Example sentences of "establish themselves [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 2 | Since their premises are not open to the public , and they do not engage in retail trade , they are able to establish themselves in locations where overheads are cheaper . |
| 3 | According to the Council 's general programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment ( Official Journal , English Special Edition , Second Series IX , p. 7 ) , ‘ establishment ’ is defined in terms of ‘ installation en vue d'exercer une activité non salariée sur le territoire d'un Etat membre ’ ( rendered in English as ‘ [ persons wishing ] to establish themselves in order to pursue activities as self-employed persons in a member state ’ ) . |
| 4 | By far the largest concentration is found at Chichester gravel pits , and the only other area at which more than 100 birds have occurred annually is Weir Wood Reservoir ; similar flocks seem now to be establishing themselves at Darwell Reservoir and Rye Harbour gravel pits . |
| 5 | Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome . |
| 6 | Well I think , I think that the difference is that if you 're , they were obviously establishing themselves from seed and they picked the right spot and they got themselves anchored . |
| 7 | A local feudal family , the Balšići , seized their opportunity and established themselves as rulers of Zeta . |
| 8 | Hunter , Fallon , de Glanville , behind the scrum , and Clarke , in the forwards , have in recent months established themselves as quality players one step from the national team . |
| 9 | At the socio-economic level , the traditionally powerful agricultural interests established themselves in positions of control in industry and commerce , and were remarkably successful in transferring landowner-peasant patronage relationships from the countryside to the cities . |
| 10 | A decade after the White Paper had defined their purposes , they had successfully recruited students ; provided sandwich courses ; established themselves in science and technology , administrative , business and social studies , and other subjects ; focussed on vocationally-oriented courses ; sustained a commitment to part-time courses , and secured a firm basis for further growth . |
| 11 | Immediately afterwards they established themselves in Asia Minor — a constant source of trouble for all the powers concerned : Galatic mercenaries even conspired against Ptolemy II . |
| 12 | At first the embroidery was sold Privately , but then Miss Phelps found agents in London , Robert and Frank Wilkinson , who established themselves in Madeira in 1862 , by which time over 1,000 women were employed in the industry . |
| 13 | Then the Israelis entered west Beirut , their Lebanese militia colleagues massacred the Palestinians in Sabra and Chatila and European armies established themselves in Beirut . |
| 14 | In about 1805 he and his brothers established themselves in Bristol as ‘ stonemasons , architects , builders etc . ’ , |
| 15 | Shelduck first bred in Sussex in 1904 but , although numbers established themselves round Chichester and Pagham Harbours fairly quickly , colonisation of the rest of the county has been slow and the breeding population is still mainly concentrated around these two harbours . |
| 16 | It is no accident that its two great American pioneers , the packing tycoons Swift and Armour , did not establish themselves in Chicago until 1875 . |
| 17 | By the end of the century Nonconformity 's most famous ministers had established themselves as leaders in a wide variety of fields : biblical scholarship , local government , reform movements , journalism , history , theology , apologetics and writing . |
| 18 | The Smith brothers , Mike and Robert , have established themselves as London 's leading exponents of international furnishing fashion at their Fulham shop , Maison . |
| 19 | Outside of the dealerships , and there are only a few of these who understand the publishing process , a number of companies have established themselves as providers of independent advice , training and support . |
| 20 | ARTISTIC LICENCE ART Multiverb Alpha 2.0 Applied Research & Technology have long since established themselves as makers of quality rack equipment . |
| 21 | His ancestors had established themselves in Dorset in the fifteenth century , and between 1529 and 1713 the parliamentary representation of the county could be described as ‘ in a manner hereditary in his family ’ . |
| 22 | A Khmer Rouge report on the same day alleged that some 200 Vietnamese troops had established themselves in Kampot province in mid-August . |
| 23 | In those days there existed another Methodist Society , known as the Primitive Methodists , and they had established themselves in Chiswick using a room in Devonshire Road , and working amongst the labouring classes of the community . |
| 24 | The first which establish themselves by chance in a particular spot , tend , by the mere occupancy of space , to exclude other species — the greater choke the smaller , the longest livers replace those which last for a shorter period , he more prolific gradually make themselves masters of the ground , which species multiplying more slowly would otherwise fill . |