Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They climbed one wall to get away from the car and waited for their eyes and ears to tune themselves to the darkness . |
| 2 | Their leaves , stems and branches orientate themselves to the light , while their roots seek out minerals and water . |
| 3 | Tiny protein structures protrude — like flagellae to help it move and pili to attach itself to surfaces . |
| 4 | If the Pharisees and Scribes thought themselves to be so perfect that they were not aware of their own sin then little could be done for them . |
| 5 | Surely if the courts and lawyers limit themselves to medical criteria as justifying their sex classification system , they must follow expert opinion . |
| 6 | The general impression running through its pages was a riot of impunity , irresponsible parents , working mothers and lax discipline in schools , with magistrates and police believing themselves to be impotent before a rising tide of mischief and violence — particularly ‘ the recent serious increase of ruffianism among city youths ’ . |
| 7 | Major questions about the individual and society have preoccupied thinkers in all periods of history : the philosophers of Ancient Greece and Rome reflected upon the way society operated and/or should operate , and for centuries afterwards social and political theorists and philosophers applied themselves to similar questions . |
| 8 | Teachers and students perceived themselves to be a low-status group , looked upon with increasing scorn by other sections of society , whatever the absolute figures for incomes and position were measured to be . |
| 9 | Both the Citadel and VMI consider themselves to be repositories of the southern chivalry and military prowess tested so harshly during the Civil War . |