves to the severely classical discipline of the older Petipa repertoire . |