Example sentences of "[noun pl] for themselves [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They excavate homes for themselves in the skins of animals and burrow long winding tunnels within the thickness of a leaf . |
| 2 | Public sector trade unions have been extraordinarily successful in gaining advantages for themselves in the pay hierarchy by exploiting their monopoly collective bargaining position . |
| 3 | Several advanced their claims and two , the Jamaican left-hander Jimmy Adams and the Leeward Islands fast bowler , Kenneth Benjamin , earned places for themselves in the West Indies team for the solitary Test against South Africa that ended the season . |
| 4 | The logical extension of this argument is that some form of interdependence might be possible , where Third World actors could carve out niches for themselves in the crevices that the hegemon TNCs leave unattended . |
| 5 | Indeed it is remarkable that transferring males have the persistence and strength to rise in rank and gain mates for themselves in the face of such opposition . |
| 6 | People were creating jobs for themselves in a free market . |
| 7 | The extent to which fans will carve out careers for themselves on the terraces will , to a large extent , reflect their commitment to the soccer culture and to their immediate peer group . |