Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] themselves with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point of this fracture between regulation broken and its consequences is that it facilitates corporate crime ; executives need only concern themselves with the likelihood of being leniently punished for breaking regulations , whilst ignoring its consequences for the law does not concern itself with the consequences either . |
| 2 | If so , they can always comfort themselves with the thought that its establishment coincided with the beginnings of imperial decline . |
| 3 | When test results did not confirm this , they could still console themselves with the fact that every child had been given the same opportunity to learn . |
| 4 | They also amused themselves with the speculation that their ancestor had escaped from the Titanic in women 's clothing . |
| 5 | The LTTE has also been responsible for massacres , both of Sinhalese and Moslem civilians , since June 1990 and against rival Tamil political groups who , in some cases , have now aligned themselves with the government 's forces . |
| 6 | Thank you chairman , erm , I 've heard what Mr said then I think it is worth reminding ourselves that a significant number of members of this council are new to this council and it 's therefore quite right and proper that in the first year of the business of this council that there should be a significant number of seminars and briefings to enable members to fully acquaint themselves with the business of the council the working of the er , operations of this council so that we can in fact make informed decisions er in the future . |
| 7 | Frederick was exceedingly persistent in his efforts to subdue the Lombard cities ; and cooperation came unnaturally to them ; they were used to fighting among themselves , so that some even then allied themselves with the emperor . |
| 8 | Two other key Senate committees ( appropriations and foreign operations ) subsequently aligned themselves with the intelligence committee , thereby creating a powerful lobby to push for a change in policy . |
| 9 | The other answer is that erm certainly some trials have been done with patients not being diagnosed by a computer , but by giving initial information like their age , their date of birth , erm where the pain is , etc. erm actually interacting themselves with the computer , and studies have shown curiously that patients actually prefer to use a computer rather than to give this information to a doctor . |